Patent ID: 6554376
Filing Date: 2003-04-29
Classification: B60T

Abstract:
A method for adjusting at least one of a braking and a driving effect at wheels of a motor vehicle, the wheels including at least four wheels mounted on at least two axles, the motor vehicle including sensors assigned to the wheels for detecting rotational movements of the wheels, the method comprising the steps of:determining whether a spare wheel is mounted, the spare wheel having a smaller diameter than others of the wheels; determining a defect in at least one of the sensors; adjusting the at least one of the braking and the driving effect at least as a function of output signals of the sensors; and in response to determining the defect in one of the sensors, adjusting at least one of the braking and the driving effect at the wheel of an axle assigned to the one of the sensors as a function of the detected rotational movement at the wheel of another axle on the same side if the wheel on the same side is not determined to be the spare wheel.