Patent ID: 7429232

Claim:
A method for controlling a clutch device ( 46 ), a braking device ( 62 , 64 , 66 , 68 , 70 , 72 , 74 ), and an internal combustion engine ( 44 ) in a motor vehicle ( 42 ), said clutch device ( 46 ) being a starting clutch ( 46 ), disposed in a drive train ( 40 ) of the motor vehicle ( 42 ), said clutch device ( 46 ) shiftable into a status in which it cannot transmit any torque and into a status in which it can transmit torque, and said clutch device ( 46 ) automatically actuatable, comprising the steps of: operating the drive train ( 40 ) under pre-determined conditions in a third operating mode or shifted into the third operating mode comprising, when the internal combustion engine ( 44 ) is running and the braking device ( 62 , 64 , 66 , 68 , 70 , 72 , 74 ) is actuated, engaging the clutch far enough that it is able to transmit a pre-determined, limited, first clutch torque; and, operating the drive train ( 40 ) in or shifting into the third operating mode if the pre-determined conditions are present and the clutch temperature is less than a pre-determined temperature threshold.