Patent ID: 8914185

Claim:
A control device for a vehicle running by an output torque from an automatic transmission changing a revolution of a drive force source, comprising: a movable unit operated by a driver of said vehicle, configured to be moved in a first direction associated with forward/reverse drive switching and a second direction not associated with the forward/reverse drive switching, a first detector including a first plurality of sensors detecting a position of said movable unit in said first direction, the first plurality of sensors including a first sensor and a second sensor, and a second detector including a second plurality of sensors detecting a position of said movable unit in said second direction, the second plurality of sensors including a third sensor and a fourth sensor, and a control unit controlling at least one of said drive force source and said automatic transmission based on detected results of said first detector and said second detector, said control unit determining whether each sensor of said first detector and each sensor of said second detector is abnormal or not, and in an event of a first abnormality where all the sensors of said first detector are normal and one or more, but not all, of the sensors of said second detector are abnormal, executing first control allowing said vehicle to drive with a first output torque from said automatic transmission, and in an event of a second abnormality where all the sensors of said second detector are normal and at least one or more of the sensors of said first detector are abnormal, executing second control allowing said vehicle to drive with a second output torque of the automatic transmission, wherein the second output torque is less than the first output torque.