Selector Lever Cable, Bringing Into Basic Setting

Special tools and workshop equipment required 

• Vehicle Diagnosis Tester, for example, Vehicle Diagnosis, Testing and Information System VAS 5051B
• Rmv Outside Mirror - Pry Lever 80-200
• Trim Removal Wedge 3409
• Socket and Key T40031

Procedure 

• Guided Fault Finding  with the vehicle diagnosis tester is completed; all faults have been corrected.
  Fig 1: Connecting Diagnostic Cable VAS 5051/5A To Diagnostic Connector

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-- Press the button the parking brake to lock the electro-mechanical brake.

-- Select the following menu entries on the vehicle diagnosis tester in Guided Functions  :

• 02-Transmission Electronics 0BK I J217 
• 02-Read Measured Values 

-- Select the measured value Transmission Position  on the vehicle diagnosis tester from the list.

-- Compare the following displays:

• Measured value Transmission Position  on the vehicle diagnosis tester
• Selector lever position
• Selector lever transmission range position display unit -Y26- on the shift mechanism
• Transmission range display -Y6- in the instrument cluster

Conditions: 

• The displays must match

If the displays do not match:

-- Adjusts the selector lever cable. Refer to SELECTOR LEVER CABLE, ADJUSTING .

If the individual displays cannot be reached by adjusting the selector lever cable:

Selector Lever Cable, Bringing into Basic Setting:

Fig 2: Identifying Selector Lever Cable Clip -2-

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• Tightening specification, refer to SELECTOR LEVER CABLE OVERVIEW .

-- Remove the ball socket -1- on the selector lever cable from the selector shaft lever using the Pry Lever 80-200.

-- Push the selector lever -1- on the transmission all the way to the back -arrow- until the parking lock locks into place.

Fig 3: Identifying Selector Lever

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-- Push the selector lever into D.

-- Move the selector lever into D.

-- Pry out the selector lever boot using the 3409 or a small screwdriver -arrows- and then fold it upward.

Fig 4: Removing Selector Lever Boot

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

Fig 5: Loosening Bolt On Selector Lever Cable One Turn Using Socket T40031

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-- Insert the T40031 in the bolt.

-- Carefully move selector lever lightly toward front and rear without shifting into another selector lever position, this releases the tension on the selector lever cable.

-- Select the following menu entries on the vehicle diagnosis tester in Guided Functions  :

• 02-Transmission Electronics 0BK I J217 
• 02-Read Measure Values 

-- Select the measured value Transmission Position  on the vehicle diagnosis tester from the list.

-- Compare the following displays:

• Measured value Transmission Position  on the vehicle diagnosis tester
• Selector lever position
• Selector lever transmission range position display unit on the shift mechanism.
• Transmission range display in the instrument cluster

Conditions: 

• The displays must match

-- Carefully press the selector lever cable ball socket -1- in this position onto the selector shaft lever.

Fig 6: Identifying Selector Lever Cable Clip -2-

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-- Move the selector lever into the tiptronic gate.

-- Tighten the clamping screw in this position with the T40031 without touching the selector lever.

Fig 7: Loosening Bolt On Selector Lever Cable One Turn Using Socket T40031

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-- Selector mechanism, checking, refer to SELECTOR MECHANISM, CHECKING .