Method for controlling an automatic gearbox

A method of controlling an automatic transmission, controlled by an electronic control unit, the electronic control unit having stored therein several shift programs which are associated with certain values of a driving activity characteristic (FAKG), with each shift program shift characteristic line being determined by an accelerator pedal position and a shift rotational speed, the method comprising the steps of:

• determining an accelerator pedal position gradient (PSTG) from an accelerator pedal position signal (PST);
• immediately changing the shift rotational speed to a higher rotational speed when the accelerator pedal position gradient (PSTG), upon a quick depression of the accelerator pedal, exceeds a presettable limit value (KL_PSTG);
• determining an actual shift rotational speed, depending upon an actual value of the driving activity characteristic, by interpolation between shift characteristic lines of two respectively adjacent shift programs;
• and
• immediately increasing the driving activity characteristic (FAKG) by a presettable offset amount (UDC) when the accelerator pedal position gradient (PSTG) exceeds the presettable limit value (KL_PSTG).