VEHICLE CONTROL METHOD AND VEHICLE CONTROL DEVICE

The present invention is applied to a control device for controlling a vehicle that travels using a driving force of an engine. The control device for the vehicle includes the vehicle speed detection unit that detects the vehicle speed, and the automatic engine stop unit that performs the automatic engine stop after a prescribed time elapses from when the vehicle speed detection unit detects that the vehicle is in the stopped state. When a failure of the vehicle speed detection unit is detected, the automatic engine stop by the automatic engine stop unit is prohibited.