Safety operation for a steer-by-wire steering system

The present invention relates to a method for controlling a vehicle, wherein in response to a control command, a steering system of the vehicle automatically from a steer-by-wire mode, in which provided by means of a steering device steering commands exclusively transmitted electronically to a wheel steering of the vehicle in a manual operation in which a mounted by means of the steering apparatus torque is at least partially transmitted mechanically by means of a mechanically rigid coupling between the steering device and the wheel steering to the wheel steering of the vehicle is switched.