CONTROLLER FOR VEHICLE

A controller for vehicle, the vehicle including plural engagement elements for performing engagement operation by hydraulic pressure, the plural engagement elements having a common engagement element being an engagement element common to plural transmission gear stages, the common engagement element being an engagement element that is brought into an engaged state for establishing a transmission gear stage immediately before start of economic running and a transmission gear stage immediately after cancellation of the economic running, the controller includes at least one electronic control unit (120) configured to stop an engine (30) in the case where a specified economic running start condition is established and switch the plural engagement elements between the engaged states and disengaged states such that the common engagement element is switched from the engaged state to the disengaged state after another engagement element that is brought into the engaged state together with the common engagement element.