Removing and installing selector lever handle: VW Jetta VI 2.0 (CDLA, CDLC, CDLK, CJXB, …)

🧭 Before you start

Fits: VW Jetta VI (16, 2010–2018)

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• Do not press button again after removal as it will no longer be possible to install the handle.
• New knob is supplied with installation guard. Do not remove guard until just before installing. To remove, pull out in direction of (arrow).
• If not installed correctly, button remains inserted in knob after being pressed. If this happens, remove handle again and move push button to installation position again . The handle can then be installed again.

🔧 Engine codes this applies to

📐 67 workshop diagrams for CDLA

Real factory drawings for this job — timing marks, bolt locations and routing. Locked in the free view.

📋 Procedure

1. Shift selector lever to position "“D”".
2. First pull button far enough out of knob that a small gap is visible between knob and button. Button locks when released.
3. Hold button in this position with a cable tie or wire to prevent it from being pressed in.
4. Button does not need to be pulled out by hand. The button engages in installation position (arrow) when the knob is pulled off.
5. Unclip cover.

6. Cut open clip beneath boot (arrow) using side cutters.
7. Pull knob off selector lever without pressing button. [Note: Do not press button again after removal as it will no longer be possible to install the handle.]
8. Install in reverse order of removal, observing the following:
9. Move button to installation position . [Note: New knob is supplied with installation guard. Do not remove guard until just before installing. To remove, pull out in direction of (arrow).]
10. Push knob fully onto selector lever and lock.
11. Push sleeve downwards to lock.
12. Push on knob with new clip onto stop.
13. Secure clip with hose clip pliersV.A.G 1275.
14. Push the button after installing it. [Note: If not installed correctly, button remains inserted in knob after being pressed. If this happens, remove handle again and move push button to installation position again . The handle can then be installed again.]

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