Volkswagen Golf / Golf GTI / Golf Variant. Service manual - part 616

11 - Selector Lever Cable

❑ Removing and installing. Refer to 

⇒ “2.3 Selector Lever Cable, Removing and Installing”, page 27

 .

12 - Clips

❑ Secures the selector lever cable on the cable bracket
❑ Replace after removing

13 - Bolt

❑ 20 Nm

14 - Clips

❑ Replace after removing

2.2

Selector Mechanism, Removing and In‐

stalling

⇒ “2.2.1 Shift Mechanism with Selector Lever Cable, Removing

and Installing”, page 21
⇒ “2.2.2 Selector Mechanism without Selector Lever Cable, Re‐

moving and Installing”, page 24

2.2.1

Shift Mechanism with Selector Lever

Cable, Removing and Installing

Caution

This procedure contains mandatory replaceable parts. Refer

to component overview prior to starting procedure.

Mandatory Replacement Parts
♦ Clip - Selector Lever Cable to the Cable Bracket
♦ Clip - Selector Lever Cable to the Selector Mechanism
♦ Plug - Selector Mechanism
Short Description
Remove the center console inside the passenger compartment.
It is necessary to remove the heat shield under the vehicle.
Removing

– Move the selector lever into “P”.

– Remove the selector lever handle. Refer to

⇒ “2.6 Selector Lever Handle, Removing and Installing”, page

33

 . Disconnect the connector -2- from the cover while doing

this.

– Disconnect the connector -1- from the selector mechanism to

the vehicle wiring harness.

– Remove the center console. Refer to ⇒  Body Interior; Rep.

Gr.  68 ; Center Console; Center Console, Removing and In‐

stalling .

– Remove the air guide channel from the center console. Refer

to ⇒  Heating, Ventilation and Air Conditioning; Rep. Gr.  87 ;

Air Routing; Overview - Air Routing and Air Distribution in Pas‐

senger Compartment .

– Remove the bracket -2-, to do this remove the left and right

bolts -1-.

– Remove the air filter housing. Refer to ⇒  Engine Mechanical,

Fuel Injection and Ignition; Rep. Gr.  24 ; Air Filter; Air Filter

Housing, Removing and Installing

– Disengage the selector lever cable -1- from the bracket -2- clip

-3-.

Use pliers to remove the clip -5- from the cable bracket -4-. Do

not use a sharp-edged lever. Otherwise the selector lever cable

could get damaged.

Note

♦

Always replace the clip on the selector lever cable.

♦

It is better to remove the cable bracket -4- together with the

selector lever cable -1- from the transmission -arrow-.

♦

If the selector mechanism is replaced with the selector lever

cable the cable bracket -4- must be replaced.

– Pry the selector lever cable -1- off the selector lever -3-, for

example, using a wrench.

The adjusting screw -2- must not be loosened.

Caution

Danger of damaging the selector lever cable.

♦ Push the selector lever cable to the rear and out of the

cable bracket. Guide the selector lever cable out of the

cable bracket when removing the selector mechanism.

– Lift the vehicle.
– Remove the center tunnel heat shield under the selector

mechanism. Refer to ⇒  Body Exterior; Rep. Gr.  66 ; Molding/

Trim/Extensions/Trim Panels; Floor Heat Shield, Removing

and Installing .

– Remove the bracket -A-, if equipped.
– Remove the nuts -arrows- in the vehicle interior.
– Remove the selector mechanism -B- with the selector lever

cable and selector housing downward.

Installing
Install in reverse order of removal. Note the following:

Note

♦

Do not bend or kink the selector lever cable.

♦

Do not lubricate the selector lever cable.

♦

After installation, the selector lever cable movement must be

checked and adjusted.

– Insert the selector lever cable -1- in the cable bracket -4- and

install a new clip -5-.

– Press the selector lever cable carefully onto the selector lever.
If removed, install the cable bracket -4- with the bolts -arrows- on

the transmission.
– Engage the selector lever cable in the bracket -2- clip -3-.
– Install the heat shield under the selector mechanism. Refer to

⇒  Body Exterior; Rep. Gr.  66 ; Molding/Trim/Extensions/Trim

Panels; Floor Heat Shield, Removing and Installing .

– Install the bracket -2-. Refer to ⇒  Body Interior; Rep. Gr.  68 ;

Center Console; Center Console, Removing and Installing .

– Install the air guide channel from the center console. Refer to

⇒  Heating, Ventilation and Air Conditioning; Rep. Gr.  87 ; Air

Routing; Overview - Air Routing and Air Distribution in Pas‐

senger Compartment .

– Install the center console. Refer to ⇒  Body Interior; Rep. Gr. 

68 ; Center Console; Center Console, Removing and Instal‐

ling .

– Install the selector lever handle. Refer to

⇒ “2.6 Selector Lever Handle, Removing and Installing”, page

33

 .

– Selector lever cable, adjusting. Refer to

⇒ “2.4 Selector Lever Cable, Checking and Adjusting”,

page 30

 .

– Check the selector mechanism. Refer to

⇒ “2.8 Gearshift Mechanism, Checking”, page 36

– Install the air filter housing. Refer to ⇒  Engine Mechanical,

Fuel Injection and Ignition; Rep. Gr.  24 ; Air Filter; Air Filter

Housing, Removing and Installing .

Tightening Specifications
♦ Refer to 

⇒ “2.1 Overview - Selector Mechanism”, page 19

2.2.2

Selector Mechanism without Selector

Lever Cable, Removing and Installing

Caution

This procedure contains mandatory replaceable parts. Refer

to component overview prior to starting procedure.

Mandatory Replacement Parts
♦ Clip - Selector Lever Cable to the Selector Mechanism
♦ Plug - Selector Mechanism
Short Description
Remove the center console inside the passenger compartment.
It is necessary to remove the heat shield under the vehicle.
Removing