Parking aid, front, Volvo S80, V70, XC70

Front Parking Assist is a convenient system that alerts you to obstacles when the space in front of your car is tight, for example when parking in a traffic jam.

The system is activated at speeds below 15 km/h. A signal indicates the distance to the obstacle in front of the car. When an obstacle is detected, the volume of the radio/stereo is reduced and an intermittent "buzzer signal" can be heard from the car's front speakers. The signal sounds when the car is still about 80 cm from an obstacle and changes to a continuous tone when the obstacle is about 30 cm from the front bumper. The remaining distance also appears on the multimedia display in the center console.

To distinguish between the front and rear systems, different pitches are used and the sound comes from different speakers, front and rear.

The set consists of the wiring and four sensors mounted in the front. The parking aid can be turned off during traffic jams, for example, via the button in the center console.

The system can give "false" signals in response to external sound sources with the same frequency as the system's sensors. Such sources are often horns, wet tires on the asphalt, pneumatic brakes and motorcycle exhaust pipes.