Motor vehicle control system

A control system for a motor vehicle of the type including a transmission having a plurality of shift positions, said control system including:

• (A) a transmission shift assembly including a plurality of operator-selected positions corresponding respectively to said transmission shift positions;
• (B) generator means operative in response to operator selection of a shift assembly position to generate an operator signal representative of the selected shift assembly position;
• (C) operator-actuated means for generating an anti-theft code signal;
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• (D) control means, including a control logic receiving said operator shift signals and said anti-theft code signal, operative upon receipt of an operator-selected position signal and said anti-theft code signal to shift said transmission to the shift position corresponding to the operator-selected position and inoperative to shift the transmission in the absence of recept of said anti-theft code signal.

A control system for a motor vehicle of the type having an automatic transmission, a gear selector assembly operative to select a desired transmission position, an ignition switch having an "on" position and a "key removal" position, and a passenger compartment closure system requiring one or more operator steps to enter the vehicle passenger compartment, said control system comprising:

• (A) indicator means operative when activated to display the instantaneous position of the transmission as selected by the gear selector assembly;
• (B) means connected to said ignition switch and said indicator means operative to activate said indicator means when the ignition switch is in the "on" position or the "key removal" position;
• (C) time delay means connected to said ignition switch and said indicator means operative to activate said indicator means for a predetermined period of time after movement of the ignition switch to the "key removal" position and removal of the key;
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• (D) means operative in response to operator performance of one or more of the steps required to enter the vehicle to activate said indicator means.

A control system for a motor vehicle of the type having a transmission including a plurality of shift positions, said control system including:

• a gear selector assembly adapted to be positioned in the passenger compartment of the motor vehicle and including gar selector means having respective select positions corresponding to each position of the transmission;
• selectively activatable indicator means respectively associated with the select positions of said gear selector means;
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• control means sensing the instantaneous position of the transmission and operative to selectively activate the indicator means associated with the select position corresponding to the instantaneous transmission position and to provide a further display of the instantaneous transmission position at a location remote from said gear selector assembly.