Selector Lever Cable, Adjusting

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Special tools and workshop equipment required

Trim Removal Wedge 3409
Socket and Key T40031

Procedure

Fig 1: Identifying Selector Lever Boot

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Tightening specification, refer to SELECTOR LEVER CABLE OVERVIEW .

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

-- Move the selector lever into "D".

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

-- Insert the T40031 through the opening -arrow- in the selector mechanism and loosen the bolt on the selector lever cable approximately one turn.

Fig 2: Loosening Bolt On Selector Lever Cable One Turn Using Socket T40031

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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".

The selector lever must remain in "D" 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 T40031 without touching the selector lever.

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

Perform "Guided Functions" using the vehicle diagnosis 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 .