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2007 Volvo XC70
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VOLVO XC70

VOLVO OWNER'S MANUAL XC70
pg. 1 Introduction


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.\
To help ensure your satisfaction with
this vehicle, we encourage you to familiarize yourself with the equipmen\
t descriptions, operating instructions and
maintenance requirements/recommendations in this manual. We also urge yo\
u and your passengers to wear seat
belts at all times in this (or any other) automobile. 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 safety and emission standa\
rds, as evidenced by the certification
labels attached to the driver's door opening and on the left wheel housi\
ng in the engine compartment.
For further information please contact your retailer, or:
In the USA:
Volvo Cars of North America, LLC
Customer Care Center
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zones were designed into Volvo vehicles long before it was fashionable o\
r required by government
regulation. We will not compromise our commitment to safety. We continue\
to seek out new safety
features and to refine those already in our vehicles. You can help. We w\
ould appreciate hearing your
suggestions about improving automobile safety. We also want to know if y\
ou ever have a safety concern
with your vehicle. Call us in the U.S. at: 800-458-1552 or in Canada at:\
800-663- 8255.
Occupant safety
How safely you drive doesn't depend on how old you are but rather on:
l How well you see.
l Your ability to concentrate.
l How quickly you make decisions under stress to avoid an accident.
The tips listed below are suggestions to help you cope with the ever cha\
nging traffic environment.
l Never drink and drive.
l If you are taking any medication, consult your physician about its poten\
tial effects on your driving
abilities.
l Take a driver-retraining course.
l Have your eyes checked regularly.
l Keep your windshield and headlights clean.
l Replace wiper blades when they start to leave streaks.
l Take into account the traffic, road, and weather conditions, particularl\
y with regard to stopping
distance.
Reporting safety defects in the U.S.
If you believe that your vehicle has a defect which could cause a crash \
or could cause injury or death,
you should immediately inform the National Highway Traffic Safety Admini\
stration (NHTSA) in
addition to notifying Volvo Cars of North America, LLC. If NHTSA receive\
s similar complaints, it may
open an investigation, and if it finds that a safety defect exists in a \
group of vehicles, it may order a
recall and remedy campaign. However, NHTSA cannot become involved in ind\
ividual problems
between you, your retailer, or Volvo Cars of North America, LLC. To cont\
act NHTSA, you may either
call the Auto Safety Hotline toll-free at 1-888-327-4236
(TTY: 1-800-424-9153) or write to:
NHTSA, U.S. Department of Transportation,
Washington D.C. 20590.
You can also obtain other information about motor vehicle safety from:
http://www.safecar.gov
Volvo strongly recommends that if your vehicle is covered under a servic\
e campaign, safety or emission
recall or similar action, it should be completed as soon as possible. Pl\
ease check with your local retailer
or Volvo Cars of North America, LLC if your vehicle is covered under the\
se conditions.
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WARNING!
l No objects or accessory equipment, e.g. dashboard covers, may be placed \
on, attached to, or
installed near the air bag hatch (the area above the glove compartment)\
or the area affected by airbag
deployment (see the illustration on
page 16).
l There should be no loose articles, e.g. coffee cups, on the floor, seat,\
or dashboard area.
l Never try to open the airbag cover on the steering wheel or the passenge\
r's side dashboard. This
should only be done by a trained and qualified Volvo service technician.\
Failure to follow these instructions can result in injury to the vehicle\
occupants.
pg. 20 Safety
Occupant Weight Sensor (OWS)
Disabling the passenger's side front airbag
Volvo recommends that ALL occupants (adults and children) shorter than\
4 feet 7 inches (140 cm) be
seated in the rear seat of any vehicle with a passenger's side front air\
bag, and be properly restrained.
Children should always be seated in child restraints appropriate for the\
ir size and weight. See also the
child safety recommendations beginning on
page 30.
The Occupant Weight Sensor (OWS) is designed to meet the regulatory re\
quirements of Federal Motor
Vehicle Safety Standard (FMVSS) 208 and is designed to disable (will \
not inflate) the passenger's side
front airbag under certain conditions.
The OWS works with sensors that are part of the front passenger's seat a\
nd seat belt. The sensors are
designed to detect the presence of a properly seated occupant and determ\
ine if the passenger's side front
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WARNING!
l Never try to open, remove, or repair any components in the OWS system. T\
his could result in
system malfunction. Maintenance or repairs should only be carried out by\
an authorized Volvo
service technician.
l The front passenger's seat should not be modified in any way. This could\
reduce pressure on the
seat cushion, which might interfere with the OWS system's function.
The OWS is designed to disable (will not inflate) the passenger's side\
front airbag when a rear facing
infant seat, a forward-facing child restraint, or a booster seat is dete\
cted. The PASSENGER AIRBAG
OFF indicator lamp will illuminate and stay on to remind you that the pa\
ssenger's side front airbag is
disabled (see the following table).
1. Volvo recommends that children always be properly restrained in appro\
priate child restraints in the rear seats.
In rare situations when the seat belt is not properly fastened, some chi\
ld restraints may not be detected by the
OWS because there is very little weight on the vehicle seat cushion. In \
these cases the passenger's side front
airbag may be disabled, but the PASSENGER AIRBAG OFF indicator lamp will\
not be lit. Do not assume that
the passenger's side front airbag is disabled unless the PASSENGER AIRBA\
G OFF indicator lamp is lit. Make
sure the child restraint is properly installed (turn the vehicle off, r\
emove the child restraint from the vehicle and
reinstall the restraint following the child restraint manufacturer's ins\
tructions) and that the PASSENGER
AIRBAG OFF indicator lamp is on, or move the child restraint to the rear\
seat.
The OWS is designed to enable (may inflate) the passenger's side front\
airbag anytime the system senses
that a person of adult size is sitting properly in the front passenger's\
seat. The PASSENGER AIRBAG
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WARNING!
l The SIPS airbag system is a supplement to the structural Side Impact Pro\
tection System and the
three-point seat belt system. It is not designed to deploy during collis\
ions from the front or rear of the
vehicle or in rollover situations.
l The use of seat covers on the front seats may impede SIPS airbag deploym\
ent.
l No objects, accessory equipment or stickers may be placed on, attached t\
o or installed near the
SIPS airbag system or in the area affected by SIPS airbag deployment.
l Never try to open or repair any components of the SIPS airbag system. Th\
is should be done only
by a trained and qualified Volvo service technician.
l In order for the SIPS airbag to provide its best protection, both front \
seat occupants should sit in an
upright position with the seat belt properly fastened.
l Failure to follow these instructions can result in injury to the occupan\
ts of the vehicle in the event
of an accident.
pg. 25 Safety
Volvo Inflatable Curtain (VIC)
This system consists of inflatable curtains located along the sides of t\
he roof liners, stretching from the
center of both front side windows to the rear edge of the rear side door\
windows. It is designed to help
protect the heads of the occupants of the front seats and the occupant o\
f the outboard rear seating
positions in certain side impact collisions.
In certain side impacts, both the Inflatable Curtain (VIC) and the Sid\
e Impact Airbag System (SIPS-bag)
will deploy, whereas, in some cases, only the Inflatable Curtain (VIC)\
will deploy. In cases where both
the VIC and the SIPS-bag deploy, this will occur simultaneously.
NOTE: If the inflatable curtain deploys, it remains inflated for approximatel\
y 3 seconds.
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WARNING!
l The VIC system is a supplement to the Side Impact Protection System. It \
is not designed to deploy
during collisions from the front or rear of the vehicle or in rollover s\
ituations.
l Never try to open or repair any components of the VIC system. This shoul\
d be done only by a
trained and qualified Volvo service technician.
WARNING!
In order for the VIC to provide its best protection, both front seat occ\
upants and both outboard rear
seat occupants should sit in an upright position with the seat belt prop\
erly fastened; adults using the
seat belt and children using the proper child restraint system. Only adu\
lts should sit in the front seats.
Children must never be allowed in the front passenger seat. See
page 30 for guidelines. Failure to
follow these instructions can result in injury to the vehicle occupants \
in an accident.
pg. 26 Safety
Whiplash Protection System (WHIPS)
Whiplash Protection System (WHIPS) - front seats only
The WHIPS system consists of specially designed hinges and brackets on t\
he front seat backrests
designed to help absorb some of the energy generated in a collision from\
the rear (when the vehicle is
"rear-ended").
In the event of a collision of this type, the hinges and brackets of the\
front seat backrests are designed to
change position slightly to allow the backrest/head restraint to help su\
pport the occupant's head before
moving slightly rearward. This movement helps absorb some of the forces \
that could result in whiplash.
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go out. Certain symbols may not have their functions illustrated, depen\
ding on the vehicle's
equipment. The symbol for the parking brake goes out when the parking br\
ake is released.
Warning symbol
in center of the instrument panel
This symbol shines as a red or yellow light depending on the severity of\
the discovered fault.
Red symbol - Stop the vehicle as soon as possible in a suitable location and read \
the message shown in
the text window. The symbol and accompanying text will remain on until t\
he fault has been corrected.
Yellow symbol - Follow the instructions shown in the text window. The text can be era\
sed by pressing
the READ button (see
page 50), or will disappear automatically after two minutes.
When the message "TIME FOR REGULAR SERVICE" is displayed, the text can b\
e erased and the
yellow symbol light can be turned off by pressing the READ button. The t\
ext will disappear and the
symbol light will go out automatically after two minutes.
Seat belt reminder
This symbol lights up to indicate that the driver has not fastened his/h\
er seat belt.
Supplemental Restraint System SRS
If this light comes on while the vehicle is being driven, or remains on \
for longer than approximately 10
seconds after the vehicle has been started, the SRS system's diagnostic \
functions have detected a fault in
a seat belt lock or tensioner, a front airbag, side impact airbag, and/o\
r an inflatable curtain. Have the
system(s) inspected by a trained and qualified Volvo service technicia\
n as soon as possible.
pg. 48 Instruments and controls
Indicator and warning symbols
BRAKE Brake failure warning light If the light comes on while driving or brak\
ing, stop immediately,
open the hood and check the brake fluid level in the reservoir. See
page 189 for reservoir position and
page 193 for instructions.
Canadian models are equipped with this warning light
If the BRAKE and ABS warning lights come on at the same time, this could\
indicate a fault in the
brake system.
- Stop the vehicle in a suitable place and switch off the engine.
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The auxiliary sockets can also be used for cigarette lighters, which are\
available at your Volvo retailer.
NOTE: Volvo vehicles in North America do not have an ashtray in the front sea\
t as standard equipment.
If you want to have an ashtray in the front seat, please contact your Vo\
lvo retailer.
pg. 65 Instruments and controls
Power windows
The power windows are controlled by buttons in the arm rests. The igniti\
on switch must be ON1
(ignition key in position I, II or the engine running) for the electri\
cally operated windows to function.
To lower: Press down the front edge of the button to the first detent (\
"stop").
To raise: Lightly pull up the front edge of the button to the first dete\
nt ("stop").
Auto up/down function (front doors only):
Either front door window can be opened or closed automatically.
Auto down: Press the front part of the button as far down as possible and release \
it immediately. To
stop the window at any time, pull the button up.
Auto up: Pull the front part of the button up as far as possible and release it \
immediately. To stop the
window at any time, press the button down.
NOTE: The electrically operated windows in the front seat have an overload pr\
otecting circuit breaker
which reverses movement of the electrically operated windows to their st\
arting points if they are
obstructed in any way. Thereafter the windows will operate normally agai\
n.
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