2008 Volvo S80 Owner's Manual - Page 109

The vehicle must be stationary when position P is selected. Reverse (R) The vehicle must be stationary when position R is selected. Neutral position (N) No gear is engaged and the engine can be started with the gear selector in this position. Apply the parking brake if the vehicle is stationary with the gear selector in position N. Drive (D) D is the normal driving position. The car automatically shifts between the various forward gears, based on the level of acceleration and speed. The car must be at a standstill when shifting from position R to position D. 111 03 Your driving environment Transmission Geartronic-manual shifting Geartronic allows you to manually shift among your vehicle's six forward speeds. Geartronic can be selected at any time. To access the manual ( M ) shifting position from Drive ( D), move the gear selector to the right to M . To return to the D position from M , move the gear selector to the left. While driving If you select the M position while driving, the gear that was being used in the Drive position will also initially be selected in the M position. Move the gear selector forward (toward "+") to shift to a higher gear or rearward (toward "-") to shift to a lower gear. If you hold the gear selector toward "-", the transmission will downshift one gear at a time and will utilize the braking power of the engine. If the current speed is too high for using a lower gear, the downshift will not occur until the speed has decreased enough to allow the lower gear to be used. If you slow to a very low speed, the transmission will automatically shift down. Shiftlock - Neutral ( N) If the gear selector is in the N position and the vehicle has been stationary for at least 3 seconds (irrespective of whether the engine is running) then the gear selector is locked. To be able to move the gear selector from N to another gear position, the brake pedal must be depressed and the ignition must be in position II , see page 80.