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 (N) 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. <EOS>