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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 20, 2018
Filed:
Dec. 06, 2013
Jaguar Land Rover Limited, Warwickshire, GB;
Craig Percy, Coventry, GB;
JAGUAR LAND ROVER LIMITED, Whitley, Coventry, GB;
Abstract
The present invention relates to a control system for a vehicle powertrain (). The vehicle powertrain () includes a transmission (), a launch control clutch (), and a transfer case () selectively operable in a high range and a low range. The control system includes a monitor () for monitoring one or more operating parameters of the launch control clutch () and/or the transmission (). The control system comprises a controller () configured, in dependence on said monitoring means determining that said one or more operating parameters are above a predefined operating threshold or outside a predefined operating range, to output a notification to the user to select said low range; and/or to output a transfer case control signal to the transfer case () automatically to select said low range.