Lighting device for a motor vehicle

A method for manufacturing a lighting device that comprises at least one light source;

• a flat light guide with an entry surface and at least one exit surface, the entry surface being an end face-side surface of the flat light guide;
• at least one optical component that is designed as an optical panel or optical film, the lighting device being configured so that the light generated by the at least one light source enters, at least in part, through the entry surface and into the flat light guide, the light entering through the entry surface exits, at least in part, from the at least one exit surface, and the light exiting the at least one exit surface of the flat light guide passes, at least in part, through the at least one optical component or is reflected by the at least one optical component;
• and a housing at or in which the flat light guide and the at least one optical component are arranged, the flat light guide and the at least one optical component being made of silicone or the flat light guide and the at least one optical component including silicone, the method comprising:
• using an injection molding process to manufacture the flat light guide and the at least one optical component, so that the flat light guide and the at least one optical component are made of silicone or include silicone;
• introducing the flat light guide and the at least one optical component into the housing of the lighting device,
• wherein the at least one optical component has a reflective design, and wherein the flat light guide and the at least one optical component are manufactured as a one-piece injection-molded part in which the flat light guide and the at least one optical component adjoin one another in the longitudinal or transverse direction, and wherein during introduction of the at least one optical component and the flat light guide into the housing, the at least one optical component is folded over the flat light guide so that the at least one optical component rests on the at least one exit surface of the flat light guide.