Shift Cable: Service and Repair

Selector Lever Cable

Removing

- First determine whether a coded radio is installed. In this case, determine anti-theft coding.

- Move selector lever to Tiptronic gate.

- Switch ignition off and disconnect battery Ground (GND) cable.

- Disconnect intake hose - 1 - and connector - 2 - from Mass Air Flow (MAF) sensor.





- Disconnect hose for Secondary Air Injection (AIR) pump - 3 - from air filter housing.

- Remove bolts - 4 -, - 5 - and - 6 -.

- Remove air filter completely.

- Pry off selector lever cable - 1 - from lever/selector shaft - 3 - e.g. using a 10 mm open-end wrench - 2 -.





- Press locking devices on selector lever cable support bracket together - arrows - and pull out selector lever cable from support bracket/transmission.

- Disengage selector lever cable - 1 - from clip - arrow - on transmission.





- Raise vehicle.

- Loosen double clamp - A - and slide toward rear.





- Remove tunnel bridge - B - located beneath exhaust system.

- Remove heat shields - C - and - D -.

- First remove 4 nuts - arrows A -.





- Then remove two bolts - arrows B -.

- Carefully slide cover with protective sleeve forward over selector lever cable.

• Do not damage protective sleeve when doing this.

• Before the next work step, selector lever - 3 - must stand in the Tiptronic gate - arrow A -.





- Using a screwdriver, pry off selector lever cable - 2 - from selector lever - 3 - - arrow B -.

- Remove securing plate - 1 - for selector lever cable at selector mechanism downward.

- Carefully pull selector lever cable out of selector mechanism housing.

Installing

- Installation is in reverse order of removal. Note the following:

• Check protective sleeve for damage, protective sleeve can only be replaced together with selector lever cable.

• Check protective sleeve for correct seating and do not install protective sleeve twisted.

• Do not grease cable eyelet and ball socket.

• Do not bend or kink selector lever cable.

• Selector lever - 3 - stands in Tiptronic gate - arrow A -.





- Guide selector lever cable - 2 - into selector mechanism housing and press onto selector lever - 3 - using a screwdriver - 4 -.

- Install new securing plate - 1 - for selector lever cable to shift mechanism housing.

Installation position:

Angled end of securing plate faces toward end of selector lever cable.

- Lower vehicle

- Pull up pull-rod and move selector lever from "P" to " S" with pull rod pulled up.

• Selector mechanism and selector lever cable must have freedom of movement during this, if necessary, replace selector lever cable or service shift mechanism.

- Pull up pull-rod and place selector lever in "P" with pull rod pulled up.

- Install cover with seal glued on hand-tight on to selector mechanism housing.

• While doing this, make sure seal makes correct contact.

- First tighten nuts - arrows A -.





- Then tighten two bolts - arrows B -.

- Insert protective sleeve of selector lever cable into cover.

- Move selector lever/shift rod - 3 - at transmission in "P" position. Catch must engage in parking lock gear, both front wheels are locked (cannot be turned together in one direction).





- Loosen bolt - 2 - on forward ball socket of selector lever cable - 1 -.





- Carefully insert selector lever cable in support bracket/transmission and press on to lever/selector shaft.

• Do not bend lever/selector shaft when doing this, otherwise shifting can no longer be adjusted precisely.

Locking mechanism of selector lever cable must engage in support bracket.

- Tighten bolt - 2 -.

- Engage selector lever cable - 1 - into clip - arrow - on transmission.





• Maintain a distance of at least 5 mm to ATF cooler when routing selector lever cable.

- Install exhaust system and tunnel bridge.

- Connect battery Ground (GND) cable.

- Check shift mechanism => [ Selector Mechanism, Checking ] Testing and Inspection.

- Install air filter housing.

- Code radio.

- Initialize power windows, set clock.