Shift Lever Is Not Pressed Down to Engage Reverse Gear

Selector mechanism (shift lever is not pressed clown to engage reverse gear), servicing
Selector mechanism, installation position





1. Selector rod
2. Front push rod
3. Selector lever
Arrow -A- Shift movement
Arrow -B- Selection movement





Note: Lubricate all mountings and sliding surfaces with Polyurea grease Part No. G 052 142 A2.

Shift lever and rear slide rod, servicing





1. Shift lever knob
- Screw on and off together with cover
2. Bush
3. Cover
- Separating from shift lever knob see Fig. 1
- Connect to shift lever knob before installing
4. Boot
- Always replace
5. Shift lever
6. Spacer tube
7. Hexagon nut, 10 Nm
8. Cover
9. Securing clip
- Always replace
- Remove before removing the shift lever
10. Washer
11. Rubber seal
12. Ball socket
13. Rubber seal
14. Rear push rod
15. Bolt, 6 Nm
- Qty. 4
- For rear slide rod to shift lever housing





Fig. 1 Separating cover from shift lever knob
- Turn cover inside out.
- Carefully lever out boot with a screwdriver (arrows).

Selector rod and front slide rod, servicing





1. Rear slide rod
2. Bolt, 6 Nm
- Qty. 4
- For rear slide rod to shift lever housing
3. Hexagon socket head bolt, 25 Nm
4. Washer
5. Hexagon socket head bolt, 25 Nm
6. Clamping piece
7. Hexagon nut, 10 Nm
- Qty. 4
- For shift lever housing to body
8. Hexagon nut, 10 Nm
- Self-locking
- Always replace
9. Shift lever
10. Spacer tube
11. Selector fork
12. Bolt
13. Shift lever housing
14. Tensioning ring
15. Bellows
- Remove catalyst and front heat shield before removing and installing

Notes:
- Carefully pull bellows over selector rod
- Place bellows on the marks on selector rod and push rod

16. Selector rod
- With selector joint
17. Hexagon bolt, 23 Nm
- Self-locking
- Always replace
18. Hexagon socket head bolt, 40 Nm
- Cannot be removed from front slide rod bearing bush
19. Front push rod

Shift lever with rear slide rod, removing and installing
Removing
- Carefully lever the cover off the center console.
- Then unscrew the shift lever knob with cover.





- The rubber cover for the shift lever housing must be removed (arrows).





- Now remove the shift lever housing securing nuts -1-.
The shift lever housing is lowered due to this.
- Remove slide rod, to do this remove hexagon socket head bolt-2-.
- Remove slide rod, to do this remove hexagon socket head bolt -3-.
- Now release complete rear slide rod from shift lever housing (arrows).
- Remove shift lever with rear slide rod from shift lever housing.

Installing
Installation is carried out in the reverse sequence, when doing this note the following:

Tightening torques
Rear slide rod to transmission 6 Nm
Selector rod to shift fork/shift lever 25 Nm
Front slide rod to rear slide rod 25 Nm
Shift lever housing to body 10 Nm
Shift lever housing cover to rear slide rod 10 Nm