Plug-in connector having at least the following: - a plug-in connector housing with at least one passage opening having a housing channel; - at least one pushbutton having a pushbutton pin which is arranged at least partially in the at least one passage opening and has at least two circumferential grooves, namely a locking groove and a release groove; - in each passage opening, an annular, asymmetric coil spring which is arranged with its outer region in the housing channel and which can assume at least two different orientations relative to the passage opening and to the pushbutton pin, namely a locking orientation and a release orientation, o wherein, in its locking orientation, the coil spring allows the pushbutton pin to move into the plug-in connector housing and prevents the pushbutton pin from moving out of the plug-in connector housing, and o wherein, in its release orientation, the coil spring allows the pushbutton pin to move out of the plug-in connector housing and prevents the pushbutton pin from moving into the plug-in connector housing, and o wherein the coil spring can be tilted from its locking orientation into its release orientation when it is arranged with its inner region in the release groove, characterized in that - the pushbutton pin in addition also has a third circumferential groove, namely a holding groove, o wherein the coil spring can be tilted from its release orientation into its locking orientation when it is arranged with its inner region in the holding groove. - a plug-in connector housing with at least one passage opening having a housing channel; - at least one pushbutton having a pushbutton pin which is arranged at least partially in the at least one passage opening and has at least two circumferential grooves, namely a locking groove and a release groove; - in each passage opening, an annular, asymmetric coil spring which is arranged with its outer region in the housing channel and which can assume at least two different orientations relative to the passage opening and to the pushbutton pin, namely a locking orientation and a release orientation, o wherein, in its locking orientation, the coil spring allows the pushbutton pin to move into the plug-in connector housing and prevents the pushbutton pin from moving out of the plug-in connector housing, and o wherein, in its release orientation, the coil spring allows the pushbutton pin to move out of the plug-in connector housing and prevents the pushbutton pin from moving into the plug-in connector housing, and o wherein the coil spring can be tilted from its locking orientation into its release orientation when it is arranged with its inner region in the release groove, characterized in that o wherein, in its locking orientation, the coil spring allows the pushbutton pin to move into the plug-in connector housing and prevents the pushbutton pin from moving out of the plug-in connector housing, and o wherein, in its release orientation, the coil spring allows the pushbutton pin to move out of the plug-in connector housing and prevents the pushbutton pin from moving into the plug-in connector housing, and o wherein the coil spring can be tilted from its locking orientation into its release orientation when it is arranged with its inner region in the release groove, characterized in that - the pushbutton pin in addition also has a third circumferential groove, namely a holding groove, o wherein the coil spring can be tilted from its release orientation into its locking orientation when it is arranged with its inner region in the holding groove.