Control device for vehicle

A control device for a vehicle that includes (i) a power source, (ii) a drive wheel, (iii) a power transmission device which is configured to transmit a power of the power source to the drive wheel and which includes a rotary member rotatable together with the drive wheel, and (iv) a switching device that is configured to switch the power transmission device between a parking state and a non-parking state in accordance with a control command signal, such that the rotary member is inhibited from being mechanically rotated when the power transmission device is placed in the parking state, and such that the rotary member is allowed to be rotated when the power transmission device is placed in the non-parking state,

• the control device comprising:
• an opening/closing determination portion configured to make a door opening/closing determination as to whether a door of the vehicle is open or closed;
• a switching control portion configured to execute an automatic parking control for causing the switching device to switch the power transmission device to the parking state, in a case in which the door opening/closing determination is an opening determination indicating that the door is open, when a running speed of the vehicle is not higher than a predetermined speed close to zero, with the power transmission device being placed in the non-parking state, and
• a reverse-parking determination portion configured to determine whether or not a driver of the vehicle is performing a reverse parking for parking the vehicle by reversing the vehicle,
• wherein the switching control portion does not execute the automatic parking control, in a case in which the reverse-parking determination portion determines that the driver is performing the reverse parking.