Patent ID: 7052436

Claim:
A method for controlling an automatic gearshift stepped variable speed transmission of a motor vehicle having several gear steps, the transmission being driven by a drive engine in which load indications by a driver are detected from an accelerator pedal and, depending on an accelerator pedal position and one of an engine and a transmission speed, one of an upshift and a downshift between the gear steps is triggered automatically, and a kick-down switch being present which is actuated when the accelerator pedal is fully depressed, the method comprising the steps of: for a first engine speed range below a first boundary speed (n 1 ) of one of an engine and a transmission, actuating the kick-down switch triggers a downshift, and for one or more higher gear steps above a second boundary speed (n_KD_Schw), even at high loads, actuating the kick-down switch triggers only an upshift.