Method for testing a motor vehicle

A non-transitory, computer-readable medium (301) containing instructions that when executed by a computer cause the computer to test a motor vehicle (507, 509) that has a rolling chassis (401, 501) and a vehicle body (503, 505) which is arranged on the rolling chassis (401, 501), wherein the rolling chassis (401, 501) comprises multiple first interfaces and the vehicle body (503, 505) comprises multiple second interfaces assigned to the first interfaces, such that, when the vehicle body (503, 505) is in the state in which it is arranged on the rolling chassis (401, 501), a respective connection between the rolling chassis (401, 501) and the vehicle body (503, 505) can be formed by means of a respective first and second interface, by:

• automatically generating (101), in response to the rolling chassis (401, 501) being arranged on the vehicle body (502, 505), first check demand signals which represent a demand for a first check as to whether the respective first and second interfaces of the multiple first interfaces and the multiple second interfaces have been correctly attached to one another such that corresponding connections have been formed between the rolling chassis (401, 501) and the vehicle body (503, 505), the multiple first interfaces and the multiple second interfaces including at least two different interface types selected from a group consisting of a mechanical interface, an electrical interface, a thermal/fluidic interface, and a hydraulic interface,
• outputting (103) the generated first check demand signals,
• receiving (105) first check result signals which represent a first check result of the first check,
• determining (107), on the basis of the first check result, which connections between which respective first and second interfaces of the multiple first interfaces and the multiple second interfaces have been formed,
• generating (109), in response to determining which connections have been formed, second check demand signals configured to verify whether components of the rolling chassis (401, 501) and/or of the vehicle body (503, 505) can be correctly addressed via the respective determined connections that have been formed,
• outputting (111) the generated second check demand signals,
• receiving (113) second check result signals which represent a second check result of the second check,
• determining (115) in response to determining which connections have been formed, on the basis of the second check result, which components can be correctly or incorrectly addressed via the determined connections that have been formed, and
• performing, in response to determining that one of the results indicates that a fault is present, at least one selected from the group consisting of restricting a function of the motor vehicle (507, 509), disabling a function of the motor vehicle (507, 509), and generating an alert at a human-machine interface.