Volkswagen Jetta Hybrid (2013 year). Manual - part 14

– Disconnect connector from selector lever cover.
– Push sleeve upwards in -direction of arrow- to release knob.
– Pull selector lever handle together with cover upwards, without

pressing the push-button.

Installing
Install in reverse order of removal, observing the following:
• Selector lever is in position “D”.

Caution

Risk of damage to selector mechanism.

♦ When installing, the push-button on the selector lever

handle must not be pressed in. If the push-button was

pressed by mistake, the installation position must be re‐

stored 

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♦ If the selector lever handle is installed with push-button

pressed, the selector lever handle and the tie rod -3- of the

selector mechanism will be destroyed.

Note

♦

New handles are supplied with installation guard. Do not re‐

move guard until just before installing. To remove, pull out in

direction of -arrow-.

♦

If an installation guard is installed, the installation position can

also be restored 

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– Press selector lever handle -1- onto selector lever to stop,

without pressing the push-button while doing so.

– Lock knob again after installing. Press sleeve under handle

back down towards selector mechanism.

– Push push-button after installing.

Note

If not installed correctly, push button remains inserted in handle

after being pressed. If this happens, remove handle again and

move push button to installation position again 

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handle can then be installed again.

– Pull gaiter back down and engage cover.
– Check selector mechanism 

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1.4

Moving push-button to installation posi‐

tion in the handle

If the push-button was pressed by mistake, the installation posi‐

tion can be restored.

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described here.
Place handle »with« installation guard in installation position:
When using the installation guard, make sure that it has an eyelet

-arrow- at the front. Other types of installation guard are not suit‐

able.

– Holding down push button, completely push in installation

guard with eyelet -arrow- until installation guard engages, then

release push button. When the installation guard is pulled out,

the push button engages in the installation position.

Place handle »without« installation guard in installation position:

– Carefully unclip trim of handle -A- upwards.

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back into installation position.
-I- Push button in pressed position
-II- Push button in installation position

Note

♦

Only press the lever into the groove and no further.

♦

Do not clip the trim of the handle onto the selector mechanism

until the handle has been fitted. This makes it possible to check

whether the small lever engages in the tie rod when the push

button is pressed.

1.5

Removing and installing selector mech‐

anism

⇒ “1.5.1 Removing and installing selector mechanism with selec‐

tor housing”, page 51
⇒ “1.5.2 Removing and installing selector mechanism without se‐

lector housing”, page 55

Special tools and workshop equipment required
♦ Removal lever -80 - 200-

Note

♦

Selector mechanism and selector lever cable are not allowed

to be separated from one another. Both are removed together.

♦

Following installation, selector lever cable must be checked

for ease of movement and be adjusted.

1.5.1

Removing and installing selector mech‐

anism with selector housing

The selector mechanism with selector lever cable can be re‐

moved and installed separately without removing and installing

the selector housing 

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 , pulling off connector

-2- from cover in process.

gr.  68 ; Centre console; Removing and installing centre con‐

sole .

– Separate electrical connector for vehicle wiring harness -1-

from selector mechanism.

Vehicles with secondary air system
– Unclip cover for air damper -1- upwards from mountings

-arrows- and remove it.

– Disconnect air hoses -1- and -2- from air damper -3-. To do

this, press retaining ring -arrow- together on both sides and

pull hoses off.

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