This disclosure relates to a device for a vehicle for detecting an activation action in at least two different detection areas, and in particular for mounting on a vehicle part to activate at least one function of the vehicle as a function of the detection, including a printed circuit board having a plurality of layers arranged one above the other in an axial direction, a first electrically conductive sensing element for capacitive sensing in a first of the detection areas, a second electrically conductive sensing element for capacitive sensing in a second of the detection areas, where the sensor elements are arranged at different ones of the layers of the printed circuit board, characterized in that in that the sensor elements are configured to be at least partially congruent, the congruent areas of the sensor elements being positioned offset with respect to one another in a lateral direction.