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Starting and driving

Driving with a trailer

The load capacity is affected by extra acces-

sories mounted on the car, such as a towbar,

the load on the towball (75 kg with trailer

hitched), load carriers and space box, as well

as the passengers’ combined weight. The

load capacity of the car is reduced by the

number of passengers and their weight.

• The car’s towing bracket must be of an

approved type.

• If the towing bracket is fitted by Volvo, the

car is delivered with the necessary

equipment to drive with a trailer. If retro-

fitting, check with your Volvo dealer to

ensure that the car is fully equipped to

drive with a trailer.

• Distribute the load on the trailer so that

the weight on the towing bracket follows

the specified maximum towball load.

• Increase tyre pressure to correspond to

the pressure for full load. See the tyre

pressure table!

• Clean the towing bracket regularly and

grease the towball

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and all moving parts

to prevent unnecessary wear.

• Do not drive with a heavy trailer when

your car is brand new! Wait until it has

gone at least 1000 km.

• The brakes are loaded much more than

usual on long and steep downhill slopes.

Downshift to a lower gear and adjust your

speed.

• If the car is driven with a heavy load in a

hot climate, the engine and gearbox may

overheat. The temperature gauge in the

combined instrument panel goes into the

red zone when the car overheats. Stop

and let the engine idle a few minutes.

• If the car overheats, the air conditioning

system can be temporarily switched off.

• The gearbox reacts with a built-in

protection function if the car overheats.

See the message in the display!

• The engine is loaded more heavily than

usual when driving with a trailer.

• For reasons of safety, you should not

drive faster than 80 km/h, even if the laws

of certain countries permit higher speeds.

• The maximum permissible trailer weight

for a trailer without brakes is 750 kg.

• Select position P (automatic gearbox) or

engage a gear (manual gearbox) when

parking with a trailer and always apply the

parking brake. If you are parking on a

steep incline, place chocks behind the

wheels.

Trailer weights

See page 237 for permitted trailer weights.

NOTE! The stated maximum permitted trailer

weights are those permitted by Volvo.

National vehicle regulations can further limit

trailer weights and speeds. Towbars can be

certified for higher towing weights than the

car can actually tow.

WARNING!

The car’s driving characteristics change

depending on how heavily it is loaded and

how the load is distributed.

1. Does not apply to ball hitch with

vibration damper.

WARNING!

Follow the stated recommendations for

trailer weights. Otherwise, the rig may be

difficult to control during evasive

manoeuvres and braking.

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