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Re: What have you just found out about your XC40.

Posted: Thu Mar 12, 2020 4:16 pm
by Jazmarti
If you press and hold the cruise button it will increase by 1 progressively , if you press it quickly once it will increase by 5.

Re: What have you just found out about your XC40.

Posted: Thu Mar 12, 2020 4:46 pm
by Gasps
Jazmarti wrote: Thu Mar 12, 2020 4:16 pm If you press and hold the cruise button it will increase by 1 progressively , if you press it quickly once it will increase by 5.

I'd recommend reading this thread from the beginning 😀

Re: What have you just found out about your XC40.

Posted: Fri Mar 13, 2020 7:49 pm
by Deleted User 2558
Until today I hadn't realised the cruise control uses the gearbox to slow down.

In my previous manual box car the cruise control would use the accelerator to maintain the speed. Ok for the flat or going uphill but on a long decent the car could, and did, exceed the previously set speed.

My auto box XC40 uses its gears to drop gears to engine brake on a long decent to maintain its cruise control speed. Impressed!

Re: What have you just found out about your XC40.

Posted: Sat Mar 14, 2020 7:50 pm
by Deleted User 2446
Hi all, collected my new inscription Pro T4 yesterday, really, really enjoying the toys. One thing I find disappointing it the low level of heat from the electric front seats, when on level 3 they compare to level 1 (just about warm at best) On my previous xc60. Has anyone had a similar issue? Had them on for a good 20 mins.
PS. I got a screen protector from Amazon for around a fiver, they are great, now no finger prints and the sensitivity is not impacted.
Regards Mark.

Re: What have you just found out about your XC40.

Posted: Sat Mar 14, 2020 9:02 pm
by Bob
Certainly not, I never put my seat above 1, except when it is extremely cold and then it is returned to 1 within 5 minutes or so. If I have it any hotter I'd be cooking!

Re: What have you just found out about your XC40.

Posted: Sat Mar 14, 2020 10:27 pm
by Deleted User 2446
Hi Bob, good info thankyou. I’ll ring Volvo on Monday and get it booked in.

Re: What have you just found out about your XC40.

Posted: Sun Mar 15, 2020 10:33 am
by PreservedKillick
The vehicle owners manual has an App.

Just downloaded it from the App Store or from within the Volvo Oncall widget:
‘Volvo Oncall’ - ‘Car’ - ‘Open the Manual’: the link directs to the ‘App Store’

It has interactive hotspots and is a good addition to the vehicles old school real handbook, the on screen car manual and the downloadable PDF.

Re: What have you just found out about your XC40.

Posted: Sun Mar 15, 2020 10:45 am
by Dermottdog
Mark123 wrote: Sat Mar 14, 2020 7:50 pm Hi all, collected my new inscription Pro T4 yesterday, really, really enjoying the toys. One thing I find disappointing it the low level of heat from the electric front seats, when on level 3 they compare to level 1 (just about warm at best) On my previous xc60. Has anyone had a similar issue? Had them on for a good 20 mins.
PS. I got a screen protector from Amazon for around a fiver, they are great, now no finger prints and the sensitivity is not impacted.
Regards Mark.
Mark123, I had a similar issue on my drivers seat (passenger seat was fine). I thought to myself that the seat heat is crap and only feels mildly warm. It was in fact not working at all. The warmth I felt was from my own body heat😊. Anyway, the heater element was found to be at fault. Took 2 and half days at the dealers to fix and replace (they’d never done one before and it was a learning curve). The heater now works but isn’t as as good as my previous car.

Re: What have you just found out about your XC40.

Posted: Sun Mar 15, 2020 8:13 pm
by Deleted User 2446
Thanks Dermottdog, I’ll be ringing the dealer in the morning to book it in.

Re: What have you just found out about your XC40.

Posted: Wed Mar 18, 2020 8:54 pm
by olderbutnotwiser
Just taken delivery of my T3 inscription, on Saturday.

3 things I found out :-

1 / There is no wee handy bin thing in the center console ( is that a cost saving ? )
2 / The auto wipers are very low sensitivity. even at full "raindrops" the wipers won't go on a continuous wipe.
3 / Although the car will avoid a collision and try and steer round a potential accident, the cruise control doesn't have adaptive distance control.

Loving it apart from that. :)