Mitsubishi Jidosha Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha

Mitsubishi Jidosha Kogyo K.k.

Katsuyoshi Noda

Hiroyuki Suzuki

Hiroshi Funakoshi

A motor vehicle to which a control device is applied includes an idling stop control section for stopping operation of an engine when a predetermined stopping condition is fulfilled while the engine is idling, and a neutral-at-idle control section for shifting a transmission of the vehicle into neutral when a predetermined shift-into-neutral condition is fulfilled. While a post-stoppage elapsed time measured by a timer is shorter than or equal to a predetermined time after the vehicle stops moving, operation of the engine is stopped by the idling stop control section if the predetermined stopping condition is fulfilled but shifting of the transmission into neutral by the neutral-at-idle control section is prohibited even if the shift-into-neutral condition is fulfilled.

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Nagoya, Japan

Katsuyoshi Noda