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:
The function may have limited functionality in certain situations and not
intervene, e.g.:
for smaller vehicles such as motorcycles
if more than half of your vehicle has moved into the adjacent lane
on roads/lanes with indistinct or no side lane markings
outside the speed range 60-140 km/h (37-87 mph)
when speed-dependent power steering wheel resistance is working at reduced
power – e...
When the center display starts up, the selected driver profile will be shown
at the top of the screen. The most recently used driver profile will be active the
next time the vehicle is unlocked. A different driver profile can be selected once
the vehicle has been unlocked...