Method for maintaining a brake system having a hydraulic vehicle brake and electromechanical brake device

A method for maintaining a brake system in a vehicle that includes a hydraulic vehicle brake and an electromechanical brake device with an electric brake motor, a hydraulic brake pressure of the hydraulic vehicle brake and the electric brake motor configured to act on the same brake piston of a wheel brake device, the method comprising:

• preparing the brake system for maintenance operations by actuating the electric brake motor to displace a transmission member from a brake starting position at which a brake lining is spaced a first distance apart from a brake disk of the wheel brake device into a retracted position at which the brake lining is spaced a second distance apart from the brake disk of the wheel brake device, the second distance being greater than the first distance;
• and
• actuating the electric brake motor to displace the transmission member in the direction of the brake starting position after completion of the maintenance operations,
• wherein, during travel of the vehicle, the hydraulic vehicle brake is used alone or in combination with the electromechanical brake device to brake the vehicle,
• wherein an electrically controllable actuator in the hydraulic vehicle brake, which is configured to influence the hydraulic pressure, remains non-activated during the maintenance operations, and
• wherein the actuation of the electrically controllable actuator is blocked for the duration of the maintenance operations and is released again only after the electric brake motor has displaced the transmission member into the brake starting position.