Locking device for locking a motor vehicle part

A method for assembling a locking device for a displaceable motor vehicle part which is lockable by the locking device within a displacement range between a completely closed position and a completely opened position in a multitude of respective intermediate rest positions reached by displacement of the motor vehicle part, whereby

• a) a braking device is provided having at least two braking elements, which are arranged to interact in a braking manner in a respective intermediate rest position of the motor vehicle part for locking the motor vehicle part in the respective intermediate rest position and which are configured to be brought into a position without braking engagement by inducing a release force into the braking device,
• b) an additional braking module is provided, which comprises an electrically operable actuator and a coupling mechanism via which the actuator interacts with a braking means of the locking device for also braking a displacement movement of the vehicle part within the displacement range in a multitude of respective intermediate rest positions, wherein the braking device can lock the displaceable motor vehicle part independently of an activation of the actuator within the displacement range in a respective intermediate rest position, so that the braking device is fully operable without the actuator,
• c) a determination is made whether the locking device is to be assembled in an equipment variant which comprises the additional braking module in addition to the braking device, and
• d) depending on the result of the determination, either only the braking device or a combination of the braking device and the additional braking module is provided as the locking device.