An electronic control module for a gear mechanism controller in motor vehicles includes a printed circuit board and an electrical component. The printed circuit board has a mounting side and includes conductor tracks. The electrical component has an electrically conductive connection section. The control module further includes a press contact that is pressed into an opening in the printed circuit board such that it is mechanically fixed to the printed circuit board. The press contact forms an electrical contact with a conductor track of the printed circuit board via an electrically conductive mating connection section of the press contact. The connection section of the electrical component is connected to the mating connection section of the press contact by a welded connection. The connection technique enables soldered connections to be dispensed with and replaced by cold pressing of press contacts and subsequent welding by, for example, a copper/copper laser welding process.