14. Temperature gauge
The gauge indicates the temperature of the engine cooling system. If the temperature is abnormally high and the needle
enters the red zone, a message is shown in the display. Bear in mind that auxiliary lamps in front of the air intake
reduce the cooling capacity at high outside temperatures and high engine loads.
15. Indicator and warning symbols
1. Models with All Wheel Drive have a tank volume of 15 US gallons (57 liters).
Models with engine code 39 have a fuel tank capacity of 14 US gallons (53 liters). This code is the 6th and 7th digits
from the left in your vehicle's VIN number. See page 176
for the location of the VIN plate.
pg. 35 Indicator and warning symbols
Function check
The indicator and warning symbols light up when you turn the ignition key to the driving position (position II) before
starting. This shows that the symbols are functioning. When the engine starts, all symbols go out. If the engine is not
started within 5 seconds, all of the symbols except CHECK ENGINE and
will go out. Certain symbols may not
have their functions illustrated, depending on the car's equipment. The PARK BRAKE symbol will not go out until the
parking brake has been released.
Symbols in the center of the instrument panel
Warning symbol
The red warning symbol lights up to indicate a fault that could affect the car's driveability. A text explaining the nature
of the fault will also be shown in the information display. The symbol and accompanying text will remain on until the
fault has been corrected. This symbol may also light up in combination with other indicator or warning symbols.
If the red warning symbol lights up:
1. Stop the car as soon as possible in a suitable location.
2. Read the message in the information display.
3. Follow the instructions provided, or contact a trained and qualified Volvo service technician.
Information symbol
The yellow information symbol lights up to alert the driver to a message in the information display. The message can
be erased by pressing the READ button (see page 39
), or will disappear automatically after two minutes.
When the message "TIME FOR REGULAR SERVICE" is displayed, the text can be erased and the information
symbol light can be turned off by pressing the READ button. The text will disappear and the symbol light will go out
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rearm after 2 minutes unless a door or the trunk has been opened.
Automatic locking: When the car starts to move, the doors and trunk can be locked automatically. This feature can
be turned on or off, see Personal settings on page 56
for more information.
Airbag deployment will automatically attempt to unlock the doors.
3. Approach lighting - As you approach the car:
Press the yellow button on the remote control to light the interior lighting, position/parking lamps, license plate
lighting and the lights in the door mirrors (option). These lights will switch off automatically after 30, 60 or 90
seconds. See the Personal settings on page 56
for information about adjusting the time setting.
4. Unlock trunk - Press the button once to disarm the alarm system and unlock only the trunk. After closing, the trunk
will not automatically relock. Press Lock to relock it and rearm the alarm.
5. Panic alarm : - This button can be used to attract attention during emergency situations.
To activate the panic alarm, press and hold the red button for at least 3 seconds or press it twice within 3 seconds. The
turn signals and horn will be activated. The panic alarm will stop automatically after 30 seconds. To deactivate, wait
approximately 5 seconds and press the red button again.
NOTE: This button will NOT unlock the car.
pg. 84 Remote control and key blade
Removing the key blade
Key blade
The key blade can be removed from the remote control. When removed, the key blade can be used as follows:
To lock/unlock the driver's door
To lock/unlock the glove compartment (see page 87)
For valet locking (see the explanation in below)
Removing the key blade
Slide the spring loaded catch (1 in the illustration shown) to the side and pull the key blade (2) out of the remote
control.
Reinserting the key blade in the remote control
Hold the remote control with the pointed end down.
Carefully slide the key blade into its groove.
Gently press the key blade in the groove until it clicks into place.
Unlocking the doors with the detached key blade
Insert the key blade as far as possible in the driver's door lock. Turn the key blade clockwise approximately one -
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Changing tracks
Press the left or right arrow keys on the MENU NAVIGATION control to skip to the previous or next track.
NOTE: The TUNING dial (6) (turn clockwise to go to the next track, or counterclockwise to go to the previous track)
or the optional steering wheel keypad can also be used for this purpose.
Fast forward/back
Press and hold down the left or right arrows keys in the MENU NAVIGATION control (or the corresponding keys on
the optional steering wheel keypad) to search within a track or the whole disc. The search continues for as long as the
buttons are held down.
Random play
This function plays the tracks on a CD (or on all of the CDs if the vehicle is equipped with the optional CD changer)
in random order (shuffle).
Select CD (5) and press the MENU button.
Press ENTER.
Select RANDOM from the menu and press ENTER.
CD changer only: Select SINGLE DISC or ALL DISCS for the CD changer to randomly choose from one or all
discs.
RND (or RND ALL for the CD changer) is shown in the display for as long as the function is activated. Press the right
arrow key on the MENU NAVIGATION control (1) to select the next random track.
NOTE: CD changer only - you can only select the next random track on the current disc.
pg. 171 CD player/CD changer (option)
Press the EXIT button to stop random play.
Disc text (CD changer only)
Certain CDs contain information about the disc, such as the titles of the tracks, etc. This information can be shown in
the display by activating the DISCTEXT function.
Press MENU. Select the menu for relevant sound source and press ENTER.
Select DISCTEXT in the menu and press ENTER.
If information is stored on the disc, it will now appear in the display. To deactivate this function, select DISCTEXT
in the menu and press ENTER.
Scan
This function plays the first 10 seconds of each track on the CD.
Press SCAN.
Press EXIT to stop the scan function and listen to an entire track.
CD eject
Single CD player
Press the eject button (3) to eject the disc.
CD changer
This function makes it possible to eject a single disc, or to eject all of the discs in the changer.
Press the eject button (3) briefly to eject the disc that is currently playing.
A longer press (more than two seconds) starts the process of ejecting all of the discs in the changer.
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