Patent ID: 8160789

Claim:
A control device for a vehicle having an automatic transmission which includes a plurality of friction elements, switches between a plurality of gear positions by using an oil pressure to set a part of the friction elements in an engaged state and the remainder of the friction elements in a disengaged state, shifts a rotation speed of an input shaft, and outputs the shifted rotation speed from an output shaft, comprising: a downshift determining unit that determines whether to perform a downshift; a fuel cut determining unit that determines whether the downshift is to be performed in a fuel cut state or a post-fuel cut recovery state when the downshift is performed in a coasting state; and an oil pressure control unit that performs a piston stroke in an engagement side friction element when the downshift is performed in the coasting state by increasing a command oil pressure of the engagement side friction element to a first oil pressure and then setting the command oil pressure at a second oil pressure that is lower than the first oil pressure, wherein the oil pressure control unit controls the second oil pressure to be lower in the post-fuel cut recovery state than in the fuel cut state.