Selector Lever Cable, Adjusting

Selector Lever Cable, Adjusting

Special tools, testers and auxiliary items required

• Trim Removal Wedge (3409)

• Socket and Key (T40031)

Procedure

• Tightening specification. Refer to => [ Selector Lever Cable Assembly Overview ] 0B5A Automatic Transmission.

- Press the button the parking brake to lock the electro-mechanical brake.

- Place selector lever in position "D".

- Carefully pry out the selector lever boot on the side using the Trim Removal Wedge (3409) - arrows - and fold it upward.





- Loosen the bolt on the selector lever cable approximately one turn through the opening - arrow - in the shift mechanism using the Socket and Key (T40031).





• Only loosen the clamping screw - do not remove it.

• Clamping screw is only accessible in selector lever position "D".

• Selector lever must remain in position "D" while clamping screw is loose.

- Carefully move selector lever lightly toward front and rear without shifting into another selector lever position, this releases the tension on the selector lever cable.

- Shift selector lever into "Tiptronic gate".

- Tighten the clamping screw in this position with the Socket and Key (T40031) without touching the selector lever.

- Check shift mechanism. Refer to => [ Selector Mechanism, Checking ] Component Tests and General Diagnostics.

If shift mechanism does not function properly after adjusting selector lever cable:

- Bring selector lever cable into basic setting. Refer to => [ Selector Lever Cable, Bringing into Basic Setting ] Testing and Inspection.