A fuel injection control device includes a basic-injection-use map for deriving a basic injection amount and an additional-injection-use map for deriving an additional injection amount, each corresponding to the throttle opening. In the method, a clip is used to conduct a lead frame and at least one chip. A rigid portion is then formed in fixed contact with the substrate, on one side of the portion of sacrificial material opposite to the part of the substrate composed of absorbing material. A response signal is generated by the service center to the vehicle operator through communication device to alert the driver and direct the driver to a rest area. It is also capable of operating in a hierarchical carry-select mode of operation when the mode select input takes on a second state. Spaces are provided between the upper flange and the lower flange at either side of the connecting web for receiving the elongated material of the article.