Device and Method for Controlling an Automatic Transmission in a Motor Vehicle

摘要

The invention relates to a device and a method for control of an automatic transmission ( 1 ) in a vehicle having one control unit ( 2 ) by which can be received signals produced by a transmission selector lever ( 7 ) and/or a first transmission control ( 8 ), the signals of the first transmission control ( 8 ) being bridgeable so that the automatic transmission ( 1 ) can be manually operated. In order to make possible operating the vehicle with low fuel consumption and great flexibility of the driver at the moment, it is provided that a manual operation of the automatic transmission ( 1 ) be possible only when the vehicle has a speed (v) lower than a predetermined speed limit.