Button In Handle, Moving Into Installation Position: Procedure

WARNING: This page is about a different car, the 2016 Audi A3 and 2015 Audi A3. However, it is still accessible from the selected car via links, so may be relevant.

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The locking button -2- projects out of its installation position on the selector lever handle.
If the locking button was pressed in, it must be brought back to its installation position so that the selector lever handle can be installed.

-- Carefully guide the : T40203 all the way into the selector lever handle -1- in direction of -arrow-.

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For reasons of clarity, the selector lever handle is shown without the selector lever boot. The selector lever boot cannot be removed from the handle.

The opening on the : T40203 faces the locking button and the hook to the left.

-- Hold the selector lever handle -A- firmly and turn the : T40203 180° in direction of -arrow 1-.

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-- Hold the selector lever handle firmly and carefully remove the : T40203 in direction of -arrow 2-.

When removing the : T40203 , the locking button on the selector lever handle -A - is pushed out and locked.

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Do not touch the locking button anymore before installing the selector lever handle so that the locking button does not fall back in.