Method for operating a motor vehicle lock

A motor vehicle lock arrangement with a motor vehicle lock and a lock control, wherein the motor vehicle lock comprises a catch and a pawl, which is assigned to 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 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 it is in blocking engagement with the catch, and wherein the pawl may be moved into a release position, in which it 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 its main latching position 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,
• wherein the lock control is designed such that during the cinching routine the catch performs a first catch movement in its opening direction from the preliminary latching position into a safety position and a second catch movement in its closing direction from the safety position into the main latching position.