I went from an XC40 Recharge to an XC60 B5 and every time I hit the Park button, I either need to press it really hard or multiple times. It feels as though I am going to eventually crash into something! Does anyone else have this issue where the Park button doesn't activate without some force? Could there be some type of fault with my specific vehicle? On my Recharge, I didn't have this issue, most likely due to the regenerative braking. Maybe I just need some time to get used to it?
2023 XC60 B5 Park Gear/Button
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I've never had it not go into park... but I've had lots of people on test drives not push it far enough, so I can understand wanting to make the button more sensitive. If you shut the car off, it will go into park. If you use the brake hold, it wouldn't creep, and it's a relaxing feature anyway.
The new start stop is pretty darn smooth. I don't mind it really at all. It accelerates faster than the old T5/6 motor off the line and doesn't have the bad shutter of the old system. Other than the fan turning down (and only in cases when the cabin is already cool) it's hard to notice unless you're looking for it. Honestly, it's just a shame it took this long to get the tech into cars, so folks have a natural tendency to start out looking to hate it.
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I understand you well, but as far as I know, to activate the Park button, you need to pull it up and not press it
I think you are confusing the parking brake with the transmission park button.
I had a good experience today at the dealer. Brought it in for periodic service and mentioned this issue. The service guy said they would be glad to take a look at it, but it would be a pretty thorough disassembly of the center console and at least a couple hours of labor. I told him it wasn't that big a deal, so forget it. He most likely saved me a chunk of change. Honestly, it's only a little stiff and doesn't even happen every time. I'm happy with the simple solution in post #9 here. Just shut it off and it goes into Park all by itself.
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That's odd. Mine only sets the parking brake if on an incline of some degree.
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There is a setting on those cars that you could ALWAYS turn the parking brake on...
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Got me, I just went here
XC60 Activating and deactivating the parking brake | Volvo Support EN-CA (volvocars.com)
and it says
Automatic activation
The parking brake is applied automatically
- when the vehicle is switched off.
- when the gear selector is moved to P on a steep hill.
- if the auto-hold brake function at a standstill (Auto hold) is activated and
- the vehicle has been stationary for a prolonged period of time (5-10 minutes).
- the vehicle is switched off.
- the driver has left the vehicle.
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Correct, it's not on the AAOS cars, the other person you were talking about had a Sensus car.
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I have the same issue in my 23 XC60. Functionality of the park button is intermittent at times and I find myself needing to press the button multiple times for the vehicle to go into park. The button press needs to be relatively forceful in order to get the vehicle to go into park but the amount of force required seems excessive from an effort standpoint (need to be overly deliberate with the button press). There have been plenty of times where I click the park button and the vehicle stays in drive and I take my foot off the brake pedal unknowingly...I have adopted the ignition switch method of putting the vehicle into park. Mentioned it to the dealer but the service rep didn't really have a comment on whether this is expected behavior or not.
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Another option for those concerned is to use the brake hold feature. I love it. Anytime the car comes to a stop the car will not roll forward until the gas pedal is pressed. Very relaxing at stop lights and in traffic. It's the A button behind the parking brake switch on the console.
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I love that as well, until I need to park/reverse, then turn it off every time.
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Service rep got back to me and said that the park button in my vehicle behaves similar to other XC60 vehicles, that's just how it is...
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Correct. You have to press it all the way down.
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I have/do press it down all the way and sometimes the vehicle does not go into park.
Yes, you have to be quite deliberate about it. I've only seen this behavior in the last couple of months -- until then it only required a light, casual press of the button, but now it takes a real effort.
Certainly not problematical, just a very minor annoyance.
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