Operator Control System for a Motor Vehicle

A method for an operator control system of a vehicle, the operator control system including a plurality of switches each switch having a cap support and a switch cap, wherein the switch caps are respectively interchangeably attachable to the cap supports, a plurality of RFID transponders respectively attached to the switch caps in which each RFID transponder stores a respective piece of information identifying a respective control function so that the switch cap to which the RFID transponder is attached is associated with the respective control function, and a plurality of RFID readers respectively arranged on the switches separate from the switch caps for respectively reading the pieces of information of the RFID transponders, the method comprising:

• using a controller to detect the pieces of information of the RFID transponders via the RFID readers each time the vehicle is started;
• and
• assigning, by the controller, to the switches the respective control functions associated with the RFID transponders attached to the switch caps attached to the cap supports of the switches.