Method for decelerating a servomotor of a steering device

A method for decelerating a servomotor of a steering device, the steering device comprising a control unit for controlling the servomotor, monitoring electronics for monitoring a movement of the servomotor, and an energy store operatively connected to the control unit and the monitoring electronics, the energy store having a different configuration from at least one vehicle battery, the method comprising:

• activating the energy store by applying an external force to the vehicle from outside the vehicle;
• monitoring a movement of the servomotor caused by the external force by evaluating a movement parameter correlated with the movement of the servomotor;
• and
• in at least one operating state, triggering a deceleration process as a function of the movement parameter, in which deceleration process the servomotor is decelerated using the control unit, by activating and/or waking up the control unit, wherein the energy store is charged by the movement of the servomotor, and, in at least one application case, the energy store is used to supply energy to the control unit and the monitoring electronics.