Method for operating a motor vehicle lock

A method for operating a motor vehicle lock of a motor vehicle door arrangement with a lock control, wherein the motor vehicle lock comprises a catch and a pawl, which is designed to interact with the catch, wherein the catch may be moved into an open position, into a preliminary latching position and into a main latching position, wherein the catch, which is in one of the latching positions, is or may be brought into holding engagement with a lock striker,

• wherein the pawl may be moved into an engagement position, in which the pawl is in blocking engagement with the catch, and wherein the pawl may be moved into a release position, in which the pawl releases the catch,
• wherein a cinching element and a cinching drive are provided and wherein, during a cinching routine, the catch is being moved into the main latching position of the catch by the cinching drive via the cinching element,
• wherein a manual movement of the catch into the preliminary latching position causes the cinching routine to be initiated by the lock control, and
• wherein during the cinching routine the catch performs a first catch movement in the opening direction of the catch from the preliminary latching position into a safety position and a second catch movement in the closing direction of the catch from the safety position into the main latching position.