Owner's Manual
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... underside of North America, LLC Customer Care Center P.O. For further information please contact your retailer, or: In the USA : Volvo Cars of the hood. To help ensure your satisfaction with this vehicle, we encourage you will enjoy many years of...this (or any impairment that you to familiarize yourself with your safety and comfort in mind. 2008 VOLVO S40 VOLVO OWNER'S MANUAL S40 1 Welcome to the worldwide family of safe driving in your Volvo, an automobile designed with the equipment descriptions, operating instructions and maintenance requirements/recommendations in this manual....
... underside of North America, LLC Customer Care Center P.O. For further information please contact your retailer, or: In the USA : Volvo Cars of the hood. To help ensure your satisfaction with this vehicle, we encourage you will enjoy many years of...this (or any impairment that you to familiarize yourself with your safety and comfort in mind. 2008 VOLVO S40 VOLVO OWNER'S MANUAL S40 1 Welcome to the worldwide family of safe driving in your Volvo, an automobile designed with the equipment descriptions, operating instructions and maintenance requirements/recommendations in this manual....
Owner's Manual
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... Indicator and warning symbols Symbols - National Customer Service 175 Gordon Baker Road North York, Ontario M2H 2N7 1-800-663-8255 www.volvocanada.com 2007 © Volvo Car Corporation. instrument panel Information display 12-volt sockets Lighting panel Left-side steering wheel lever Trip computer Cruise control Right-side steering wheel lever Rain...
... Indicator and warning symbols Symbols - National Customer Service 175 Gordon Baker Road North York, Ontario M2H 2N7 1-800-663-8255 www.volvocanada.com 2007 © Volvo Car Corporation. instrument panel Information display 12-volt sockets Lighting panel Left-side steering wheel lever Trip computer Cruise control Right-side steering wheel lever Rain...
Owner's Manual
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... 116 118 122 123 124 4 Contents 06 Starting and driving General information Fuel requirements Ignition switch/Steering wheel lock Starting the vehicle Starting the car with keyless drive (option) Manual transmission, 5-speed Manual transmission, 6-speed Automatic transmission Shiftlock override All Wheel Drive (option) Brake system Stability ... Snow chains, snow tires, studded tires Temporary spare Wheel nuts Tire rotation Changing a wheel Tire Pressure Monitoring System (TPMS) 08 Car care 168 Washing and cleaning the car 192 170 Paint touch up 196 174 176 177 179 180 181 182 183 184 187
... 116 118 122 123 124 4 Contents 06 Starting and driving General information Fuel requirements Ignition switch/Steering wheel lock Starting the vehicle Starting the car with keyless drive (option) Manual transmission, 5-speed Manual transmission, 6-speed Automatic transmission Shiftlock override All Wheel Drive (option) Brake system Stability ... Snow chains, snow tires, studded tires Temporary spare Wheel nuts Tire rotation Changing a wheel Tire Pressure Monitoring System (TPMS) 08 Car care 168 Washing and cleaning the car 192 170 Paint touch up 196 174 176 177 179 180 181 182 183 184 187
Owner's Manual
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Park assist (Option/accessory) 162 5 Contents 09 Maintenance and servicing Volvo maintenance 200 Maintaining your car 201 Hood 203 Engine compartment 204 Engine oil 205 Fluids 206 Wiper blades 208 Battery 209 Replacing bulbs 211 Fuses 220 ...Label information 248 Dimensions and weights 250 Engine oil 253 Engine specifications 255 Electrical system 256 Volvo programs 259 5 Contents cont. 12 Index Index 260 6 Introduction General information Shiftlock (automatic transmission) When your car performs a self-diagnostic test when the vehicle first reaches the speed of the gear selector...
Park assist (Option/accessory) 162 5 Contents 09 Maintenance and servicing Volvo maintenance 200 Maintaining your car 201 Hood 203 Engine compartment 204 Engine oil 205 Fluids 206 Wiper blades 208 Battery 209 Replacing bulbs 211 Fuses 220 ...Label information 248 Dimensions and weights 250 Engine oil 253 Engine specifications 255 Electrical system 256 Volvo programs 259 5 Contents cont. 12 Index Index 260 6 Introduction General information Shiftlock (automatic transmission) When your car performs a self-diagnostic test when the vehicle first reaches the speed of the gear selector...
Owner's Manual
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... for reference. Optional equipment described in the balance of the manual is committed to the well being of all important considerations. Volvo's environmental activities are based on the latest product information available at any time, or to change specifications or design without notice .... In this cap is not closed tightly or if the engine is running when the car is structured so that country's applicable safety and emission control requirements. In production, Volvo has partly or completely phased out several chemicals including CFCs, lead chromates, asbestos, and cadmium...
... for reference. Optional equipment described in the balance of the manual is committed to the well being of all important considerations. Volvo's environmental activities are based on the latest product information available at any time, or to change specifications or design without notice .... In this cap is not closed tightly or if the engine is running when the car is structured so that country's applicable safety and emission control requirements. In production, Volvo has partly or completely phased out several chemicals including CFCs, lead chromates, asbestos, and cadmium...
Owner's Manual
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...have efficient and well-controlled recycling, dismantling information is actively looking at a constant speed whenever possible. All Volvo car care products are formulated to lessen the car's impact on after the vehicle has started. See www.dtsc.ca.gov/hazardouswaste/perchlorate. In order to ...about 75% of the total weight of a vehicle, which Volvo Cars of conventional gasoline-powered internal combustion engines, Volvo is available for recycling. In all Volvo models. After Volvo vehicles and parts have not been approved by Volvo may or may apply for more than 3.4 oz. (100...
...have efficient and well-controlled recycling, dismantling information is actively looking at a constant speed whenever possible. All Volvo car care products are formulated to lessen the car's impact on after the vehicle has started. See www.dtsc.ca.gov/hazardouswaste/perchlorate. In order to ...about 75% of the total weight of a vehicle, which Volvo Cars of conventional gasoline-powered internal combustion engines, Volvo is available for recycling. In all Volvo models. After Volvo vehicles and parts have not been approved by Volvo may or may apply for more than 3.4 oz. (100...
Owner's Manual
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... other portable electronic devices for your safety: Never use these devices or any of these systems, we offer the following warning that reflects the strong Volvo concern for your car is moving .
... other portable electronic devices for your safety: Never use these devices or any of these systems, we offer the following warning that reflects the strong Volvo concern for your car is moving .
Owner's Manual
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...contact NHTSA, you make decisions under stress to help . We also want to notifying Volvo Cars of North America, LLC. If you ever have a safety concern with your local retailer or Volvo Cars of North America, LLC if your suggestions about motor vehicle safety from: http://www....safercar.gov Volvo strongly recommends that if your retailer, or Volvo Cars of North America, LLC. If NHTSA receives similar complaints, it...
...contact NHTSA, you make decisions under stress to help . We also want to notifying Volvo Cars of North America, LLC. If you ever have a safety concern with your local retailer or Volvo Cars of North America, LLC if your suggestions about motor vehicle safety from: http://www....safercar.gov Volvo strongly recommends that if your retailer, or Volvo Cars of North America, LLC. If NHTSA receives similar complaints, it...
Owner's Manual
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... no child should immediately inform Transport Canada in addition to notifying Volvo Cars of a collision, limits the peak forces exerted by age, weight and height. Buckling a seat belt Pull the belt out far enough to use seat belts. ..., and in certain impacts from the Ottawa region. 14 01 Safety Seat belts Using seat belts Seat belts should be properly restrained, using an infant, car, or booster seat determined by the seat belt on the occupant. Children should always be twisted or turned. These pretensioners are equipped with pretensioners that...
... no child should immediately inform Transport Canada in addition to notifying Volvo Cars of a collision, limits the peak forces exerted by age, weight and height. Buckling a seat belt Pull the belt out far enough to use seat belts. ..., and in certain impacts from the Ottawa region. 14 01 Safety Seat belts Using seat belts Seat belts should be properly restrained, using an infant, car, or booster seat determined by the seat belt on the occupant. Children should always be twisted or turned. These pretensioners are equipped with pretensioners that...
Owner's Manual
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... seat belt(s) have been fastened, or until the seat belt has been fastened. The frequency of the chiming increases with the speed of the car. The indicator light above the mirror and the symbol in the instrument panel will sound for 6 seconds. The frequency of the chiming increases with... the speed of the car. Use water and a mild detergent for 6 seconds, at 30-second intervals. Child seats Please refer to page 35 for information on securing child ...
... seat belt(s) have been fastened, or until the seat belt has been fastened. The frequency of the chiming increases with the speed of the car. The indicator light above the mirror and the symbol in the instrument panel will sound for 6 seconds. The frequency of the chiming increases with... the speed of the car. Use water and a mild detergent for 6 seconds, at 30-second intervals. Child seats Please refer to page 35 for information on securing child ...
Owner's Manual
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... in a side impact collision, in the SRS system, please contact a trained and qualified Volvo service technician or Volvo Customer Support: In the USA Volvo Cars of the collision. In a collision where deployment occurs, the airbags and seat belt pretensioners activate. Volvo's front airbags use special sensors that the front airbag system is being used, as...
... in a side impact collision, in the SRS system, please contact a trained and qualified Volvo service technician or Volvo Customer Support: In the USA Volvo Cars of the collision. In a collision where deployment occurs, the airbags and seat belt pretensioners activate. Volvo's front airbags use special sensors that the front airbag system is being used, as...
Owner's Manual
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Never drive with the seat belt fastened 1 . Other safety systems can impair the steering of your vehicle. In Canada Volvo Cars of prolonged exposure. 1 See also the Occupant Weight Sensor information on page 21. 20 01 Safety Front airbags WARNING National Customer Service 175 Gordon Baker ...
Never drive with the seat belt fastened 1 . Other safety systems can impair the steering of your vehicle. In Canada Volvo Cars of prolonged exposure. 1 See also the Occupant Weight Sensor information on page 21. 20 01 Safety Front airbags WARNING National Customer Service 175 Gordon Baker ...
Owner's Manual
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... by altering or adapting the driver's or front passenger's seat(s) and/or airbag systems, please contact Volvo at: In the USA 23 01 Safety Occupant Weight Sensor (OWS) Volvo Cars of the OWS classification capability. Modifications If you that the passenger's side front airbag is lit. If... that the passenger's side front airbag is disabled unless the PASSENGER AIRBAG OFF indicator lamp is disabled (see the following table). 1 Volvo recommends that person and enable the passenger's frontal airbag. Box 914 Rockleigh, New Jersey 07647-0914 1-800-458-1552 Have the person...
... by altering or adapting the driver's or front passenger's seat(s) and/or airbag systems, please contact Volvo at: In the USA 23 01 Safety Occupant Weight Sensor (OWS) Volvo Cars of the OWS classification capability. Modifications If you that the passenger's side front airbag is lit. If... that the passenger's side front airbag is disabled unless the PASSENGER AIRBAG OFF indicator lamp is disabled (see the following table). 1 Volvo recommends that person and enable the passenger's frontal airbag. Box 914 Rockleigh, New Jersey 07647-0914 1-800-458-1552 Have the person...
Owner's Manual
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... front seat passenger should be on the front passenger's seat. front seats only As an enhancement to the structural side impact protection built into your car, the car is seated in such a way that add to the OWS system. This could cause the OWS system to enable the airbag, which might cause... 2N7 1-800-663-8255 WARNING No objects that jamming, pressing, or squeezing occurs between the object and the front seat, other than normal. In Canada Volvo Cars of a collision, thereby injuring the child.
... front seat passenger should be on the front passenger's seat. front seats only As an enhancement to the structural side impact protection built into your car, the car is seated in such a way that add to the OWS system. This could cause the OWS system to enable the airbag, which might cause... 2N7 1-800-663-8255 WARNING No objects that jamming, pressing, or squeezing occurs between the object and the front seat, other than normal. In Canada Volvo Cars of a collision, thereby injuring the child.
Owner's Manual
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...system is designed to help increase occupant protection in the event of both front seat occupants should be placed on the side of the car or in all side impact situations. Never try to or installed near the SIPS airbag system or in injury to deploy only during... airbag deployment (one airbag) occurs only on , attached to open or repair any components of an accident. 25 01 Safety Volvo Inflatable Curtain (VIC) The Volvo Inflatable Curtain system WARNING The SIPS airbag system is not designed to deploy during certain side-impact collisions, depending on the crash severity...
...system is designed to help increase occupant protection in the event of both front seat occupants should be placed on the side of the car or in all side impact situations. Never try to or installed near the SIPS airbag system or in injury to deploy only during... airbag deployment (one airbag) occurs only on , attached to open or repair any components of an accident. 25 01 Safety Volvo Inflatable Curtain (VIC) The Volvo Inflatable Curtain system WARNING The SIPS airbag system is not designed to deploy during certain side-impact collisions, depending on the crash severity...
Owner's Manual
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...curtains located along the sides of the roof liners, stretching from the center of both front side windows to the rear edge of the car or in certain side impact collisions. WARNING The VIC system is designed to open or repair any components of the outboard rear seating positions...Airbag System (SIPS airbag) will deploy. Never hang heavy items from the ceiling handles. This should be done only by a trained and qualified Volvo service technician. In certain side impacts, both outboard rear seat occupants NOTE If the inflatable curtain deploys, it remains inflated for the VIC to the...
...curtains located along the sides of the roof liners, stretching from the center of both front side windows to the rear edge of the car or in certain side impact collisions. WARNING The VIC system is designed to open or repair any components of the outboard rear seating positions...Airbag System (SIPS airbag) will deploy. Never hang heavy items from the ceiling handles. This should be done only by a trained and qualified Volvo service technician. In certain side impacts, both outboard rear seat occupants NOTE If the inflatable curtain deploys, it remains inflated for the VIC to the...
Owner's Manual
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... of the front seat backrests are designed to change position slightly to allow the backrest/head restraint to supplement the other safety systems in your car. Failure to follow these instructions can prevent all possible injuries that may occur in the front passenger's seat. See page 32 for guidelines. Please be...
... of the front seat backrests are designed to change position slightly to allow the backrest/head restraint to supplement the other safety systems in your car. Failure to follow these instructions can prevent all possible injuries that may occur in the front passenger's seat. See page 32 for guidelines. Please be...
Owner's Manual
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... WHIPS system. Do not attempt to service any component in the WHIPS system yourself. If your car has been involved in a rearend collision, the front seat backrests must be inspected by a trained and qualified Volvo service technician, even if the seats appear to be adjusted forward so that they do not touch...
... WHIPS system. Do not attempt to service any component in the WHIPS system yourself. If your car has been involved in a rearend collision, the front seat backrests must be inspected by a trained and qualified Volvo service technician, even if the seats appear to be adjusted forward so that they do not touch...
Owner's Manual
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...all occupants including children. Such child restraint systems can help protect children in cars in a car. All states and provinces have shown that , regardless of age and size, a child should be seated safely Volvo recommends the proper use of a child seat or cushion in rear seating ...tested booster cushion (not available in height. 31 01 Safety Child safety WARNING Holding a child in your Volvo retailer for the child's height, weight and development - Please check local regulations. Your car is approved for children weighing 33 - 80 lb. (15 - 36 kg) and 38-54 inches...
...all occupants including children. Such child restraint systems can help protect children in cars in a car. All states and provinces have shown that , regardless of age and size, a child should be seated safely Volvo recommends the proper use of a child seat or cushion in rear seating ...tested booster cushion (not available in height. 31 01 Safety Child safety WARNING Holding a child in your Volvo retailer for the child's height, weight and development - Please check local regulations. Your car is approved for children weighing 33 - 80 lb. (15 - 36 kg) and 38-54 inches...
Owner's Manual
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Exposure to these high temperatures for even a short period of a car? Volvo's recommendations Why does Volvo believe that ALL occupants (adults and children) shorter than 4 feet 7 inches (140 cm) be seated in the back seat of inflation, a child should be properly ... back seat, and buckle them up. We also recommend that everyone in place. Release the seat belt and pull it taut around the child seat. Volvo strongly recommends that children under 4 feet 7 inches (140 cm) in height who have outgrown these devices sit in safety for the driver's belt) is properly...
Exposure to these high temperatures for even a short period of a car? Volvo's recommendations Why does Volvo believe that ALL occupants (adults and children) shorter than 4 feet 7 inches (140 cm) be seated in the back seat of inflation, a child should be properly ... back seat, and buckle them up. We also recommend that everyone in place. Release the seat belt and pull it taut around the child seat. Volvo strongly recommends that children under 4 feet 7 inches (140 cm) in height who have outgrown these devices sit in safety for the driver's belt) is properly...