Method and arrangement for automatically restarting a drive unit

A method and an arrangement automatically restarts a drive unit when there is an unintended stalling of the drive unit. In the case of stalling, checks are made as to whether the drive unit was already in a steady-state condition directly before the stalling, as to whether the stalling took place because of an operator input, especially at an input unit and as to whether a force-tight connection between the drive unit and a transmission (or ) is present. A restart of the drive unit is automatically initiated when: the drive unit was already in a steady-state condition directly before the stalling; when the stalling took place in a departure from the operator input; and, when the force-tight connection between the transmission (or ) and the drive unit is interrupted.