A vehicle has a transmission apparatus that changes the distribution of
power transmitted from a power source to a plurality of wheels. The method
for distributing power of the vehicle includes detecting the temperature
of a part located on a power transmission path between the power source
and a wheel to which power is transmitted from the power source through
the transmission apparatus, the heat of the part being increased as the
power distribution ratio is increased; determining that the current state
is a specific state in which the detected temperature reaches a previously
set first reference temperature; and controlling the transmission
apparatus to lower the power distribution ratio to the wheel from the
transmission apparatus when the current state is determined to the
specified state.
