Abstract: A handle assembly for a motor-vehicle door latch has an adapter plate shaped to fit on a motor-vehicle door and forming a pivot and a seat, an electrical connector sleeve snugly fittable in the seat, and a handle having an arm fittable in the connector sleeve and with the pivot. The handle is movable between a partially installed position and a fully installed position. In the partially installed position the arm snugly engages in the connector, the connector is snugly fitted in the seat, and the arm is out of engagement with the pivot. In the fully installed position the arm is still engaged snugly in the connector but the connector is pulled out of the seat, and the arm is in pivotal engagement with the pivot and pivotal about the pivot jointly with the connector sleeve.