Patent ID: 6950734

Claim:
A method of operating a motor vehicle with an electronically controlled automatic clutch device, at least one control device, and at least one data storage device for storing information comprising data values of operating quantities, data values of operating parameters, data values of adaptive parameters, and check values, wherein at least one of said data values is subjected to the steps of: a) storing the data value as a storage value in the data storage device; b) storing at least one check value for the data value as a storage value in the data storage device; wherein the at least one check value serves to verify whether the data value was entered correctly, and wherein a predetermined checking characteristic is used for said verification, wherein step a) comprises reading the data value from the control device and wherein step a) comprises storing the data value at least twice so that as a result, the data value is represented in the storage device by a primary storage value and by at least one redundant storage value.