Operating unit for a vehicle, comprising - a housing having a front side , - an operating element on the front side of the housing , - a sensory system configured for detection of a manual actuation of the operating element effected by a touch onto the operating surface with a presettable minimum pressing force, - an actuator comprising a drive unit and an actuating element driven by the drive unit, - wherein the drive unit of the actuator is rigidly coupled to the housing in a direct or indirect manner and is supported on it, - an actuation arm which projects from the operating element and which is mechanically acted on by the actuating element of the actuator at a force application point of the actuation arm , - wherein the actuation arm comprises a displacement portion extending between a cover plate and the force application point , for lateral displacement of the cover plate , and - an evaluation and control unit which is configured to receive measuring signals from the sensory system and, upon detection of a valid actuation of the operating element , to output to the drive unit of the actuator a control signal for pulsed mechanical excitation of the actuation arm by the actuating element of the actuator , characterized in - that the actuation arm is elastic and protrudes from a projecting portion of the cover plate , - that the actuation arm is extended, starting from its displacement portion , beyond the force application point and comprises an extension portion within which the actuation arm is elastically and mechanically fixed, - that the operating element comprises a display having a display surface and the cover plate , the cover plate defining an operating surface of the operating element and comprising at least the projecting portion laterally projecting beyond the display , and being supported on and/or in the housing in a manner allowing for elastic lateral displacement, and - that the actuator is arranged below the cover plate of the display . - a housing having a front side , - an operating element on the front side of the housing , - a sensory system configured for detection of a manual actuation of the operating element effected by a touch onto the operating surface with a presettable minimum pressing force, - an actuator comprising a drive unit and an actuating element driven by the drive unit, - wherein the drive unit of the actuator is rigidly coupled to the housing in a direct or indirect manner and is supported on it, - an actuation arm which projects from the operating element and which is mechanically acted on by the actuating element of the actuator at a force application point of the actuation arm , - wherein the actuation arm comprises a displacement portion extending between a cover plate and the force application point , for lateral displacement of the cover plate , and - an evaluation and control unit which is configured to receive measuring signals from the sensory system and, upon detection of a valid actuation of the operating element , to output to the drive unit of the actuator a control signal for pulsed mechanical excitation of the actuation arm by the actuating element of the actuator , - that the actuation arm is elastic and protrudes from a projecting portion of the cover plate , - that the actuation arm is extended, starting from its displacement portion , beyond the force application point and comprises an extension portion within which the actuation arm is elastically and mechanically fixed, - that the operating element comprises a display having a display surface and the cover plate , the cover plate defining an operating surface of the operating element and comprising at least the projecting portion laterally projecting beyond the display , and being supported on and/or in the housing in a manner allowing for elastic lateral displacement, and - that the actuator is arranged below the cover plate of the display . <EOS>