Patent ID: 8547210

Claim:
A shift position display device, said device comprising: a control section configured to automatically shift a shift position by operating an actuator based on a shift change command; a gear position display section configured to display a condition of an automatic transmission based on a display command of the control section; and a failure detection unit configured to detect a failure of the automatic transmission, wherein the control section is further configured to switch display of the gear position display section from lighting display of a numerical figure showing the shift position selected at present to a display for failure occurrence notification if the failure of the automatic transmission is detected while power supply of a vehicle is turned on, and wherein the control section is configured to determine whether the failure is a first failure type in which traveling is possible or a second failure type in which traveling is possible when a predetermined limitation is placed on shifting operation of the automatic transmission if the failure is detected when the power supply of the vehicle is switched from OFF to ON, and to switch from the display for failure occurrence notification to a shift position display for the time of a failure if the failure is determined to be the second failure type in which traveling is possible when the predetermined limitation is placed on the shifting operation.