Patent ID: 8712601

Claim:
A control method for a vehicle, including a vehicle control system comprising a starter and a controller, the control method comprising the steps of: (a) the vehicle control system remotely starting an engine of the vehicle in response to a first wireless signal transmitted from a remote control; (b) the vehicle control system disabling both a function of first electrical equipment for a non-driving system that is not related to driving of the vehicle and a function of second electrical equipment for a driving system that is related to the driving, when the engine has been remotely started; (c) the vehicle control system keeping the engine running when a door of the vehicle is opened after the engine has been remotely started; (d) the vehicle control system enabling the function of the first electrical equipment when the door is opened after the engine has been remotely started; and (e) the vehicle control system enabling the function of the second electrical equipment when an ignition switch of the vehicle is turned on with an engine key.