Method for the pulse-modulated actuation of a load in a vehicle, a period duration (T PM) of the pulse modulation being able to be divided into an integer number of sections (T STEP), the duration of each of which corresponds to a multiple of a period duration (T OSC) of a clock signal, wherein the method has the steps of: - calculating a frequency (f PM+1, f PM) or period duration (T PM+1, T PM) of a period of the pulse modulation on the basis of underlying frequency modulation, and - determining the duration of a respective section (T STEP) of a period duration (T PM) of the pulse modulation using the calculated frequency (f PM+1, f PM) or period duration (T PM+1, T PM) of a period of the pulse modulation, characterized in that the following steps are carried out in order to determine the duration (T STEP) of the sections of a period of the pulse modulation, where R STEP represents a remainder value, f OSC represents a frequency of the clock signal, N represents the number of sections and f PM represents the frequency of the pulse modulation: 1. Initializing the remainder (R STEP) with a value equal to zero at the beginning of a period of the pulse modulation, 2. Performing an allocation: R STEP = R STEP + f OSC N − f PWM at the start of a section, 3. Performing an allocation: R STEP = R STEP - f PM after a period of the clock signal, and 4. Terminating the section and performing the second step if the remainder (R STEP) is less than the frequency of the pulse modulation (f PM), and otherwise repeating the third step. - calculating a frequency (f PM+1, f PM) or period duration (T PM+1, T PM) of a period of the pulse modulation on the basis of underlying frequency modulation, and - determining the duration of a respective section (T STEP) of a period duration (T PM) of the pulse modulation using the calculated frequency (f PM+1, f PM) or period duration (T PM+1, T PM) of a period of the pulse modulation, characterized in that the following steps are carried out in order to determine the duration (T STEP) of the sections of a period of the pulse modulation, where R STEP represents a remainder value, f OSC represents a frequency of the clock signal, N represents the number of sections and f PM represents the frequency of the pulse modulation: 1. Initializing the remainder (R STEP) with a value equal to zero at the beginning of a period of the pulse modulation, 2. Performing an allocation: R STEP = R STEP + f OSC N − f PWM at the start of a section, 3. Performing an allocation: R STEP = R STEP - f PM after a period of the clock signal, and 4. Terminating the section and performing the second step if the remainder (R STEP) is less than the frequency of the pulse modulation (f PM), and otherwise repeating the third step. 1. Initializing the remainder (R STEP) with a value equal to zero at the beginning of a period of the pulse modulation, 2. Performing an allocation: R STEP = R STEP + f OSC N − f PWM at the start of a section, 3. Performing an allocation: R STEP = R STEP - f PM after a period of the clock signal, and 4. Terminating the section and performing the second step if the remainder (R STEP) is less than the frequency of the pulse modulation (f PM), and otherwise repeating the third step.