A housing for enclosing at least one electronic component of a motor vehicle, comprising at least a first metal housing part with a first circumferential connection surface and a second metal housing part with a second circumferential connection surface, wherein said metal housing parts (20, 30) are designed to be connected to each other along a connection direction such that said circumferential connection surfaces (21, 31) lie face to face to each other in the connected state, wherein at least one of the housing parts comprises a plurality of cutting elements protruding from the corresponding circumferential connection surface, wherein at least a part of said cutting elements have an oversize with respect to said other circumferential connection surface, such that said cutting elements cut into said other circumferential connection surface during connection of the housing parts (20, 30), wherein said plurality of cutting elements are distributed over the circumference of said circumferential connection surfaces (21, 31), wherein said cutting elements have a longitudinal axis oriented parallel to said connection direction, wherein the cutting elements have a maximum thickness which is larger than a gap between the circumferential connection surfaces (21, 31) in the connected state of the housing parts (20, 30), wherein said cutting elements are arranged with a distance to a front edge of the corresponding housing part which comes first into contact with said other housing part during the connection of the housing parts (20, 30), and each cutting element has a front part and a rear part, the front part has an undersize with respect to the circumferential connection surface of the second metal housing part and the rear part has an oversize with respect to the circumferential connection surface of the second metal housing part, wherein the cutting elements are tapering in the connection direction in a view along the corresponding circumferential connection surface, characterized in that the cutting elements are tapering in the connection direction in a view onto the corresponding circumferential connection surface and the cutting elements have a spike-shape. wherein at least one of the housing parts comprises a plurality of cutting elements protruding from the corresponding circumferential connection surface, wherein at least a part of said cutting elements have an oversize with respect to said other circumferential connection surface, such that said cutting elements cut into said other circumferential connection surface during connection of the housing parts (20, 30), wherein said plurality of cutting elements are distributed over the circumference of said circumferential connection surfaces (21, 31), wherein said cutting elements have a longitudinal axis oriented parallel to said connection direction, wherein the cutting elements have a maximum thickness which is larger than a gap between the circumferential connection surfaces (21, 31) in the connected state of the housing parts (20, 30), wherein said cutting elements are arranged with a distance to a front edge of the corresponding housing part which comes first into contact with said other housing part during the connection of the housing parts (20, 30), and each cutting element has a front part and a rear part, the front part has an undersize with respect to the circumferential connection surface of the second metal housing part and the rear part has an oversize with respect to the circumferential connection surface of the second metal housing part, wherein the cutting elements are tapering in the connection direction in a view along the corresponding circumferential connection surface, characterized in that the cutting elements are tapering in the connection direction in a view onto the corresponding circumferential connection surface and the cutting elements have a spike-shape.