Checking selector mechanism (vehicles up to VIN 8E_6A156499) — AUDI
Checking selector mechanism (vehicles up to VIN 8E_6A156499) on Audi: 17 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 A4 Cabriolet B6/B7 (8H), Audi A4 B6/B7 (8E)
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- Make sure that selector lever handle is correctly installed.
📋 Procedure
- If the selector mechanism does not function as described, perform "“Guided Fault Finding”" using a vehicle diagnostic tester, e.g. vehicle diagnostic, testing and information systemVAS 5051B.
- Do not depress brake pedal.
- Press and hold brake pedal.
- Do not depress brake pedal.
- Depress brake pedal.
- Shift selector lever into "“tiptronic gate”".
- Adjust selector lever cable .
- Check ignition key removal lock.
- Turn ignition key to "“ignition on”" position.
- Press and hold brake pedal.
- Switch off ignition.
- Shift selector lever to position "“P”".
- Remove ignition key.
- Make sure that selector lever handle is correctly installed.
- Check whether selector rod or selector lever is bent.
- Make sure that selector lever handle is correctly installed.
- Adjust selector lever cable .
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TorqFix was built by a mechanic — after a 2,700 km drive with five roadside repairs that no diagnostic tool could explain.
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.
Variants of the same model differ. Cross-check torque against the factory manual for your engine before final tightening.
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