Your newer car will also tell you EXACTLY which sensors are showing bad data and whether it’s an electrical fault in the sensor’s circuit or implausible input, etc. Unfortunately you need a scan tool for it, but depending on the make you might find a decent free or cheap app to use a generic ELM327 or better, STNN1110 based OBD2 tool, that lets you scan all the modules rather than just OBD2 standard stuff.
So rather than playing parts darts or verifying every sensor by multimeter using known resistance ranges or putting up with bad fuel economy and low power… You just scan the thing and it’ll tell you.
I’ve owned cars from the '90s, '00s and '10s (2019 being the latest) and while my cars from '10s didn’t have sensor issues, I’ll tell you that I’ll take the complex and super hated '00s German cars over the early '90s one ANY day of the week. Super easy to diagnose.
My 2014 kangoo probably have like 3 sensors. I already changed an expensive turbo sensor and the one detecting if your seatbelt is making it beep for 3 minutes whatever you’d do before stopping every time I drive. I wonder if it’s rational to fix it, costwise.
Oh it has significantly more sensors than that, trust me.
As for the seatbelt sensor, honestly depends on the cost and how long you plan on keeping it. Without knowing your car, I can’t say for sure, but I suspect it’s a simple switch. The issue may very well also be in the wiring, or the switch could’ve broken loose or something (in which case you’d likely need the belt buckle receptacle thingy).
Personally I’m so annoyed by things like that, I’d fix it. It probably annoys you, and if you do end up selling it rather than keeping it, it’ll annoy the buyer.
The French know exactly how to make a car last 10 years and start breaking down after that unfortunately.
I honestly don’t know what would be a good replacement if you do need to get rid of it though. That type of van is a market dominated by the French to the point that “Berlingo” is almost a universal term for them IMO.
Yeah, as a swede I’m not used to the shaky quality 😅
The Berlingo is the Citroen version, and also an old french candy used for getting the bad taste of hot spring water out of your mouth (it’s supposedly good to bathe in and drink but often taste of sulfur)
Your newer car will also tell you EXACTLY which sensors are showing bad data and whether it’s an electrical fault in the sensor’s circuit or implausible input, etc. Unfortunately you need a scan tool for it, but depending on the make you might find a decent free or cheap app to use a generic ELM327 or better, STNN1110 based OBD2 tool, that lets you scan all the modules rather than just OBD2 standard stuff.
So rather than playing parts darts or verifying every sensor by multimeter using known resistance ranges or putting up with bad fuel economy and low power… You just scan the thing and it’ll tell you.
I’ve owned cars from the '90s, '00s and '10s (2019 being the latest) and while my cars from '10s didn’t have sensor issues, I’ll tell you that I’ll take the complex and super hated '00s German cars over the early '90s one ANY day of the week. Super easy to diagnose.
My 2014 kangoo probably have like 3 sensors. I already changed an expensive turbo sensor and the one detecting if your seatbelt is making it beep for 3 minutes whatever you’d do before stopping every time I drive. I wonder if it’s rational to fix it, costwise.
Oh it has significantly more sensors than that, trust me.
As for the seatbelt sensor, honestly depends on the cost and how long you plan on keeping it. Without knowing your car, I can’t say for sure, but I suspect it’s a simple switch. The issue may very well also be in the wiring, or the switch could’ve broken loose or something (in which case you’d likely need the belt buckle receptacle thingy).
Personally I’m so annoyed by things like that, I’d fix it. It probably annoys you, and if you do end up selling it rather than keeping it, it’ll annoy the buyer.
Yeah I know, it’s just very very not modern, which is good, but it also breaks down all the time which is less cool.
The French know exactly how to make a car last 10 years and start breaking down after that unfortunately.
I honestly don’t know what would be a good replacement if you do need to get rid of it though. That type of van is a market dominated by the French to the point that “Berlingo” is almost a universal term for them IMO.
Yeah, as a swede I’m not used to the shaky quality 😅
The Berlingo is the Citroen version, and also an old french candy used for getting the bad taste of hot spring water out of your mouth (it’s supposedly good to bathe in and drink but often taste of sulfur)