Method for preconditioning at least one component of a first motor vehicle , to which a first identification key is assigned, comprising the following steps: a) providing a plurality of short-range transceiver units (S1); b) the first identification key is carried by a user , while the user is moving outside the first motor vehicle (S2); c) as soon as the first identification key enters the reception range of a first of the short-range transceiver units : determining first position data of the first identification key by the first short-range transceiver unit (S3); d) transmitting the determined first position data via a far-field transceiver unit not arranged in the first identification key (S4); e) as soon as the first identification key enters the reception range of at least one of the further short-range-transceiver units : determining second position data of the first identification key by the further short-range transceiver unit (S5); f) transmitting the determined second position data via a far-field transceiver unit not arranged in the first identification key (S6); g) receiving the transmitted at least first and second position data by means of a far-field transceiver unit and determining at least one movement vector for the first identification key from the at least first and second received position data (S7); h) checking whether the determined movement vector satisfies at least one predeterminable activation criterion for activating the preconditioning of the at least one component of the motor vehicle (S8); i) if step h) is answered in the affirmative: activating the preconditioning of the at least one component of the first motor vehicle (S9). a) providing a plurality of short-range transceiver units (S1); b) the first identification key is carried by a user , while the user is moving outside the first motor vehicle (S2); c) as soon as the first identification key enters the reception range of a first of the short-range transceiver units : determining first position data of the first identification key by the first short-range transceiver unit (S3); d) transmitting the determined first position data via a far-field transceiver unit not arranged in the first identification key (S4); e) as soon as the first identification key enters the reception range of at least one of the further short-range-transceiver units : determining second position data of the first identification key by the further short-range transceiver unit (S5); f) transmitting the determined second position data via a far-field transceiver unit not arranged in the first identification key (S6); g) receiving the transmitted at least first and second position data by means of a far-field transceiver unit and determining at least one movement vector for the first identification key from the at least first and second received position data (S7); h) checking whether the determined movement vector satisfies at least one predeterminable activation criterion for activating the preconditioning of the at least one component of the motor vehicle (S8); i) if step h) is answered in the affirmative: activating the preconditioning of the at least one component of the first motor vehicle (S9). <EOS>