Patent ID: 8825336

Claim:
A method for detecting a burnout state during which driven wheels of a motor vehicle are caused to spin, the method comprising the steps of: detecting a rotational wheel speed of a first driven wheel and a rotational wheel speed of a second driven wheel, determining the difference between the rotational wheel speed of the first driven wheel and the rotational wheel speed of the second driven wheel, and comparing, in a control unit, the absolute value of the difference with a first constant, detecting a vehicle speed and comparing, in the control unit, the vehicle speed with a second constant, wherein the second constant is less than or equal to about 5 km/h, and detecting an engine rotational speed and comparing, in the control unit, the engine rotational speed with a third constant, wherein the burnout state is detected if and only if the absolute value of the difference between the rotational wheel speed of the first driven wheel and the rotational wheel speed of the second driven wheel is greater than or equal to the first constant, the vehicle speed is less than or equal to the second constant, and the engine rotational speed is greater than or equal to the third constant.