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I have a problem with the hybrid water coolant pump and it seems there is a dodgy wire or connection as only 2v arrives at the water pump. This causes the vehicle to overheat. Can someone share the wiring diagram?
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I would like to hear from anyone whose E-four Alphard randomly changes from 100% front axle drive to engage the rear axle causing an audible clunk (often heard when accelerating from a standing start). My Alphard has always made a rear axle clunk when first accelerating. I have read this was a common criticism of 1st generation hybrids.
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Hey all, The 12v battery in my Alphard Hybrid 1st Gen has recently died. After much searching I've been struggling to find many replacement options. It appears to be a weird somewhat unique to the car battery. My local Toyota Garage can get one but it will be £350! Hoping to find something a bit less expensive than that but if I have to I will get the OEM battery from the garage. The dead battery which was fitted while it was still in Japan is a Panasonic 20HR 51 Ah CCA 3
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I have the start up rattle on the 3.5 v6 2008, most likely the cam phaser issue. Anyone know of a garage in the south that will do the work? I've spoken to two independent toyota places in Southampton so far, they dont want the work as its too involved I guess.
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From what I've read (ie no experience myself) the 10 series inverters tend to die because the IGBTs inside overheat and tend to cook themselves, which can be made worse by failing coolant pumps or lack of coolant changes. I'm not familiar enough with the codes to confirm if that's the case for yours. You can find videos of burnt out Prius inverter IGBTs to see what happens. I think the IGBTs inside are in theory replaceable, but Toyota no longer has them so you'd need to get some from a scrapped inverter. Or maybe there are alternatives that can be used (awkward, as they need to be in thermal contact with the cooling plate). I would look around locally for any hybrid specialists: if you have eg Prius taxis then they should exist, but you need someone with more electrical skill than just swapping modules.
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