Shift Cable: Adjustments

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 Overview ] Selector Lever Cable Overview.

- Press the button on the electro-mechanical parking brake to activate it.

- Move the selector lever into "D".

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

- Insert the (T40031) through the opening - arrow - in the selector mechanism and loosen the bolt on the selector lever cable approximately one turn.






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

• The clamping screw is only accessible when the selector lever is in "D".

• The selector lever must remain in "D" when the clamping screw is loose.

- Carefully move the selector forward and back gently without shifting into another selector lever position. This releases the tension in the selector lever cable.

- Move the selector lever into the "tiptronic gate".

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

- Check the selector mechanism. Refer to => [ Selector Mechanism, Checking ] Procedures.

• Perform "Guided Functions" using the vehicle diagnosis tester after adjusting the selector lever cable. Refer to => [ Transmission Guided Functions ] Transmission Guided Functions.

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

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