VOLVO V70 & XC70 Owner's Manual Web Edition Welcome to the world-wide family of Volvo owners. We trust that you will enjoy many years of safe driving in your Volvo, an automobile designed with your safety and comfort in mind. We encourage you to familiarize yourself with the equipment descriptions and operating instructions in this manual. We also urge you and your passengers to wear seat belts at all times in this (or any other) vehicle. And, of course, please do not operate a vehicle if you may be affected by alcohol, medication or any impairment that could hinder your ability to drive. Your Volvo is designed to meet all applicable federal safety and emission standards. For further information please contact your retailer, or: In the USA: Volvo Cars of North America, LLC Customer Care Center 1 Volvo Drive P.O. Box 914 Rockleigh, New Jersey 07647 1-800-458-1552 www.volvocars.us In Canada: Volvo Cars of Canada Corp National Customer Service 175 Gordon Baker Road North York, Ontario M2H 2N7 1-800-663-8255 www.volvocanada.com 2009 © Volvo Car Corporation, All rights reserved. Contents 00 Introduction 01 Safety 02 Locks and alarm Important information................................. 8 Occupant safety........................................ 16 Remote key and key blade....................... 54 Important warnings................................... 12 Reporting safety defects........................... 17 Private locking ......................................... 61 Environment.............................................. 13 Seat belts ................................................. 18 Keyless drive............................................. 62 Supplemental Restraint System (SRS) .... 21 Locks........................................................ 65 Occupant Weight Sensor ......................... 26 Alarm......................................................... 67 Side impact protection (SIPS) airbags ..... 30 Volvo Inflatable Curtain (VIC) ................... 32 Whiplash Protection System – WHIPS..... 33 Crash mode.............................................. 35 Child safety............................................... 36 Child restraint systems............................. 38 Infant seats............................................... 40 Convertible seats...................................... 42 00 Booster01 cushions...................................... 44 02 ISOFIX lower anchors............................... 45 Top tether anchors.................................... 46 Child restraint registration and recalls...... 47 Integrated booster cushion....................... 48 Child safety locks...................................... 51 4 Contents 03 Your driving environment 04 Comfort and driving pleasure 05 During your trip Instruments and controls.......................... 72 Menus and messages............................. 122 Driving recommendations....................... 196 Ignition modes.......................................... 79 Climate system....................................... 126 Refueling................................................. 200 Seats......................................................... 81 Audio system.......................................... 133 Loading................................................... 204 Steering wheel.......................................... 86 Bluetooth® hands-free connection......... 147 Cargo area ............................................. 209 Lighting..................................................... 87 Trip computer......................................... 153 Towing a trailer....................................... 212 Wipers and washers................................. 93 Compass................................................. 155 Emergency towing.................................. 214 Power windows......................................... 96 Stability system....................................... 156 Mirrors....................................................... 98 Active chassis system–Four C................ 158 Power moon roof* .................................. 100 Cruise control.......................................... 159 HomeLink® Wireless Control System*... 102 Collision warning with Auto-brake*......... 161 Starting the engine.................................. 105 Adaptive Cruise Control (ACC)*.............. 167 Transmission........................................... 109 Distance alert* ........................................ 174 Brakes..................................................... 112 Driver Alert System* ............................... 177 Parking03 brake.......................................... 114 Park04 assist*............................................. 182 05 Hill Descent Control (HDC)..................... 117 Blind Spot Information System*.............. 185 Passenger compartment convenience... 189 * Option/accessory, for more information, see Introduction. 5 Contents 06 Maintenance and 07 Index specifications Index....................................................... 286 Volvo maintenance.................................. 218 Maintaining your car............................... 219 Hood and engine compartment.............. 221 Engine oil................................................ 222 Fluids...................................................... 224 Replacing bulbs...................................... 226 Wiper blades and washer fluid................ 233 Battery..................................................... 235 Fuses...................................................... 238 Wheels and tires..................................... 246 Vehicle care............................................. 268 Label information.................................... 273 Specifications......................................... 275 Volvo06 programs....................................... 284 07 6 Contents 7 Introduction Important information About this manual Decals Risk of damage to the vehicle There are various types of decals in the vehicle • Before you operate your vehicle for the first whose purpose is to provide important infor- time, please familiarize yourself with the mation in a clear and concise way. The impor- information found in the chapters "Your tance of these decals is explained as follows, Driving Environment" and "During Your in descending order of importance. Trip." • Information contained in the balance of the Risk of injury manual is extremely useful and should preferably be read after operating the vehi- cle for the first time. • The manual is structured so that it can be used for reference. For this reason, it should be kept in the vehicle for ready access. G031592 Footnotes Certain pages of this manual contain informa- White ISO symbols and white text/image on a tion in the form of footnotes at the bottom of black or blue warning background and space the page. This information supplements the for a message. If the information on decals of text that the footnote number refers to (a letter this type is ignored, damage to the vehicle is used if the footnote refers to text in a table). could result. G031590 Display texts There are several displays in the driver’s field Black ISO symbols on a yellow warning back- of vision that show messages generated by ground, white text/image on a black back- various systems and functions in the vehicle. ground. Decals of this type are used to indicate These texts are indicated in the Owner’s Man- potential danger. Ignoring a warning of this ual by being in slightly larger type than the sur- type could result in serious injury or death. rounding text and are printed in gray, (for example: Doors auto lock). 8 Introduction Important information Information Types of lists used in the manual Bullet lists Procedures Bullets are used to differentiate a number of Procedures (step-by-step instructions), or components/functions/points of information actions that must be carried out in a certain that can be listed in random order. order, are arranged in numbered lists in this For example: manual. • Coolant If there is a series of illustrations associated • Engine oil with step-by-step instructions, each step in the procedure is numbered in the same Continued way as the corresponding illustration. This symbol can be found at the lower right Lists in which letters are used can be found corner of an odd-numbered (right-hand) page with series of illustrations in cases where to indicate that the current topic is continued the order in which the instructions are car- on the following page. G031593 ried out is not important. Options and accessories Arrows with or without numbers are used White ISO symbols and white text/image on a Optional or accessory equipment described in to indicate the direction of a movement. black background. These decals provide gen- this manual is indicated by an asterisk. eral information. If there are no illustrations associated with a Optional or accessory equipment may not be step-by-step list, the steps in the procedure available in all countries or markets. Please NOTE are indicated by ordinary numbers. note that some vehicles may be equipped dif- Position lists ferently, depending on special legal require- The decals shown in the Owner’s Manual are examples only and are not intended to Red circles containing a number are used ments. in general overview illustrations in which be reproductions of the decals actually used Optional or accessory equipment may not be certain components are pointed out. The in the vehicle. The purpose is to give an indi- available in all