Selector Lever Cable, Bringing Into Basic Setting

Special tools and workshop equipment required 

• Vehicle Diagnostic Tester

Procedure 

• "Guided Fault Finding  " with the Vehicle Diagnostic Tester is completed and all faults have been corrected.

-- Select the following menu entries on the Vehicle Diagnostic Tester in "function/component selection" in Guided Fault Finding  :

• "Drivetrain "
• "0B6-Transmission"
• "01-OBD-capable systems"
• "02-transmission electronics"
• "02-Transmission electronics, functions"
• "02-Read measured value"

-- Select the measured value "gear" on the Vehicle Diagnostic Tester.

-- Compare the following displays:

• "Driving mode" measured value on the Vehicle Diagnostic Tester.
• Selector lever position
• Selector Lever Transmission Range Position Display Unit -Y26- on the shift mechanism
• Transmission Range Display -Y6- in the instrument cluster

Conditions: 

• The displays must match

If the displays do not match:

-- Adjust the selector lever cable, refer to SELECTOR LEVER CABLE, CHECKING AND ADJUSTING .

If the individual displays cannot be reached by adjusting the selector lever cable:

Selector Lever Cable, Bringing Into Basic Setting:

-- Remove selector lever cable for selector shaft lever, refer to SELECTOR LEVER CABLE, REMOVING AND INSTALLING .

• Tightening specification, refer to OVERVIEW - SELECTOR LEVER CABLE .

-- Push the selector shaft lever -1- on the transmission all the way to the back in direction of -arrow- until the parking lock locks into place.

-- Push the selector lever into "D".

-- Make sure the selector lever inside the vehicle is also in "D".

-- Select "read measured values" on the Vehicle Diagnostic Tester in Conditions:  "02 - transmission electronics".

-- Select the "Driving mode measured value" on the Vehicle Diagnostic Tester.

-- Compare the following displays:

• "Driving mode measured value" on the Vehicle Diagnostic Tester.
• Selector lever position
• Selector Lever Transmission Range Position Display Unit -Y26- on the shift mechanism
• Transmission Range Display -Y6- in the instrument cluster

Conditions: 

• The displays must match

-- Carefully press the selector lever cable ball socket -1- in this position onto the selector shaft lever.

-- Adjust the selector lever cable, refer to SELECTOR LEVER CABLE, CHECKING AND ADJUSTING .

-- Check the selector mechanism, refer to SELECTOR MECHANISM, CHECKING .