Control system for vehicle
AssigneeToyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorTaiyo UEJIMA
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Abstract
In an electronic control unit, a traveling mode switching control unit switches a traveling mode from an N mode to a B mode when a shift lever is operated to a B operation position while the traveling mode is the N mode and the vehicle is traveling forward. Accordingly, during forward coast traveling in the N mode, the traveling mode is switched from the N mode to the B mode by an operation in one direction of the shift lever to a B operation position without requiring operations in two directions of the shift lever to a D operation position. Accordingly, it is possible to prevent a driver from experiencing difficulty in operating the shift lever at the time of switching the traveling mode from the N mode to the B mode during forward coast traveling in the N mode.
Claims5
A control system for a vehicle including:
- an operating member configured to be operated by a driver of the vehicle;
- a shift operating device configured to:
- (i) select a first forward traveling operation position by a predetermined operation of the operating member, the shift operating device being able to return automatically, and
- (ii) select a second forward traveling operation position by an operation other than the operation to the first forward traveling operation position, the control system comprising:
- an electronic control unit configured to:
- (i) set a second forward traveling mode based on a selecting operation of the operating member selecting the second forward traveling operation position when a first forward traveling mode based on the operation of the operating member selecting the first forward traveling operation position is set,
- (ii) determine whether the vehicle is traveling forward,
- (iii) determine whether a traveling mode of the vehicle is a neutral mode, and
- (iv) switch the traveling mode from the neutral mode to the second forward traveling mode when the selecting operation of the operating member selecting the second forward traveling operation position is performed while the traveling mode of the vehicle is the neutral mode and the vehicle is traveling forward.
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