03 Instruments and controls
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* Option/accessory, for more information, see Introduction.
81
IMPORTANT
Examples of when manual switching
between main and dipped beam may be
required:
•
In heavy rain or dense fog
•
In freezing rain
•
In snow flurries or slush
•
In moonlight
•
When driving in poorly lit built-up
areas
•
When the traffic ahead has weak light-
ing
•
If there are pedestrians on or beside
the road
•
If there are highly reflective objects
such as signs in the vicinity of the road
•
When the lighting from oncoming traf-
fic is obscured by e.g. a crash barrier
•
When there is traffic on connecting
roads
•
On the brow of a hill or in a hollow
•
In sharp bends.
For more information on the limitations of the
camera sensor, see Collision warning system*
- camera sensor limitations (p. 215).
Related information
•
Main/dipped beam (p. 78)
•
Light switches (p. 74)
Active Xenon headlamps*
Active Xenon headlamps are designed to pro-
vide maximum illumination in bends and junc-
tions and so provide increased safety.
Active Xenon headlamps ABL
Headlamp pattern with function deactivated (left)
and activated (right) respectively.
If the car is equipped with active Xenon head-
lamps (Active Bending Lights – ABL) the light
from the headlamps follows the steering
wheel movement in order to provide maxi-
mum lighting in bends and junctions and so
provide increased safety.
The function is activated automatically when
the car is started (provided that it has not
been deactivated in the menu system
MY CAR), see MY CAR (p. 99). In the event
of a fault in the function the
symbol illu-
minates in the combined instrument panel at
the same time as the information display
shows an explanatory text and a further illu-
minated symbol.
Symbol Display Specification
Headlamp
system
malfunc-
tion Serv-
ice
required
The system is
disengaged. Visit
a workshop if
the message
remains. Volvo
recommends
that you contact
an authorised
Volvo workshop.
The function is only active in twilight or dark-
ness and only when the car is moving.
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