Patent ID: 8972130
Filing Date: 2015-03-03
Classification: F02N,F16H

Abstract:
1. A control device for a vehicle in which a shift range is switched in accordance with a shift signal outputted from a sensor detecting shift operation by a driver, said shift range including a D range for causing said vehicle to run in a forward direction, said control device comprising: an abnormality determination unit that determines whether or not said shift signal is abnormal; and a running control unit that, when it is determined that said shift signal is abnormal, determines whether or not a first condition that said shift signal has changed into a state in which said shift signal normally indicates said D range after it is determined that said shift signal is abnormal, a second condition that a driver is pressing a brake pedal and said vehicle is in a stop state, and a third condition that an amount of operation of an accelerator pedal is equal to or smaller than a threshold value are all satisfied, and when said first to third conditions are all satisfied, permits startup of said vehicle in said D range indicated by said shift signal even in a state where a D-ON failure is occurring, and when at least any one of said first to third conditions is not satisfied, does not permit startup of said vehicle in said D range indicated by said shift signal, wherein said D-ON failure is a failure in which said shift signal can change into the state in which said shift signal normally indicates said D range but cannot change into a state in which said shift signal normally indicates a shift range other than said D range.