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Large animals
If there is a risk of colliding with a large animal,
City Safety can help reduce your vehicle's speed
by up to 15 km/h (9 mph).
The braking function for large animals is primarily
intended to mitigate the force of a collision at
higher speeds. Braking is most effective at
speeds above 70 km/h (43 mph) and less effec-
tive at lower speeds.
City Safety sub-functionsFunction overview
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. Audio-visual collision warning
Camera/radar sensor distance monitoring City Safety carries out three steps in the follow-
ing order:
1.

Collision warning
2. Brake assistance
3. Auto-brake
Descriptions of what happens in these three
steps are provided below.
1 - Collision warning
The driver is first alerted to the risk of an immi-
nent collision.
In vehicles equipped with a head-up display*, a
flashing warning symbol will be displayed on the
windshield. Collision warning symbol on the windshield
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.
NOTE Visual warnings on the windshield may be dif-
ficult to notice in cases of strong sunlight,
reflections, extreme light contrasts, or if the
driver is wearing sunglasses or is not looking
straight ahead.
City Safety can detect pedestrians, cyclists or
vehicles that are stationary, are moving in the
same direction as your vehicle and are ahead of
your vehicle. City Safety can also detect pedes-
trians, cyclists or large animals that are crossing
the road in front of your vehicle.
If there is a risk of a collision with a pedestrian,
large animal, cyclist or another vehicle, or with a
vehicle described in the section "City Safety in
crossing traffic", the driver will be alerted with
light, sound and pulsations in the brake pedal. At
lower speeds, during hard braking or if the accel-
erator pedal is pressed, the brake pedal pulsation
warning will not be given. The intensity of the
brake pedal pulsations varies according to the
vehicle's speed.
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2 - Brake assistance
If the risk of a collision increases after the colli-
sion warning, brake support will be activated.
If the system determines that the pressure the
driver is exerting on the brake pedal is insufficient
to prevent the collision, brake support will
increase pressure.
3 - Auto-brake
The automatic braking function is activated at the
last moment.
If the driver has not taken evasive action by this
stage and a collision is imminent, the automatic
braking function will be triggered. This occurs
whether or not the driver is pressing the brake
pedal. Full braking force will be applied to reduce
the speed at impact or reduced braking effect will
be applied if this is sufficient to avoid the colli-
sion.
The seat belt tensioners may be activated along
with the automatic braking function. See "Seat
belt tensioners" for more information.
In certain situations, auto-braking may begin with
a limited braking force before applying full brak-
ing force.
If City Safety has prevented a collision, the vehi-
cle will be kept at a standstill until the driver
takes action. If the vehicle has slowed to avoid
colliding with a slower-moving vehicle ahead, your
speed will be reduced to that vehicle's speed.
Auto-braking can always be cancelled if the
driver presses hard on the accelerator pedal.
NOTE When City Safety activates the brakes, the
brake lights come on.
When City Safety applies the brakes, a text mes-
sage will appear in the instrument panel to notify
the driver that the function is/was activated.
WARNING
City Safety may not be used to change how
the driver operates the vehicle. The driver
must not only rely on City Safety to brake the
vehicle.
Related information

City Safety™ (p. 341) Setting a warning distance for City
Safety
City Safety is always active, but the function's
warning distance can be adjusted.
NOTE The City Safety function cannot be deacti-
vated. It is activated automatically each time
the engine/electric motor is started.
The alert distance determines the sensitivity of
the system and regulates the distance at which
the light, sound and brake pulsations will be acti-
vated.
To select warning distance:
1.

Select Settings My Car IntelliSafe
in
the center display's Top view.
2. Under City Safety Warning, tap Late,
Normal or Early to set the desired warning distance.
If the driver feels that the Early setting is giving
too many warnings or finds them irritating, the
Normal or Late warning distance settings can
be selected instead.
If the driver feels that the warnings are too fre-
quent and distracting, the warning distance can
be reduced. This will reduce the total number of
warnings, but it will also result in City Safety pro-
viding warnings at a later stage.

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City Safety limitations
City Safety functionality may be reduced in cer-
tain situations.
Surroundings
Low objects
Hanging objects, such as flags for overhanging
loads or accessories such as auxiliary lights or
front protective grids that extend beyond the
height of the hood, may limit City Safety function-
ality.
Slippery road conditions
The extended braking distance on slippery roads
may reduce City Safety's capacity to help avoid a
collision. In these types of situations, the Anti-
lock Braking System and Electronic Stability Con-
trol (ESC 73
) will help provide optimal braking
power with maintained stability.
Backlighting
The visual warning signal in the windshield may
be difficult to detect in bright sunlight, if there are
reflections, or if the driver is wearing sunglasses
or not looking straight ahead.
Heat
If the temperature in the passenger compartment
is high due to e.g. bright sunlight, the visual warn-
ing signal in the windshield may be temporarily
disabled.
Camera and radar sensor's field of vision
The camera's field of vision is limited and in cer-
tain situations, it may be unable to detect pedes-
trians, large animals, cyclists or vehicles, or it may
detect them later than expected.
Vehicles that are dirty may be detected later than
clean vehicles, and in dark conditions, motorcy-
cles may be detected late or not at all.
If a text message displayed in the instrument
panel indicates that the camera/radar sensor is
obstructed, it may be difficult for City Safety to
detect pedestrians, large animals, cyclists, vehi-
cles or lane markings in front of the vehicle. City
Safety functionality may therefore be reduced.
Text messages may not be displayed for all situa-
tions in which the windshield sensors are
blocked. The driver must therefore always keep
the windshield in front of the camera/radar sen-
sor clean.
CAUTION Maintenance and replacement of City Safety
components may only be performed by a
workshop – an authorized Volvo workshop is
recommended.
Driver intervention
Backing up
City Safety is temporarily deactivated when the
vehicle is backing up.
Low speed
City Safety is not activated at very low speeds
under 4 km/h (3 mph). The system will therefore
not intervene in situations in which your vehicle is
approaching another vehicle very slowly, such as
when parking.
Active driver
Action by the driver always has priority. City
Safety will therefore not react or will react at a
later stage with a warning or intervention in situa-
tions in which the driver is clearly steering and
operating the accelerator pedal, even if a collision
is unavoidable.
An active and aware driving style may therefore
delay collision warnings and intervention in order
to minimize unnecessary warnings.
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Other limitations
WARNING

Warnings and brake interventions can be
triggered late or not at all if the traffic sit-
uation or external influences prevent the
camera and radar unit from properly
detecting pedestrians, cyclists, large ani-
mals or vehicles ahead of the vehicle.
To be able to detect vehicles at night, its
front and rear lights must work and illumi-
nate clearly.
The camera and radar unit have a limited
range for pedestrians and cyclists – the
system can provide effective warnings
and brake interventions if the relative
speed is lower than 50 km/h (30 mph).
For stationary or slow-moving vehicles,
warnings and brake interventions are
effective at vehicle speeds of up to
70 km/h (43 mph). Speed reduction for
large animals is less than 15 km/h
(9 mph) and can be achieved at vehicle
speeds over 70 km/h (43 mph). At lower
speeds, the warning and brake interven-
tion for large animals is less effective.
Warnings for stationary or slow-moving
vehicles and large animals can be disen-
gaged due to darkness or poor visibility.
Warnings and brake interventions for
pedestrians and cyclists are disengaged
at vehicle speeds over 80 km/h
(50 mph).
Do not place, affix or mount anything on
the inside or outside of the windshield, or
in front of or around the camera and
radar unit – this could disrupt camera-
based functions.
Objects, snow, ice or dirt in the area of
the camera sensor can reduce the func-
tion, disengage it completely or give an
improper function response.
NOTE The function uses the vehicle's combined
camera and radar unit, which has certain gen-
eral limitations; see sections "Camera limita-
tions" and "Radar sensor limitations".
Market limitationsCity Safety is not available in all countries. If City
Safety is not shown in the center display's
Settings menu, your vehicle is not equipped with
this function.
In the center display's Top view, tap:
Settings My Car IntelliSafe
Related information

City Safety™ (p. 341)
Camera limitations (p. 338)
Radar sensor limitations (p. 333)

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City Safety messages
A number of messages related to City Safety
may be displayed in the instrument panel.
Some examples of symbols and messages are shown in the table below.
Message
Meaning
City Safety
Automatic intervention When City Safety is braking or has activated the automatic braking funct\
ion, one or more symbols may illuminate in
the instrument panel and a text message may be displayed.
City Safety
Reduced functionality Service
required The system is not functioning as intended. Contact a workshop ‒ an authorized Volvo workshop is recommended.A text message can be erased by briefly pressing
the
button in the center of the right-side
steering wheel keypad.
If the message persists: Contact a workshop ‒ an
authorized Volvo workshop is recommended.
Related information
City Safety™ (p. 341)

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BLIS*
The BLIS 74
function is designed to help provide
assistance in heavy traffic with several lanes
moving in the same direction by helping the
driver to detect the presence of vehicles in the
"blind spot" area behind and to the side of the
vehicle.
BLIS is a driver support system designed to alert
the driver of:
vehicles in your "blind spot"
vehicles approaching rapidly in adjacent
lanes. Location of BLIS indicator light.
75 Indicator light
The BLIS button in the center display's Func-
tion view is used to activate/deactivate the
function. BLIS overview
Blind spot zone
Rapidly approaching vehicle zone.
The BLIS function is active at speeds
above 10 km/h (6 mph).
The system is designed to react to: vehicles passing your vehicle
vehicles that are rapidly approaching your
vehicle from behind.
When BLIS

detects a vehicle in zone 1 or a rap-
idly approaching vehicle in zone 2, an indicator
light will illuminate in the relevant rearview mirror
and glow steadily. If the driver then uses the turn
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given, the indicator light will become brighter and
begin flashing.
NOTE
The light illuminates on the side of the vehicle
where the system has detected the vehicle. If
the vehicle is passed on both sides simulta-
neously, both lights come on.
WARNING

The BLIS function is supplementary driver
support intended to facilitate driving and
help make it safer – it cannot handle all
situations in all traffic, weather and road
conditions.
The responsibility for changing lanes
safely and using good judgment always
rests with the driver.
BLIS is not a substitute for the driver's
attention and judgment. The driver is
always responsible for ensuring the vehi-
cle is driven in a safe manner, at the
appropriate speed, with an appropriate
distance to other vehicles, and in accord-
ance with current traffic rules and regula-
tions.
Related information
Activating/deactivating BLIS (p. 356)
BLIS limitations (p. 357)
Recommended maintenance for BLIS
(p. 358)
BLIS messages (p. 359) Activating/deactivating BLIS
The BLIS
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function can be activated/deacti-
vated. Location of BLIS indicator light.
77 Indicator light
The BLIS button in the center display's Func-
tion view is used to activate/deactivate the
function.
– Tap the
BLIS button in Function view.
>
The BLIS indicator light shows the status
of the function: GREEN (on) or GRAY
(off).
If BLIS is activated when the engine is started,
the indicator lights in the rearview mirrors will
flash once.
If BLIS is deactivated when the engine is turned
off, it will remain off the next time the engine is
started and the indicator lights will not illuminate.

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BLIS messages
A number of messages related to BLIS 81
may
be displayed in the instrument panel.
Some examples of symbols and messages are shown in the table below. Message
Meaning
Blind spot sensor
Service required The system is not functioning as intended. Contact a workshop ‒ an authorized Volvo workshop is recommended.
Blind spot system off
Trailer attached BLIS and CTA have been deactivated because a trailer has been connected \
to the vehicle's electrical system.A text message can be erased by briefly pressing
the
button in the center of the right-side
steering wheel keypad.
If the message persists: Contact a workshop ‒ an
authorized Volvo workshop is recommended.
Related information
BLIS* (p. 355) 81
Blind Spot Information