A vehicle power transmission device includes a forward first clutch between an engine and an input shaft of a continuously variable transmission, and a second clutch between an output shaft of the continuously variable transmission and driving wheels. When the hydraulic fluid of the hydraulic pump is not supplied to the first disconnection device and the second disconnection device, a dragging torque generated in the second disconnection device is larger than a dragging torque generated in the first disconnection device.

A method is provided for controlling a hydraulic control device which can actuate a torque device and includes a first actuating element configured to be acted upon by a first fluid pressure in a first fluid line and configured to actuate the torque device; a system pressure line hydraulically connected to the first fluid line and having a system pressure; a first valve element located between the first fluid line and the system pressure line and configured to the first fluid pressure via the system pressure; and a supply element configured to provide the system pressure and being hydraulically connected to the system pressure line. The method includes setting first fluid pressure based on a predetermined target torque value, and setting the system pressure above the first fluid pressure by a pressure difference based on a pressure control value.