Automatic transmission
Selector lever emergency release
If the vehicle's power supply fails, the selector
lever can be released in an emergency.
Fig. 119 Front center console: Selector lever emergency
release
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To reach the emergency release mechanism, re-
move the ashtray insert*.
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Loosen and remove the sma ll cap in the ashtray
mount
~ fig. 119.
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You now have access to a pin. Using a screw-
drive r or s imilar objec t , press the pin down a nd
hold it in that posit ion .
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Press the release button in the se lector lever
and move it into the N pos ition.
Only move the selector lever out of the P position
when the ignition is switched on. If the vehicle
must be pushed or towed due to a power fa ilure
(for examp le, the battery is dead), the selector
lever must first be moved to the N position using
the emergency re lease mechanism.
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