Handle unit

A handle unit for a vehicle, comprising a handle mount, a moving handle element, a lock cylinder, which is attached to the handle mount and protected toward the exterior by a covering cap, and an attachment element, on which the covering cap is releasably disposed and which attaches the lock cylinder to the handle mount,

• wherein the handle element interacts with the lock cylinder, such that when the lock cylinder is locked, the handle element cannot be effectively operated,
• wherein the attachment element has at least one elastic snap-fit hook and the covering cap has at least one snap-fit recess,
• wherein the at least one snap-fit hook is designed such that it is complementary to the at least one snap-fit recess, and engages therewith when the covering cap is in a snap-in position,
• wherein the covering cap has at least one guide projection on the inside, which bears on at least one guide surface when in the snap-in position, which is formed on the attachment element and is complementary to the at least one guide projection,
• wherein the at least one snap-fit hook is disengaged from the at least one snap-fit recess when the covering cap is released, and
• wherein the attachment element forcibly guides movement of the covering cap when the covering cap is released, such that the at least one guide projection moves along the at least one complementary guide surface and away from the attachment element.