Method For Operating A Motor Vehicle, Safety System For A Motor Vehicle, And Motor Vehicle With A Safety System
AssigneeVolkswagen Aktiengesellschaft
InventorsFrank Bärecke, Hauke Christian Schlimme
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Abstract
The invention relates to a method for operating a motor vehicle that, due to an error in a main brake system of the motor vehicle, is switched by means of a control circuit from a normal mode to an error mode in which a performance of a drive unit of the motor vehicle is reduced, and at least one navigation function of the motor vehicle is activated. The invention provides that an additional function of the motor vehicle is activated in error mode by means of the control circuit. Moreover, the invention relates to a safety system that is designed to perform the above method, as well as to a motor vehicle equipped with such a safety system.
Claims20
A method for operating a motor vehicle that, due to an error in a main brake system of the motor vehicle, is switched by a control circuit from a normal mode to an error mode in which a performance of a drive unit of the motor vehicle is reduced, comprising in the error mode:
- activating at least one navigation function of the motor vehicle;
- and
- activating an additional function of the motor vehicle.
A safety system for a motor vehicle that is configured to, in an error mode of the motor vehicle in which a performance of a drive unit of the motor vehicle is reduced, conduct the following steps:
- activating at least one navigation function of the motor vehicle;
- and
- activating an additional function of the motor vehicle.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.