Volvo XC90: Driver support / City Safety steering assistance for evasive maneuver
City Safety steering assistance can help the driver steer away from a vehicle/obstacle
when it is not possible to avoid a collision by braking alone. City Safety steering
assistance is always activated and cannot be switched off.

Your vehicle swerves away
Slow-moving/stationary vehicle or
obstacle.
City Safety helps provide assistance by strengthening the driver's steering movements,
but only if the driver has begun evasive action and the system detects that the
driver's steering movements are not sufficient to avoid a collision.
The brake system is used simultaneously to further strengthen steering movements.
The function also helps stabilize the vehicle after it has passed the obstacle.
City Safety steering assistance can detect:
- vehicles
- cyclists
- pedestrians
- large animals
In certain situations, it may be difficult for City Safety to help the driver
avoid a collision with crossing traffic.
For example:
On slippery roads when Electronic Stability Control (ESC) is actively operating...
City Safety steering assistance may have limited functionality in certain
situations and not intervene, e.g.:
at speeds outside the range of 50-100 km/h (30-62 mph)
if the driver does not take evasive action
if speed-dependent power steering wheel resistance is working at reduced
power – e...
Other information:
A number of symbols and messages related to Electronic Stability Control (ESC1)
may be displayed in the instrument panel. Several examples are provided below.
A text message can be erased by briefly pressing the
button in the center of the rightside
steering wheel keypad...
Climate
The vehicle is equipped with electronic climate control. The climate system cools, heats and dehumidifies the air in the passenger compartment.
All of the climate system functions are controlled from the center display and the buttons on the center console...