A method for securing a vehicle, whose wheels of one axle are on a dynamometer, against being unintentionally pushed out of the dynamometer during an inspection of the parking brake. In order to avoid endangerment of people who are in the surroundings of the vehicle, it is proposed to ascertain with the aid of a sensor system whether the vehicle is located on a dynamometer and, if this has been determined, to automatically generate a braking torque at a wheel brake of at least one wheel, which is located outside the dynamometer, after a control element of the parking brake has been operated.