Selector Mechanism

Removing 

-- Remove shift knob with center console trim. Refer to SHIFT KNOB WITH SHIFT LEVER BOOT .

-- Remove the center console. Refer to Removal and Installation .

-- Remove the noise insulation over the shift mechanism.

-- Remove nuts -arrows-.

Fig 1: Identifying Shift Housing To Center Console Nuts

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-- Completely remove the air filter housing. Refer to [For engine(s) CETA, CCTA] Removal and Installation or to [For engine(s) CBRA] Removal and Installation or to [For engine(s) BPY, CDMA] Removal and Installation .

Fig 2: Locking Washer At Shift Lever Cable And Locking Washer At Selector Lever Cable

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-- Remove retaining plate -1- for the shift cable and remove the control cable from the pin.

Metal selector relay lever: 

-- Remove retaining plate -2- for the selector cable from the selector relay lever and remove the control cable from the pin.

Plastic selector relay lever: 

Fig 3: Disconnecting Cable Retainer From Selector Cable

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• To avoid damage to the selector cable, the control cable retainer must be disconnected from the selector cable before removal.

-- Pull the securing mechanism forward as far as the stop in the direction of -arrow 1- and then unlock to the left in the direction of -arrow 2-.

-- Then press the selector relay lever forward (direction of -arrow 3-).

• The control cable retainer may only be removed with the selector relay lever removed PRY THE SELECTOR CABLE RETAINER OUT OF THE SELECTOR RELAY LEVER 

-- Remove the control cable mounting bracket from the transmission. Remove three bolts -arrows- for this purpose.

Fig 4: Cable Bracket From Transmission

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-- Remove the driveshaft. Refer to Removal and Installation

-- Remove the fasteners -arrows- and remove the heat shield to the back.

Fig 5: Removing Bolts And Nuts And Remove Heat Shield Toward Rear

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-- Pivot shift housing downward and remove with shift cables.

Installing 

Install in reverse order, paying attention to the following:

-- Insert the shift mechanism and tighten the nuts -arrows-. Tightening specification -16-, refer to item  16.

Fig 6: Identifying Shift Housing To Center Console Nuts

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-- Route the cables -1- from the shift mechanism -2- to the transmission as follows:

Fig 7: Identifying Cables Routed From Selector Mechanism To Transmission

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• The cables must run parallel to each other and must not intersect.
• The cables must be routed in the provided recesses in the heat shield -3-.

A clip -A- holds the cables and heat shield to each other in place.

Fig 8: Identifying Clip To Hold Cables In Place To Heat Shield

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-- Bolt the control cable mounting bracket to the transmission -arrows-. Tightening specification, refer to SHIFT CABLE AND SELECTOR CABLE TO MODEL YEAR 2007 ASSEMBLY OVERVIEW .

Fig 9: Cable Mounting Bracket From Transmission

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-- Apply a small amount of grease G 000 450 02 to the transmission shift lever pins -arrows- -1- and selector relay lever -2- if applicable.

Fig 10: Identifying Shift Cable Lock Washer To Transmission Shift Lever, Cable And Pins

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• Replace lock washer -3- and, in the case of a metal selector relay lever, lock washer -4- after each disassembly.

-- Install the shift cable and secure with lock washer -3-.

Metal selector relay lever 

-- Install the selector cable and secure with lock washer -4-.

Plastic selector relay lever 

-- Insert the selector cable in the control cable retainer.

Continued for all 

-- Adjust the selector mechanism. Refer to SHIFT MECHANISM, ADJUSTING .

-- Install the driveshaft. Refer to Removal and Installation

-- Place the noise insulation over the shift mechanism and install the center console. Refer to Removal and Installation .

-- Install the shift knob with the shift lever boot. Refer to SHIFT KNOB WITH SHIFT LEVER BOOT .

-- Install the air filter housing. Refer to [For engine(s) CETA, CCTA] Removal and Installation or to [For engine(s) CBRA] Removal and Installation or to [For engine(s) BPY, CDMA] Removal and Installation .