Grille shutter control device

A grille shutter control device comprising:

• a control section, which is configured to control a drive unit that selectively opens and closes a shutter adapted to be provided in an air introduction path for introducing air ahead of a vehicle into an engine compartment;
• an abnormality detection section configured to detect an abnormality in operation of the shutter based on the state after starting the operation of the shutter;
• an informing section, which informs a user of an abnormality in the operation of the shutter based on the abnormality detected by the abnormality detection section;
• an inhibiting section configured to control inhibition of the operation of the shutter in accordance with an alarm given by the informing section;
• a third operating section, wherein, if there was an alarm given by the informing section during the previous period in which the ignition switch was on, the third operating section operates the shutter when the ignition switch is switched on;
• and
• a cancellation section configured to cancel the state in which the operation of the shutter is inhibited by the inhibiting section based on non-detection of the abnormality by the abnormality detection section associated with operation of the shutter by the third operating section.

A grille shutter control device comprising:

• a control section, which is configured to control a drive unit that selectively opens and closes a shutter adapted to be provided in an air introduction path for introducing air ahead of a vehicle into an engine compartment;
• an abnormality detection section configured to detect an abnormality in operation of the shutter based on the state after starting the operation of the shutter;
• an informing section, which informs a user of an abnormality in the operation of the shutter based on the abnormality detected by the abnormality detection section;
• an inhibiting section configured to control inhibition of the operation of the shutter in accordance with an alarm given by the informing section;
• and
• a third operating section, wherein, when there was an alarm given by the informing section during the previous period in which the ignition switch was on, the third operating section operates the shutter when the ignition switch is switched on, wherein
• based on non-detection of the abnormality by the abnormality detection section associated with the operation of the shutter by the third operating section, the grille shutter control device cancels the alarm given by the informing section and the state in which the operation of the shutter is inhibited by the inhibiting section, and
• based on detection of the abnormality by the abnormality detection section associated with the operation of the shutter by the third operating section, the grille shutter control device immediately informs the user of the detection by using the informing section and inhibits operation of the shutter by using the inhibiting section.