Selector Lever Cable, Checking And Adjusting
Special tools and workshop equipment required
- Trim Removal Wedge 3409
- Socket And Key T140031
Procedure
- 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.
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 .