Connected Safety

The Connected Safety1 function can inform the driver whether another vehicle further ahead on the same road has activated its hazard warning flashers or detected slippery driving conditions. Information about slippery driving conditions can also be provided if your own car detects slippery surfaces.

Connected Safety can communicate information between your own car and other vehicles via the Internet. The function is intended to make a driver aware that there may be a potentially dangerous traffic situation further ahead on the same road.

Connected Safety can handle the following:
  • Alarm on hazard warning flashers
  • Alarm on slippery driving conditions

The system can alert the driver if slippery driving conditions are detected. Drivers of other vehicles with Connected Safety activated can also be notified of the slippery driving conditions via an Internet connection.

In vehicles equipped with head-up display, the warning symbols for Connected Safety are also shown there.

 Note

Connected Safety communication between vehicles only works for the vehicles equipped with the Connected Safety function and have it activated.

Alarm on hazard warning flashers

If your car's hazard warning flashers are activated, information on this can be sent to vehicles approaching your car's own position.

17w06 - P5 - Support site - Connected Safety - Warning indicators alarm

When your own car approaches a vehicle with its hazard warning flashers activated and it has received information about this vehicle, this symbol is displayed in the instrument panel.

When your own car is close to a vehicle with flashing hazard warning flashers, the symbol doubles in size.

Alarm on slippery driving conditions

If your own car detects reduced friction between your tyres and the road, information on this can be sent to vehicles approaching your own car's position.

17w06 - P5 - Support site - Connected Safety - Slippery road warning symbol

If a slippery conditions alarm is triggered, this symbol is displayed in the instrument panel – both in your own car and in approaching vehicles with Connected Safety activated which have received the information and are approaching the slippery area.

When the approaching vehicle is close to the slippery section of road, the symbol doubles in size on the vehicle's instrument panel.

Activate/deactivate Connected Safety

The function can be activated in two ways:

17w06 - P5 - Support site - Connected Safety Button

Shift between On/Off using this button in the centre display's function view.

Or select SettingsMy CarIntelliSafe in the centre display's top view.
When the function is activated, the following message is shown:
This function requires an internet connection and your mobile phone subscription will be charged for data traffic
Then select Connected Safety.
For Connected Safety to be able to communicate with other vehicles, the message must then be answered with the Accept option.

If there is no Internet connection, the system can still inform the driver that slippery driving conditions have been detected by your own car.

The car needs to be connected to the Internet to be able to use most functions in Connected Safety.

Limitations of Connected Safety

Information about vehicles with activated hazard warning flashers or which have detected slippery driving conditions is not always communicated between all vehicles within the same area.

This can be because for example:
  • Poor or no contact with the Internet.
  • Vehicles on slippery surfaces make manoeuvres that are too weak for friction between tyres and road surface to be detectable, e.g. steering wheel movement, acceleration or braking.
  • Vehicles that have detected slippery surfaces, or have activated their hazard warning flashers, do not have the function activated.
  • Vehicles that have detected slippery surfaces, or have activated their hazard warning flashers, are not equipped with the function.
  • There may be no warning due to missing or defective global positioning/satellite navigation.
  • Detection of slippery surfaces or activation of hazard warning flashers has taken place on a minor road which is missing in Volvo Cars database.
  • Connected Safety is not available in all markets and does not cover all areas - a dealer for Volvo has information on current areas.

 Warning

  • The Connected Safety function is supplementary driver support intended to facilitate driving and make it safer – it cannot handle all situations in all traffic, weather and road conditions.
  • In certain situations, the function may give incorrect warnings for slippery driving conditions.
  • The function cannot always detect other vehicles with activated hazard warning flashers or detect all sections of road with slippery surfaces.
  • Connected Safety is not a substitute for the driver's attention and judgement. The driver is always responsible for ensuring the car is driven in a safe manner, at the appropriate speed, with an appropriate distance to other vehicles, and in accordance with current traffic rules and regulations.

Applicable models

S60, S60 Twin Engine/Recharge, model year 2019-2022

S90, model year 2017-2021

S90 Twin Engine/Recharge, model year 2018-2021

V60, V60 Cross Country, V60 Twin Engine/Recharge, model year 2019-2022

V90 Twin Engine/Recharge, model year 2018-2021

V90, V90 Cross Country, model year 2017-2021

XC40, model year 2018-2024

XC40 Twin Engine/Recharge (plug-in hybrid), model year 2019-2024

XC60, XC60 Twin Engine/Recharge, model year 2018-2021

XC90, XC90 Twin Engine/Recharge, model year 2016-2022

The range of models, systems and services may vary depending on market.

  1. 1 The Connected Safety function is not available in all markets.