Selector Lever
SELECTOR LEVER MECHANISM (LAYOUT), DISASSEMBLING AND ASSEMBLING
Note: Lubricate all mounts and sliding surfaces with Polyurea grease Part No. G 052 142 A2.
1. Selector lever handle
2. Sleeve
^ Clips into selector lever handle
^ Installation position: angled section faces inward
3. Cover
^ With selector scale, selector lever lock indicator and Tiptronic indicator
^ Lift up to remove
^ To remove, disengage retainer catches from mounting bracket -22- using screwdriver
^ Removing harness connector for selector lever lock and Tiptronic; Wiring Harness
4. Guide sleeve
^ Slide onto selector lever-14-
^ Installation position: engage foot to rear
5. Cover molding
6. Trim piece
^ Install into symbol panel
7. Symbol panel
^ With printed circuit
^ Clip into cover molding -5-
8. Masking panel
^ To remove, release guide -9- from cover molding -5-
9. Guide
^ Guides masking panel
^ Unclip from cover molding -5-
10. Mounting bushing
^ Secure in mounting bracket -22- with locking clip -11-
11. Locking clip
^ Secures mounting bushing -10- in mounting bracket-22-
^ Install with angled ends pointing toward inside of mounting bracket
12. Pull rod
13. Spring
14. Selector lever
^ With pull rod, spring, selector gate and Tiptronic spring mechanism
15. Stop buffer
^ Clip into cable lever -17-
^ Install with large contact surface toward selector lever
16. Detent
^ Clip into cable lever -17-
17. Cable lever
^ Secured in mounting bracket -22- with fulcrum pin -23-
18. Spring clip with roller
^ For shift lever positions
19. Spring clip with roller
^ For Tiptronic position
20. Frame
^ Clip onto mounting bracket
^ Install with ribbed side upward
21. Nut
^ 10 Nm (7 ft. lbs.)
22. Mounting bracket
23. Fulcrum pin
^ Secures cable lever -17- in mounting bracket-22-
24. Locking pawl
^ For selector lever lock
25. Shirt lock solenoid -N110-
26. Fulcrum pin
^ For locking pawl
27. Cover
^ With seal for mounting bracket
28. Nut
^ 10 Nm (7 ft. lbs.)
29. Securing clip
^ Secures selector lever cable to cable lever-17-
^ Install with angled end forward and upward
30. Locking plate
^ Secures selector lever cable to mounting bracket
^ Angled ends points to end of selector lever cable
31. Selector lever cable
^ Do not bend or kink, lightly grease cable eye and ball socket before installing
^ Selector lever cable must be replaced if rubber sleeves are damaged
^ When installing, make sure that rubber sleeve on transmission side is not twisted
32. Bolts
^ 23 Nm (17 ft. lbs.)
33. Support bracket
^ For mounting selector lever cable on transmission
34. Bracket
^ For locking cable
35. Cable clip
^ For locking cable
36. Ignition/starter switch
37. Locking cable
^ For ignition key removal lock
^ Must not be kinked
38. Locking lever
^ For ignition key removal lock
39. Securing spring
^ For locking cable
40. Mount
^ For selector lever in Tiptronic position
Removing And Installing Wiring For Shift Lock, Shift Lever Illumination And Tiptronic
Removing
- Remove center console and extension.
- Disconnect harness connector -1- for shift lock solenoid -N110- (item -2-) (concealed).
- Unclip cover-3- and lift up.
- Disconnect harness connector -4-for shift lever positions and Tiptronic in direction of arrow.
Installing
Installation is the reverse of removal.
Removing And Installing Selector Lever Handle
Removing
- Shift selector lever into position "2."
- Slide sleeve -1- down as far as it will go.
- Carefully pull button -2- out of selector lever handle -3- over detent point until dimension -a- is obtained. Pull lever -4- will then be pulled out of pull rod -5-.
^ Dimension -a- = 5 mm
^ Dimension -a- corresponds to width of connecting eye -6- on spring -7-
Note: Do not overstretch spring or pull out forcibly.
- Simultaneously pull handle -3- off selector lever -8-.
Note: Do not damage the eye of the pull rod
Installing
- Shift selector lever into position "2."
- Carefully pull button -2- out of selector lever handle -3- until dimension -a- is obtained.
Dimension -a- = 5 mm
- With button -2- facing front of vehicle, install handle -3- onto selector lever and push down onto stop.
- Turn handle -3- until button -2- faces driver's side. Handle will then engage in vertical groove in selector lever-8-.
- Push handle -3- down fully so that it engages in circular groove in selector lever -8-.
- Press button -2- into selector lever handle -3-.
The pull lever -4- will then locate in pull rod -5- and will pull the pull rod up as it moves along the inclined portion (arrow).
- Pull up sleeve -1- until it engages in selector lever handle -3-.
Removing And Installing Securing Spring For Locking Cable
Removing
- To remove locking cable, lift spring slightly at top (arrow -B-).
- Disengage spring (arrow -A-) from retainer lug (arrow -C-) and lift out.
Installing
- Install spring from above (arrow -B-) and engage under retainer lug (arrow -C-).
- Align spring so that it lies level in groove (arrow -A-).
- To install locking cable, lift spring slightly at top (arrow -B-).