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:
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Here are some useful tips for when you use Android Auto1.
Ensure that your apps are updated.
When starting the vehicle, wait until the center display has started, connect
the device and then open Android Auto from the app view...
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Use the control on the side of the seat cushion to adjust the lumbar support.
Multifunction control, in vehicles with four-way lumbar support*.
Control in vehicles with two-way lumbar support*.
Lumbar support is adjusted using the multifunction control in vehicles with four-way
lumbar support*, or the round button in vehicles with two-way lumbar support*...