Hello all,

I recently purchased a 2016 XC90. It has so many features and I am still learning everything that it offers. The trouble with the documentation offered, is that all of the available features are documented whether or not that feature is available on your specific vehicle. My question today is...does my car have adaptive cruise control?

it has the controls for it on the left side of the steering wheel. But I am not able to engage it. Regular cruise control works just fine. If I use the right and left directional arrows on the steering wheel while cruise control is engaged, it does nothing. Yet I also have the two additional buttons that allow one to determine the distance you want to keep from the car in front of you. Is it possible that my specific XC90 does not have this optional feature even if the controls are available to me?

This is just one of MANY questions I have about this car, like do I have to turn auto hi-beams on for each new instance of driving?

thanks for any input.

JoeFixes

“do I have to turn auto hi-beams on for each new instance of driving?”

Yes - sorry.

i have a 2018 XC90, which should be the same controls as yours. For me, the Adaptive Cruise Control is the car's default setting. I simply push the center button on the left spoke of the steering wheel. To change between ACC and Pilot Assist, I click the right arrow symbol on that same spoke, and it shows me that words “Pilot Assist”. When I press the left arrow, it switches the cruise control symbol and tells me it’s in Adaptive Cruise Control.

I know the the Pilot Assist is part of the base Momentum package (if you go to “build a car” on the Volvo site), and since they generally remove content from base rather than add it, I’d assume you have it.