Limp home device for a vehicle with automatic transmission
First Claim
1. A device allowing emergency operation of a motor vehicle, having an automatic transmission, comprising a monitoring device to monitor pre-determined operating parameters, a diagnostic device to detect a fault, a control device to activate an alternative function, and an output device for presenting an indication of a fault to a driver, wherein the control device allows an emergency operating period by means of the alternative function depending on a degree of the fault, such emergency operating period being presented to the driver.
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Abstract
A device to allow for emergency operation of an automatic-transmission motor vehicle, having a monitoring device to monitor pre-determined operating parameters, a diagnostic device to detect faults, a control device to activate an alternative function, and an output device by means of which the fault may be presented to the driver. The control device provides the driver an emergency operation capability while providing an alternative function depending on the degree of the fault.
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- 1. A device allowing emergency operation of a motor vehicle, having an automatic transmission, comprising a monitoring device to monitor pre-determined operating parameters, a diagnostic device to detect a fault, a control device to activate an alternative function, and an output device for presenting an indication of a fault to a driver, wherein the control device allows an emergency operating period by means of the alternative function depending on a degree of the fault, such emergency operating period being presented to the driver.
- 7. A method for allowing emergency operation of a motor vehicle having an automatic transmission, comprising a monitoring pre-determined operating parameters, detecting a fault, activating an alternative function, presenting an indication of a fault to a driver, and providing a limited emergency operating period by means of the alternative function depending on a degree of the fault, such emergency operating period being presented to the driver.
- 13. An automobile, having a normal operating mode and an alternative function, comprising a control which monitors pre-determined operating parameters, detects a fault, and activates the alternative function in dependence thereon, and wherein a driver is presented with an indication of, and level of restriction associated with, the alternative function through an output device, said control providing a limited emergency operating period by means of the alternative function depending on a degree of the fault.
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