Patent ID: 8463516

Claim:
A process for controlling a motor vehicle start up, the motor vehicle including a clutch, an initialization device, a clutch actuator set, a control device, and a sensor, wherein the clutch actuator set is located between a drive unit and a gear and wherein the clutch is actuated by means of the clutch actuator set, comprising: receiving in the initialization device, information that the motor vehicle is in a shutdown; displacing the clutch actuator to a first position and storing the first position in response to receipt of the information regarding the shutdown; executing a predetermined movement course of the clutch actuator set after a startup, wherein the predetermined movement course includes opening the clutch; determining, using the control device and data acquiring from the sensor, a second position of the clutch after opening the clutch as part of the predetermined movement course; comparing the first and second positions to determine a magnitude of the difference between the first and second positions; and, verifying that the clutch is in a “clutch open” state when the magnitude of the difference is within a predetermined tolerance range.