When they said “rain” sensor I thought maybe I miss heard “range” sensor. However rain sensor switch is what is written on the paper work.

Really not impressed with them. They claimed there was a fault code on the engine but then lost what the code was. Still charged me for the diagnostic though.

Apparently on the gearbox. To be honest I thought they were having me on when they said it. Apparently it inputs to the gearbox controller and provides the indication on the gear you are in on the dash.

“Cleaned out rain sensor switch, re-greased and re-fitted. Carried out extensive road tests ...

So the van has been with Alacrity for about three weeks. They said it would not be the TPS because the gearbox is dropping out of gear. After three weeks they cleaned the “rain sensor switch” as they said this gives indication on the dash which I has said would drop off when the fault happens. It ...

Many thanks Kayla for the quick response. Im new to forums so you’ll have to excuse me, I’m dragging myself into the 21st century.

I’ll give them a call and see what they say. They are about 60 odd miles away. Lack the confidence the van would get there so may have to look at transport etc.

If ...

Started experiencing problems with my bongo about 9 months ago. First issues started with an intermittent issue when changing gears (mainly but not exclusively between 2nd and 3rd). Gear changing was very abrupt and accompanied with engine over reving, sometimes with engine fault light. Took to a ...