Patent ID: 8235865

Claim:
A method of controlling an automated gear shift transmission installed in a motor vehicle comprising several forward gears and at least one reverse gear and that allows choosing from several different driving modes (P, R, N, D) by means of a driving mode selector lever, comprising: maintaining a forward gear in engagement in case of an uphill orientation of the motor vehicle, in the following referred to as uphill position, when a parking mode (P) is chosen; maintaining instead of the forward gear a reverse gear in engagement in case of a downhill orientation of the motor vehicle that is in the following referred to as the downhill position, when the parking mode (P) is chosen; maintaining the forward gear in engagement in case of the uphill position of the motor vehicle when an idle driving mode (N) is chosen; and maintaining instead of the forward gear the reverse gear in engagement in the downhill position of the motor vehicle when the idle driving mode (N) is chosen.