Checking and adjusting selector lever cable - vehicles up to 11.2009 — AUDI
Checking and adjusting selector lever cable - vehicles up to 11.2009 on Audi: 16 steps. What to remove, in what order, and what to check after.
Workshop procedure for AUDI — the exact step sequence and torque figures, straight from real workshop data.
🧭 Before you start
Fits: Audi TT Mk2 (8J, 2006–2014)
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- If the selector mechanism is stiff, renew the selector lever cable or service the selector mechanism.The selector lever cable must be renewed if a sleeve is damaged.
- Keep button pressed, while pulling selector lever approx. 5 mm to the rear out of position "“P”". Then keep lever in this position, do not move it into "“R”".
- Keep button pressed, while pulling selector lever approx. 5 mm to the rear out of position "“N”". Then keep lever in this position, do not move it into "“D”".
- Keep button pressed, while pushing selector lever approx. 5 mm to the front out of position "“N”". Then keep lever in this position, do not move it into "“R”".
📋 Procedure
- Remove air cleaner housing 24Air cleaner; Exploded view - air cleaner housing. [Note: If the selector mechanism is stiff, renew the selector lever cable or service the selector mechanism.The selector lever cable must be renewed if a sleeve is damaged.]
- Shift selector lever into position "“P”".
- Slacken bolt (B).
- Move gearbox selector lever into position "“P”" on gearbox.
- Push vehicle forwards until wheels lock so that detent lever in gearbox engages in parking lock gear.
- To release tension in selector lever cable, carefully move selector lever slightly forwards and backwards, without shifting into a different position.
- Tighten bolt (B), taking care not to alter position of selector lever cable. Tightening torque
- Keep button pressed, while pulling selector lever approx. 5 mm to the rear out of position "“P”". Then keep lever in this position, do not move it into "“R”".
- Release selector lever.
- Shift selector lever into position "“N”".
- Keep button pressed, while pulling selector lever approx. 5 mm to the rear out of position "“N”". Then keep lever in this position, do not move it into "“D”".
- Release selector lever.
- Keep button pressed, while pushing selector lever approx. 5 mm to the front out of position "“N”". Then keep lever in this position, do not move it into "“R”".
- Release selector lever.
- Repeat the adjustment if the selector lever does not react as described.
- Check selector mechanism .
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The figures on this page come from manufacturer workshop documentation and are shown as they are. The page is assembled automatically from that data — it is not written by an AI. The AI works in the chat, where it answers for your specific car. It writes nothing here.
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