A redundancy system for a vehicle door lock, a vehicle comprising the redundancy system, and a method for operating a redundancy system

A method for operating a vehicle door lock having a body attached to a vehicle body structure of a vehicle and a striker releasably connected to the body, wherein an outer end of the striker is configured for interacting with a locking unit of a vehicle door for releasably connecting the vehicle door to the vehicle body structure, wherein the body comprises a passage for receiving an inner end of the striker, wherein the inner end of the striker is extending through a structural part of the vehicle body structure from an outer side of the structural part to an inner side of the structural part when connected to the body, wherein a connection member is releasably connected to a connection part of the inner end in a normal operating state, wherein the method comprises the steps:

• releasing the connection member from the connection part upon activation in an emergency state and removing the striker from the body when the connection member is released from the connection part.