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Selector Lever Switches

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The park, reverse, neutral and drive switch is located on the left-hand side of the selector lever, secured to the base plate with two screws. The switch is connected to the main harness by a ten-pin connector.

The park, reverse, neutral, drive and manual switch has four proximity sensors that correspond to the four selector lever positions. Two further proximity sensors correspond to the manual +/- positions. The selector lever has two targets, upper and lower. The upper target is aligned with the park, reverse, neutral, drive and manual sensors and the lower target aligns with the +/- sensors.

When the selector lever is moved to the manual/sport position, the upper target moves away from the drive proximity sensor. The GIU senses this and puts the transmission into manual/sport mode. The transmission will operate in sport mode until the GIU senses that either the + or the - proximity sensor is operated, the GIU will then operate the transmission in manual mode. See Fig 1 .

Fig 1: Identifying ECVT Selector Lever Mechanism
G00375652Courtesy of BMW OF NORTH AMERICA, INC.