Vehicle control device and idling system

摘要

A vehicle control device, including a vehicle control unit 3 that controls engagement between an engine and a starter motor 1a for starting the engine, wherein the vehicle control unit 3, along with cutting off fuel supply to the engine and causing the engine to rotate inertially, also, in a state in which fuel supply to the engine is cut off and the starter motor 1a is not engaged with the engine, rotates the starter motor 1a, and thereafter controls supply of electrical power to the starter motor 1a so as to causes the starter motor 1a to rotate inertially, and engages the starter motor 1 a to the engine while both the engine and the starter motor 1a are performing inertial rotation.