Method for controlling a drive
train during driving of a motor vehicle with a switched-off
internal combustion engine for an
automatic transmission or an automated transmission having a hydraulic switching arrangement, wherein in a first step (2) a request to switch off the
internal combustion engine is sent to a
control unit, in a second step (8) a frictional connection is interrupted by means of a hydraulically actuated
clutch arrangement between the
internal combustion engine and the transmission, in a third step (2) the internal
combustion engine is switched off and the motor vehicle is operated with the internal
combustion engine switched off, that is to say in coasting mode, in a fourth step (14) a request to switch on the internal
combustion engine is sent to the
control unit,in a fifth step (24) the internal combustion engine is started and in a sixth step (28) the power connection is established by means of the
clutch arrangement between the internal combustion engine and the transmission, characterized in that in the second step (10) in the
control unit based on vehicle data (6), such as gradient, speed,
rolling resistance, driving resistance, etc., drive
train data, such as
gear ratio, speeds, etc.,
route information, such as altitude, driving line, etc., at least one coasting gear is calculated and this is engaged after the interruption of the
power flow by means of the circuit arrangement.