Selector Lever Cable, Checking And Adjusting

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Special tools and workshop equipment required

Trim Removal Wedge 3409
Socket And Key T140031

Procedure

Fig 1: Identifying Selector Lever Boot

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Tightening specification. Refer to OVERVIEW - SELECTOR LEVER CABLE .

-- Press the button on the electro-mechanical parking brake to activate it.

-- Move the selector lever into "D" or "D/S".

-- Carefully pry out the selector lever boot on the side using the Trim Removal Wedge 3409 -arrows- and fold it upward.

-- Insert the Socket And Key T140031 through the opening -arrow- in the selector mechanism and loosen the bolt on the selector lever cable approximately one turn.

Fig 2: Locating Bolt On Selector Lever Cable Using Socket T140031

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NOTE:

Only loosen the clamping screw - do not remove it.

The clamping screw is only accessible when the selector lever is in "D" or "D/S".

The selector lever must remain in "D" or "D/S" when the clamping screw is loose.

-- Carefully move the selector forward and back gently without shifting into another selector lever position. This releases the tension in the selector lever cable.

-- Move the selector lever into the "tiptronic gate".

-- Tighten the clamping screw in this position with the Socket And Key T140031 without touching the selector lever.

-- Check the selector mechanism. Refer to GEARSHIFT MECHANISM, CHECKING .

Perform "Guided Functions " using the Vehicle Diagnostic Tester after adjusting the selector lever cable. Refer to TRANSMISSION GUIDED FUNCTIONS .

If shift mechanism does not function properly after adjusting selector lever cable:

-- Bring the selector lever cable into the basic setting. Refer to SELECTOR LEVER CABLE, BRINGING INTO BASIC SETTING .