STATIONARY GEAR SELECTOR

摘要

A stationary gear selector assembly for a vehicle includes a nonmovable handle attached to the vehicle. One end of the handle includes a gear selector control switch that is in communication with a controller to selectively change a gear of the vehicle transmission by a driver. A method is provided which transmits redundant signals from the gear selector switch to a vehicle controller indicating an operating mode; compares the signals from the gear selector to operating conditions of the vehicle; determines if the signals are consistent with a predetermined failure condition; and responds by transmitting a signal to a transmission of the vehicle to shift to a gear associated with the transmitted signal from the stationary gear selector when the predetermined failure condition is not met.