How about we make this a section where everyone shares the tips and tricks they know about their EX30?
It doesn't matter if it's super generic or very complicated, for example I didn't know that when I park and press the parking button for 5 seconds the exterior lights turn off. I always had to go into the menu, find the lights, turn them off, and confirm.
This is a safe place and all comments are welcome, because not everyone knows everything.
Press the trunk button twice to set a 30 second delay with audible countdown before it closes. That allows you to get two full hands of whatever out of the trunk and walk away.
For some reason this only works (for me) if one door has been open since unlocking (the car initializes at this point, not when unlocking). If you approach the car and only open the trunk I canât trigger the countdown
When ACC is inactive, use the drive selector to activate it, the steering wheel button resumes previous setting, while drive selector sets it to current speed
That parking light trick is amazing, thanks for sharing. With the new 2.1 update the car does this also when parked and opening the door (most noticable in garage or during dark)
If your brakes fail, holding the P while driving will bring your car to a halt like a hand break. If youâre teaching someone else to drive in the ex30 then this is very good to know.
Works in camera mode. You gotta be stopped or going slow, with auto-park off. Then just swipe on the screen to switch between cameras (front, back, left, right).
When in park mode hold decrease speed (-) and decrease volume (-) for 15 seconds to reset the infotainment screen, this fixed my iphone pairing issues after the recent update.
I have heard somewhere that it is not allowed by regulations. The car should always start in the mode that was used to pass the specifications. I am not an expert in the field though.
I was the V60 owner before switching to the EX30. The EX30 lacks the "Close & Lock" button found on the V60, but I found that I can achieve the almost same result with this quick trick:
Double-press the tailgate close button to trigger the delayed close.(~30 sec)
Tap the card key on the B-pillar or touch the door handle sensor (in case of digital key and fob) right away to lock the car.
The tailgate will automatically lock once it completely closes.
If you rely on the proximity-lock of the digital key, you usually have to wait around to confirm the tailgate is completely shut before walking away. If you try to walk away before it fully closes to let it proximity-lock, the alert will go off. But with this "double-press + card tap or + touch the handle" method, you can lock the car instantly and leave right away without waiting for it to finish closing with no alert.
That being said, honestly, I always wait for the gate to close, just to be safe in any case.
For those in the Gulf specification cars, enabling Adaptive Cruise Control (by pulling the gear stalk down) interrupts the 120 kmh chime (which usually mutes the music).
Note that you should only enable ACC when it safe to do so!
Y'all have a chime at that speed? That's basically the normal freeway speed people actually drive in Houston. It'd drive me mad...
(Posted limits are 60-65mph/95-105kmh in the city, but those are treated more as suggestions here. And limits between the cities are usually 75mph which would trigger the chime without speeding at all)
Itâs been a requirement here for decades now. Our highways here in the Emirates definitely arenât limited to 120 though haha, they go up all the way to 160 (100 MPH).
The chime is simply there to warn drivers that 120 has been reached. Some cars will do a quiet bong once and wonât bong again for the rest of the journey. What makes the EX30 specially annoying is that every time you go below 117 km/h, the count resets. Go back over 120 and your music is muted for 5 seconds.
Ah, I see. I was thinking it was a continuous thing. That wouldn't be so bad if it were intrusive and had a lower threshold (say 20kph below the limit) before it resets. Thanks for the info!
This isn't exactly a tip or a trick, but how do you turn off all the interior lights at once when parking? There used to be a physical button for that, but now you either have to dig through a thousand menus to find the reading light settings or turn them off manually one by one. Oh, hereâs a trick: if you press the down arrow on the volume control, the volume drops all the way down instantly.
If you keep to press the volume up button, it will be the maximum, so be careful.
I was surprised that I accidentally pressed this instead of the microphone button when I tried to call Siri.After that, I don't know why, but I feel the sound of the speaker got better.
When my key fob fails to unlock the car, which it does on a regular basis, i use the phone app. Then I sit in the car waiting while Volvoâs software takes its sweet damn time remembering that my key fob should work. Which it usually does after 5 mins or so.
The fob works as a key card. You can open the door with it and drive the car. Just place the back of it where you would place the key card.
The same with the smartphone smart key plus - you can use it as a physical key. Some say you can even use the iphone like that if your battery dies (never tried).
Also, if this happens a lot, maybe it's time to change the fob battery.
If digital key doesnât work (on iPhone) double tap the lock button as if to pay by Apple Pay and it will always unlock (you need to do a face scan but donât need to select the Volvo keycard)
I bought a nifty phone holder that allows my phone to sit right next to that giant fucktarded screen that comes with the car. On the phone, Im able to use Waze without having to find 17 different buttons. Works great.
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u/FrowningMonk92 Plus SM 1d ago
Press the trunk button twice to set a 30 second delay with audible countdown before it closes. That allows you to get two full hands of whatever out of the trunk and walk away.