Method for controlling a delay device of a vehicle

A control apparatus for a deceleration device of a motor vehicle, wherein the control apparatus:

• receives, at a beginning of or during a braking process in which the deceleration device prompts vehicle deceleration, a request signal from a vehicle component for the vehicle deceleration;
• ascertains an integrity level of the vehicle component,
• ascertains, during the braking process, a time profile for deceleration performance of the deceleration device obtained as a result of the vehicle deceleration,
• ascertains, for different times, a respective current minimum integrity level that is at least necessary for the time profile ascertained hitherto, and
• performs performance limitation for the request signal in response to the current minimum integrity level being higher than the integrity level of the vehicle component.

A motor vehicle having a control apparatus that is coupled to a deceleration device for setting a vehicle deceleration and to at least one vehicle component for receiving a request signal, the control apparatus:

• receiving, at a beginning of or during a braking process in which the deceleration device prompts vehicle deceleration, a request signal from a vehicle component for the vehicle deceleration;
• ascertaining an integrity level of the vehicle component,
• ascertaining, during the braking process, a time profile for deceleration performance of the deceleration device obtained as a result of the vehicle deceleration,
• ascertaining, for different times, a respective current minimum integrity level that is at least necessary for the time profile ascertained hitherto, and
• performing performance limitation for the request signal in response to the current minimum integrity level being higher than the integrity level of the vehicle component.