Method for operating a vehicle's
powertrain, wherein the drive
train comprises a drive unit (1), an output (3) and an automated transmission (2) which is arranged in the drive
train between the drive unit (1) and the output (3), wherein an input shaft (7) of the transmission (2) is connected to the drive unit (1) via a controllable disconnect
clutch (6) and an output shaft (8) of the transmission (2) is connected to the output (3), wherein the transmission (2) has a main group (4), wherein, during a shutdown process of the drive unit (1), the main group (4) of the transmission (2) is moved into a
neutral position and the
neutral position is validated by means of a control-side predetermined, shutdown-process-side gate movement (14) of an actuating means of the main group (4) of the transmission (2), wherein a result of the plausibility check together with a target position of the shutdown-side lane movement (14) is stored in a
control unit in a non-
volatile memory of the same, wherein a subsequent start-up of the drive unit (1) can be carried out with the transmission (2) in
neutral position, wherein, during the subsequent start-up process, when an ignition is activated, the result of the plausibility check of the neutral position and the target position of the shutdown-side lane movement (14) stored in the non-
volatile memory are read out and the actual position of the actuating means is determined, the subsequent starting process of the drive unit (1) is then permitted if Data about a plausible neutral position can be read from the non-
volatile memory, and Furthermore, the determined actual position of the actuating device corresponds to the stored target position.