Connected Safety

Connected Safety1 communicates information between your vehicle and other vehicles via a cloud service2. The function is designed to notify the driver of any hazardous road conditions ahead.

The function can notify the driver if another vehicle further down the road has activated its hazard warning flashers or detected slippery road conditions. You will also be notified if your own vehicle detects slippery road conditions.

Connected Safety can assist the driver with the following:
  • Hazard warning flashers alert
  • Slippery road alerts

Connected Safety communication between vehicles only works for vehicles equipped with this function. Connected Safety also needs to be approved via Volvo privacy settings.

Hazard warning flashers alert

If your vehicle's hazard warning flashers are activated, information on this can be sent to other vehicles approaching your location.

P5-2122-Connected Safety symbol Hazard Light

When your vehicle approaches a vehicle with its hazard warning flashers on, this symbol will appear in the instrument panel.

In vehicles equipped with a head-up display, the warning symbols for Connected Safety will also be displayed there.

Slippery road alerts

P5-2122-Connected Safety symbol Slippery Road-no cloud

If your vehicle detects reduced friction between the tires and the road, this symbol will be shown in the instrument panel. This information can then be forwarded to vehicles approaching your vehicle's location.

P5-2122-Connected Safety symbol Slippery Road

If your vehicle receives information about slippery conditions from another vehicle, this symbol will be shown in the instrument panel.

In vehicles equipped with a head-up display, the warning symbols for Connected Safety will also be displayed there.

 Warning

  • The function is supplementary driver support intended to facilitate driving and help make it safer – it cannot handle all situations in all traffic, weather and road conditions.
  • The driver is advised to read all sections in the Owner's Manual about this function to learn of its limitations, which the driver must be aware of before using the function.
  • Driver support functions are not a substitute for the driver's attention and judgment. The driver is always responsible for ensuring the vehicle 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.
  1. 1 Not available in all markets.
  2. 2 There may be a charge for transmitting data over the cloud service, depending on your service plan.