MY2011 new features: D5 has Geartronic with Sport-setting?

[ott]

Hi,

Volvo launched 5.5.2010 news about model year 2011 new features. One interesting one would be that D5-engine with automatic transmission (Geartronic) will have Sport-setting. The news is on the page linked below.

http://www.volvocars.com/intl/top/ab...spx?itemid=170

For some reason that feature is listed on Volvo web pages only together with new S60-model + D5 + Geartronic. How about XC60?

Does anyone MY2011 XC60 D5+Geartronic owners allready reviewed that feature?

[VolvoXc60]

The XC60 has that? If you put it into manual-mode but u don´t gear up/down, the car is in sport. Just like on the Bmw X5. That´s what I have read in the handbook.

"Geartronic - Sport mode (S)1
The Sport programme provides sportier cha- racteristics and allows higher engine speed for the gears. At the same time it responds more quickly to acceleration. During active driving, the use of a lower gear is prioritised, leading to a delayed upshift.
Sport mode is obtained by moving the lever to the side from D position to the end position at +/–. The information display shifts the indica- tion from D to S.
Sport mode can be selected at any time while driving."

[nosmoking]

Originally Posted by VolvoXc60

The XC60 has that? If you put it into manual-mode but u don´t gear up/down, the car is in sport. Just like on the Bmw X5. That´s what I have read in the handbook.

VolvoXc60, in my MY10 handbook it says the sport mode is only available on the T6. Has it changed for MY11 to include the D5?

[XC60KEV]

Originally Posted by VolvoXc60

The XC60 has that? If you put it into manual-mode but u don´t gear up/down, the car is in sport. Just like on the Bmw X5. That´s what I have read in the handbook.

"Geartronic - Sport mode (S)1
The Sport programme provides sportier cha- racteristics and allows higher engine speed for the gears. At the same time it responds more quickly to acceleration. During active driving, the use of a lower gear is prioritised, leading to a delayed upshift.
Sport mode is obtained by moving the lever to the side from D position to the end position at +/–. The information display shifts the indica- tion from D to S.
Sport mode can be selected at any time while driving."

If moving to position +/- enables sport mode, does that mean you cant have sport mode in automatic mode?

In audi's there is a seperate sport mode in he fully auto mode and moving to +/- enables the same engine rev limits as sport but with manual shift

[Mislovic]

Yes. The my11 d5 has the sports mode. It is mentioned in the 2011 owners manual.

[The patriarch]

My XC60, MY11, did not display 'S'. Then, last week, I took it to have it's first service. It now displays 'S'. I thought I was going crazy! But having rung my local service agent, Apparrently, like the iPhone, the car gets a software upgrade, if one is available. This might too, explain why many of my personal settings had defaulted to Factory mode. So I have a meeting with. Technician tomorrow, whom, I hope, will explain all!

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XC60 MY 11 SE Lux D5 AWD

[simonjedrake]

The Patriarch

Your dealer is correct in that models after a specific Serial No can have a software update to provide the "S" geartronic function as per the below forum thread.
Enjoy your new Volvo - you will certainly notice a more sprightly feel to acceleration........!!

http://www.volvoforums.org.uk/showth...=126700&page=3