Parking Brake - Volvo FM Handbook

Instruments and controls
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Function
1 Rain sensor on
2 Spring-return position
3 Windscreen wiper, normal speed
4 Windscreen wiper, high speed
5 Windscreen washers and wipers and headlamp
washer
The rain sensor can be switched off by moving the
stalk to the neutral position for two to four seconds
and then up again. The windscreen wiper is then in the
intermittent mode. The interval is controlled by a slide
control on top of the stalk. Repeat the procedure to
reactivate the rain sensor.

Parking brake

Hand control
0 Parking brake released
0–1 The parking brake for the tractor and trailer are
applied gradually between positions 0 and 1. If a
problem occurs with the service brakes, this position
can be used as an emergency brake.
1 Parking brake applied on tractor unit and service
brakes on trailer.
2 "Parking position". Parking brake released on the
tractor unit, no brake on the trailer vehicle. The lever
in locked position.
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