Motor vehicle comprising: - an equipment element of the motor vehicle, - at least one operating device for operating at least one device of the motor vehicle, wherein the operating device is arranged on the equipment element, wherein - the operating device has a detecting device for the capacitive detection of an operator action on an operating surface of a surface element of the operating device, wherein - the operating surface forms at least a part of a surface of the equipment element, wherein - the operating device has furthermore a lighting device, wherein the lighting device is configured to backlight the surface element, wherein - the operating device has furthermore a control device, wherein the control device is configured depending on the operator action to set a first switching state and a second switching state of the operating device, wherein the control device is furthermore configured, when the operator action is undertaken to implement a change from the first switching state into the second switching state or from the second switching state into the first switching state, characterised in that - by means of the change from the second switching state into the first switching date when the operator action is undertaken the operating device is formed bistable, - the lighting device has a first lighting means and a second lighting means, wherein the control device is configured to control the two lighting means (36, 38) depending on the switching state, wherein - the first lighting means is assigned to a first predetermined surface area of the surface element, wherein the first predetermined surface area is formed from a transparent, light-conducting material, wherein the first lighting means is configured to illuminate the first predetermined surface area in the first switching state with a first light colour, wherein - the second lighting means is assigned to a second predetermined surface area of the surface element, wherein the second predetermined surface area is formed from a transparent, light-conducting material, wherein the second lighting means is configured to illuminate the second predetermined surface area in the second switching state with a second light colour, wherein - a part of the first predetermined surface area forms a part of the second surface area, wherein the overlapping parts of the first surface area and the second surface area include a part of the operating surface, wherein the detecting device is configured to detect the operator action on the included part of the operating surface. - an equipment element of the motor vehicle, - at least one operating device for operating at least one device of the motor vehicle, wherein the operating device is arranged on the equipment element, wherein - the operating device has a detecting device for the capacitive detection of an operator action on an operating surface of a surface element of the operating device, wherein - the operating surface forms at least a part of a surface of the equipment element, wherein - the operating device has furthermore a lighting device, wherein the lighting device is configured to backlight the surface element, wherein - the operating device has furthermore a control device, wherein the control device is configured depending on the operator action to set a first switching state and a second switching state of the operating device, wherein the control device is furthermore configured, when the operator action is undertaken to implement a change from the first switching state into the second switching state or from the second switching state into the first switching state, characterised in that - by means of the change from the second switching state into the first switching date when the operator action is undertaken the operating device is formed bistable, - the lighting device has a first lighting means and a second lighting means, wherein the control device is configured to control the two lighting means (36, 38) depending on the switching state, wherein - the first lighting means is assigned to a first predetermined surface area of the surface element, wherein the first predetermined surface area is formed from a transparent, light-conducting material, wherein the first lighting means is configured to illuminate the first predetermined surface area in the first switching state with a first light colour, wherein - the second lighting means is assigned to a second predetermined surface area of the surface element, wherein the second predetermined surface area is formed from a transparent, light-conducting material, wherein the second lighting means is configured to illuminate the second predetermined surface area in the second switching state with a second light colour, wherein - a part of the first predetermined surface area forms a part of the second surface area, wherein the overlapping parts of the first surface area and the second surface area include a part of the operating surface, wherein the detecting device is configured to detect the operator action on the included part of the operating surface.