Vehicle control device

A vehicle control device comprising:

• plural control units configured to control an in-vehicle device;
• and
• a status information acquisition unit configured to acquire status information of a vehicle and output the acquired status information to the control units, wherein
• the plural control units select the status information which is within a time period from a timing a first predetermined timing period before the start timing of a fail-safe control to a timing a second predetermined timing period after the start timing of the fail-safe control,
• the start timing of the fail-safe control is determined based on the status information acquired by the status information acquisition unit or based on information transmitted from other control unit,
• the plural control units specify the selected status information as information to be used for verifying a cause of a failure,
• the control unit stores the specified information to be used for verifying a cause of a failure in a predetermined storage medium, and
• the first predetermined timing period is equal to or longer than the second predetermined timing period.