Emergency Release From P, ECS

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Do Not Remove the Handle.

-- Press the brake pedal or set the parking brake.

-- Open the storage compartment door.

-- Grab under the shift cover by hand and by pulling upward unclip the cover.

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-- Unclip the shift cover and hold it to the side.

-- With a screwdriver push the plastic part on the side from the right and hold it in this position

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The selector lever cannot be moved out of >>P<<.

NOTE:

If the selector lever is shifted back into "P", the shift lock solenoid will mechanically lock the selector lever in the "P" position again. The solenoid must be released again.