Skoda Workshop Service and Repair Manuals

Removing   WARNING Observe measures when disconnecting and connecting the battery → Electrical System; Rep. gr.27. –  Disconnect the battery-earth strap with the ignition off → Electrical System; Rep. gr.27. –  Removing the cover for the shift mechanism → Chapter. –  Remove the centre console → Body Work; Rep. gr.68. For vehicles Fabia II and Roomster up to 10.11

–  Separate plug connections -A- and -B-. For vehicles Rapid and vehicles Fabia II and Roomster as of 11.11

–  Disconnect the plug connection -A- from the gearshift mechanism. –  Unscrew the screws -arrows- from the shift housing. Continued for all vehicles –  Remove engine cover at the top. –  Disconnect plug from automatic gearbox control unit -J217- → Chapter. –  Remove battery and battery tray → Electrical System; Rep. gr.27. –  Remove intake hose → Engine; Rep. gr.24.

–  Lever off the selector lever control cable -1- from the gearshift lever -3-, e.g. using a fixed spanner -2-. –  Press together the catches at the cable support of the selector lever control cable -arrows- and pull out the selector lever control cable from the cable support/gearbox.

–  Unhook the selector lever control cable -1- from the clip -arrow- at the gearbox.

–  Remove pre-exhaust pipe with bracket -1- → Engine; Rep. gr.26. –  Remove underbody cover on right and left -arrows-.

–  Detach tunnel bridge below the exhaust system → Engine; Rep. gr.26. –  Unhook rear silencer in such a way that it does not come in contact with the rear axle.

–  Remove heat shield -arrows-. For vehicles Fabia II and Roomster up to 10.11

–  Unscrew the nuts -arrows-. –  Remove the shift mechanism together with the selector lever control to the bottom, ensuring the selector lever control cable does not get bent and kinked. For vehicles Rapid and vehicles Fabia II and Roomster as of 11.11

–  Remove the shift mechanism with the selector lever control cable to the top -arrow-, ensuring the selector lever control cable does not get bent or kinked. Continued for all vehicles   Note t  On vehicles (Fabia II, Roomster), the shift mechanism can also be replaced without selector lever control cable, to do so the selector lever control cable must be separated from the shift mechanism. Removing selector lever control cable → Chapter. t  On the vehicle (Rapid), the selector lever control cable must not be removed (separated) → Chapter from the shift mechanism, it must be replaced together as one component part → Electronic Catalogue of Original Parts.