Selector Lever Cable, Bringing Into Basic Setting
Special tools and workshop equipment required
- Vehicle Diagnostic Tester
- Pry lever 80-200
- Trim Removal Wedge 3409
- Socket And Key T40031
Procedure
- "Guided Fault Finding" with the Vehicle Diagnostic Tester is completed; all faults have been corrected.
-- Press the button on the electro-mechanical parking brake to activate it.
-- Select the following menu entries on the Vehicle Diagnostic Tester in the Guided Functions :
- 02-Transmission Electronics 0BK I J217
- 02-Read Measured Value
-- Select the Transmission Mode measured value from the list on the Vehicle Diagnostic Tester.
-- Compare the following displays:
- Measured value Transmission Mode on the Vehicle Diagnostic Tester
- Selector lever position
- Selector Lever Transmission Range Position Display Unit -Y26- on the selector mechanism
- Transmission Range Display -Y6- in the instrument cluster
Conditions
- The displays must match
If the displays do not match:
-- Adjust the selector lever cable, refer to SELECTOR LEVER CABLE, CHECKING AND ADJUSTING .
If the individual displays cannot be reached by adjusting the selector lever cable:
Selector Lever Cable, Bringing Into Basic Setting
Tightening specifications:
- Refer to OVERVIEW - SELECTOR LEVER CABLE .
- Refer to Figure
-- Remove the rear noise insulation -2-, refer to REAR NOISE INSULATION .
-- Vehicles with a selector lever heat shield: remove the bolts -arrows-, remove the heat shield.
-- Remove the ball socket -1- on the selector lever cable from the selector shaft lever using the Pry Lever 80-200.
Do not bend or kink the selector lever cable.
-- Push the selector lever -1- on the transmission all the way to the back -arrow- until the parking lock locks into place.
When parking lock is engaged, it must not be possible to turn the front wheels.
-- Press the selector shaft lever forward three detents so the transmission is in the "D" or "D/S" position.
-- 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 or a small screwdriver -arrows- and then fold it upward.
-- Insert the Socket And Key T40031 through the opening -arrow- in the selector mechanism and loosen the bolt on the selector lever cable approximately one turn.
Loosen the clamping screw approximately one turn but 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.
-- Insert the Socket and Key into the bolt.
-- Carefully move the selector forward and back gently without shifting into another selector lever position. This releases the tension in the selector lever cable.
-- Select the following menu entries on the Vehicle Diagnostic Tester in the Guided Functions :
- 02-Transmission Electronics 0BK I J217
- 02-Read Measured Value
-- Select the Transmission Mode measured value from the list on the Vehicle Diagnostic Tester.
-- Compare the following displays:
- Measured value Transmission Mode on the Vehicle Diagnostic Tester
- Selector lever position
- Selector Lever Transmission Range Position Display Unit -Y26- on the selector mechanism
- Transmission Range Display -Y6- in the instrument cluster
Conditions
- The displays must match
-- Carefully press the selector lever cable ball socket -1- in this position onto the selector shaft lever.
Do not bend selector shaft lever when pressing on, otherwise shift mechanism can no longer be adjusted exactly.
Ignore item -2-.
-- Guide the selector lever into the "tiptronic gate".
-- Tighten the clamping screw in this position with the Socket And Key T40031 without touching the selector lever.
-- Check the selector mechanism, refer to GEARSHIFT MECHANISM, CHECKING .
-- Install the rear noise insulation, refer to REAR NOISE INSULATION .