Method for checking the error detection of a
control unit (14) of an
internal combustion engine in the event of a malfunction of a connected
broadband lambda probe (10), wherein the check is carried out using an error simulator (12) arranged between the
broadband lambda probe (10) and the
control unit (14), and wherein the error simulator (12) specifically modifies electrical signals exchanged between the
broadband lambda probe (10) and the
control unit (14) in order to simulate errors of the broadband lambda probe (10), characterized in that a Nernst
voltage UN0 mess (11) of the broadband lambda probe (10) and a pump current IP MSG (16) of the control unit (14), that the
fault simulator (12) of the broadband lambda probe (10) a pump current IP Sonde (15) and the control unit (14) a Nerst
voltage UN0 stell(13) and that the
fault simulator (12) for simulating faults of the broadband lambda probe (10) supplies the Nernst
voltage UN0 supplied to the control unit (14) stell (13) compared to the Nernst voltage UN0 output by the broadband lambda sensor (10) mess (11) is changed, whereby the pump current IP output to the broadband lambda probe (10) Sonde (15) the pump current IP output by the
motor control (14) MSG (16) or that the pump current IP output to the broadband lambda probe (10) Sonde (15) by the
fault simulator (12) based on the Nernst voltage UN0 output by the broadband lambda probe (10) mess (11) is specified or that the pump current IP output to the broadband lambda probe (10) Sonde (15) by the fault simulator (12) depending on the pump current IP output by the control unit (14) MSG (16), wherein the pump current IP is dependent on the pump current MSG(16) pump current IP specified by the fault simulator (12) and output to the broadband lambda probe (10) Sonde (15) larger or smaller and / or delayed in time compared to the pump current IP MSG (16) is specified.