1. Selector Mechanism Function Test

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The starter does not work when the selector lever is in S, D, R or in the tiptronic gate
If selector lever position N is selected at speeds greater than 5 km/h, the shift lock solenoid -N110- must not engage and block the selector lever. The selector lever can be moved into a another gear.
The shift lock solenoid will lock after approximately 1 second if the vehicle speed is below 2 km/h (almost at a standstill) and the selector lever is in N. The selector lever can be moved out of N only when the brake pedal is pressed.

Selector lever in P:

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

-- Press the key briefly in the ignition lock to reach the ignition on position.

-- Do not press the brake pedal.

Selector lever is locked and cannot be shifted out of position P while locking button on selector lever handle is pressed. The shift lock solenoid locks the selector lever.

-- Press the brake pedal and hold it down.

The shift lock solenoid unlocks the selector lever. It is not possible to shift into a gear. Press the button in the selector lever handle and slowly move the selector lever from P and through R, N, D, S. While doing this, make sure the selector lever position display -Y6- inside the instrument cluster matches the actual position of the selector lever.

The selector lever is in N and the ignition is turned on:

-- Do not press the brake pedal.

After a brief moment: The selector lever is locked and cannot be moved out of N even though the locking button in the selector lever handle is pressed. The shift lock solenoid -N110- locks the selector lever.

-- Press the brake pedal.

The shift lock solenoid unlocks the selector lever. It is possible to shift into D.

The selector lever is in D and the ignition is turned on:

-- Move the selector lever into the tiptronic gate.

The D in the selector lever transmission range position display unit -Y26- must turn off and the positive and minus must turn on.
The selector lever position display -Y6- inside the instrument cluster must change from D to M1 when the selector lever moves into the tiptronic gate

-- Perform Guided Fault Finding using the vehicle diagnosis tester if the specified values are not reached.

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

-- Locking button on selector lever handle, checking, refer to 3. CHECK LOCKING BUTTON IN THE SELECTOR LEVER HANDLE .

-- Check the ignition key lock.