Vehicle control device

A vehicle control device for controlling a vehicle drive system,

• the vehicle drive system including
• a main motor as a driving source of a vehicle,
• a parking lock mechanism having a parking gear connected to an axle and a parking lever configured to be engaged with the parking gear so that an engagement of the parking gear and the parking lever allows the axle to be locked, and
• an actuator configured to drive the parking lever, the vehicle control device comprising:
• an actuator drive control section configured to control a drive of the actuator;
• a main motor drive control section configured to control a drive of the main motor;
• and
• a range determination section configured to determine whether a shift range is a parking range, wherein
• when the parking lock is released, if the parking range is not released within a parking range release determination time, which is variable according to an operating environment,
• the main motor drive control section performs a meshing surface pressure reduction control for driving the main motor so as to reduce a meshing surface pressure between the parking gear and the parking lever.