The invention relates to a method for determining the overall deceleration values (bmax, bmin), which can be achieved by actuating wheel brakes, of a utility vehicle (6) or a vehicle combination (24)comprising multiple axles (7, 8). The invention further relates to a
brake system for carrying out the method and to a utility vehicle or a vehicle combination comprising such a
brake system for carrying out the method. The aim of the invention is to determine the currently achievable overall deceleration values (bmax, bmin) for decelerating a utility vehicle or a vehicle combination with multipleaxles during travel. According to the invention, this is achieved in that the
brake force is distributed (26) such that brake forces (F1, F2, F3, F4) are distributed unequally to brake units (1, 2, 3, 4) comprising the wheel brakes (10) of one or more axles (7, 8) in order to implement a deceleration request (20) during a partial braking process (27). One of the brake units (1, 2, 3, 4) is selected, and a greater
brake force (F2) is applied by said selected brake unit (29) than via the other brake units (1, 3, 4), and a current deceleration b of the utility vehicle (6) or the vehicle combination (24) is measured or ascertained and paired with the respective selected brake unit (29) as the corresponding partial deceleration value (b1, b2, b3, b4) and is stored. The achievable overall deceleration values (bmin, bmax) are determined as the sum (31) of the partial deceleration values (b1, b2, b3, b4) of the brake units (1, 2, 3, 4).