2012 VOLVO C30 hood open

11 Specifications
Label information
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273
Model plate
Vehicle Identification Number (VIN). Codes for
color and upholstery, etc.
The model plate is located on the B-pillar and
the passenger's door must be open in order to
see it.
Federal Motor Vehicle Safety
Standards (FMVSS) specifications (USA)
and Ministry of Transport (CMVSS)
standards (Canada)
Your Volvo is designed to meet all applicable
safety standards, as evidenced by the certifi-
cation label on the driver's side B-pillar (the
structural member at the side of the vehicle, at
the rear of the driver's door opening). For fur-
ther information regarding these regulations,
please consult your Volvo retailer.
Tire inflation pressures
This label indicates the correct inflation pres-
sures for the tires that were on the vehicle when
it left the factory.
Canadian models have the upper decal.
U.S. models have the lower decal.
Vehicle Identification Number (VIN)1
The VIN plate is located on the top left surface
of the dashboard. The VIN is also stamped on
the right hand door pillar.
Vehicle Emission Control Information
Your Volvo is designed to meet all applicable
emission standards, as evidenced by the cer-
tification label on the underside of the hood.
For further information regarding these regula-
tions, please consult your Volvo retailer.
1The Vehicle Identification Number (VIN) should always be quoted in correspondence concerning your vehicle with the retailer and when ordering parts.

12 Index
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291
H
Hand brake (parking brake)..................... 161
Hazard warning flashers............................ 76
HD digital radio........................................ 254
Headlights.................................................. 64
Active Bending Lights........................... 64
changing bulbs................................... 228
high and low beams............................. 67
high beam flash.................................... 67
Headlight washers..................................... 73
Head restraints, rear seat........................118
High beam flash......................................... 67
High beams................................................ 67
Hoisting the vehicle.................................217
HomeLink
® Wireless Control System........ 86
Home safe lighting............................... 67, 84
Hood, opening......................................... 219
I
Ignition switch.......................................... 149
Immobilizer.............................................. 150
Immobilizer (start inhibitor)...................... 126Important information................................ 10
Indicator and warning symbols............ 54, 56
Inflatable Curtain........................................ 33
Inflation pressure..................................... 181
Inflation pressure, checking..................... 181
Inflation pressure table............................183
Information and warning symbols, table
of.............................................................. 284
Information display..............................54, 61
messages in.......................................... 61
Information symbol.................................... 56
Inspection, preparing for......................... 217
Inspection readiness................................ 217
Instrument overview.................................. 52
Instrument panel.................................. 52, 54
Instrument panel lighting........................... 66
Interior Air Quality System......................... 99
Interior lighting......................................... 114
iPodŸ connector (audio system)............. 248
ISOFIX/LATCH anchors............................. 47
J
Jack
location of........................................... 197
Jump starting........................................... 167
K
Key (ignition switch) positions................. 149
Key blade.........................................128, 132
Keyless drive
location of antennas (pacemaker warn-
ing)...................................................... 133
locking and unlocking the vehicle...... 131
power seat memory............................ 132
starting the engine.............................. 152
Keylock.............................................. 13, 150
Kickdown.................................................156
L
Label information..................................... 272
LATCH (ISOFIX) anchors........................... 47
Liftgate wiper........................................... 225

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292
Liftgate wiper/washer................................ 74
Lighting panel...................................... 64, 65
Load anchoring eyelets...........................121
Loading the vehicle
roof loads............................................ 168
Locking
from the inside.................................... 135
glove compartment............................. 136
Locking the vehicle.................................. 131
Long distance trips.................................. 144
Lug nuts (wheel nuts)............................... 199
M
Maintenance............................................ 216
hoisting the vehicle............................. 217
performed by the owner.....................217
Manual climate control.............................. 95
Manual transmission................................ 154
Mirrors....................................................... 78
Model plate.............................................. 273
Moonroof................................................... 81
Motor oil........................................... 221, 279
checking............................................. 221
N
Net in cargo area..................................... 123
O
Occupant safety........................................ 18
Occupant weight sensor............................ 28
Octane recommendations.......................146
Oil............................................................. 221
changing............................................. 221
checking............................................. 221
On Call Roadside Assistance.................. 286
Opening the hood.................................... 219
Owner maintenance................................. 217
P
Panel lighting, instrument.......................... 66
Park assist............................................... 173
Parking brake........................................... 161
Parking lights............................................. 66
Passenger’s side front airbag, disabling. . . 28Periodic owner-performed maintenance. 217
Permissible axle weight........................... 187
Personal settings....................................... 83
Power door mirrors.................................... 79
Power front seat...................................... 110
memory function................................. 111
Power moonroof........................................ 81
Power steering fluid................................. 224
Power windows......................................... 77
Pregnancy, using seat belts during........... 21
R
Radio
Sirius satellite radio............................256
Radio functions........................................ 252
HD digital radio................................... 254
Rain sensor - windshield wipers................ 74
Rear fog light............................................. 66
Rear park assist....................................... 173
Rear seat backrests, folding down.......... 118
Rearview mirror.......................................... 78
auto-dim function................................. 78