Volkswagen Golf / Golf GTI / Golf Variant. Manual - part 617

– 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; Overview - Center Console .

– 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-.

– Position the selector lever on the selector mechanism in the

“N” position. The cable can only be loosened in this position.

– 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 plugs, and remove the clip -arrow-.
Replace the clip after removing.

– Insert a large screwdriver in the groove on the locking mech‐

anism and turn 90° in the direction of -arrow-.

– Remove the cable from the selector mechanism.
– Remove the bracket -A-, if equipped.
– Remove the nuts -arrows- in the vehicle interior.

– Remove the selector mechanism -B- with the gearshift hous‐

ing downward.

Installing
Install in reverse order of removal. Note the following:
A second technician will be needed for inserting the selector lever

cable from the passenger compartment into the engine compart‐

ment.

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.

• The selector mechanism selector lever is in the “N” position.

The cable can only be locked in this position.

– Guide the cable in the selector mechanism until it is visible

through the locking mechanism -arrow-.

– Turn the locking mechanism in the direction of -arrow- 90° with

a large screwdriver.

– The cable is correctly locked when the grooves on the locking

mechanism are at a right angle to the cable.

– Install new clip -arrow- and replace the plugs.
– 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- if equipped. 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

Tightening Specifications
♦ Refer to 

⇒ “2.1 Overview - Selector Mechanism”, page 19

2.3

Selector Lever Cable, Removing and In‐

stalling

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
– 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 lever cable is replaced, 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. The selector lever cable is guided 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 plugs, and remove the clip -arrow-.
Replace the clip after removing.