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No Power Steering
Biggles ·Hi I have a 2012 Alphard 2.4 that has a serious problem. It has a problem with: No power steering No heating cooling No indicators No VSC Airbag light showing No outside temp Changing auto box settings a bit difficult The car starts ok and can be driven but difficult with no power steering or indicators!!! I had been told it might be the main fuse link unit in front fusebox. Ordered one from Japan. Fitted it ( awful Job) put back together and still have the same problems. Anyone say -
2011 Alphard Carplay
Tez ·Hi I have looked through the forum for posts on this. There are some really good posts with some technical answers and due to my lack of knowledge I haven't been able to answer my question! I am due to shortly pick up my 2011 Toyota Alphard 350S Prime Selection 2 Type Gold, not sure if any of that trim matters in relation to the question. I don't think it does as I think it has the 8" Toyota Original Head unit, I'll attach a picture. The dealer I am purchasing from said they are going to get a -
Wiring diagram
Hi does anyone know where i can get a wiring diagram for automatic door toyota alphard velfire 2004 -
For sale my 2012 Vellfire, 2.4 Hybrid
Ebo ·Selling my Vellfire, 2012,2.4 Hybrid, great condition, never let me down on 2 trips to Spain, £11,500 ono, call Tony 07786020627 -
Japanese imports: mileage tampering
I came across this video: The Mystery of Odometer Fraud Explained, Pacific Coast Auto which is very detailed about the sorts of mileage tampering you might get on cars exported from Japan. This is often a thing that people importing are worried about. It's worth watching through, but some rough summary of things I remembered: Japanese people drive fewer km than other countries, because most people take the train to work The Japanese system is pretty good at recording km at stages: Shaken at
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No Power Steering
Gamith has covered what I'd do. First give it an OBD scan and note fault codes. It is likely to be screaming lots of codes as so much isn't working. Any OBD tool should be able to read the codes, it doesn't need to be fancy. Then, based on any clues given by the scan, work through the fuseboxes checking all the fuses. Also look for any signs of corrosion. Next, pull the relays and check they operate correctly when 12v is applied to the coil: you can find out the coil with a multimeter because it typically is a pair of pins with a resistance of tens or hundreds of ohms, while the contacts read as either 0 ohms or off the scale. Also don't forget grounding. The fuses control power flow from the positive side of the battery, but the negative side of all your auxiliaries are all connected together, often via the chassis. If lots of auxiliaries share a ground then a bad or corroded connection can affect them all. It's worth taking a thorough look for anything that might be corrosion near wiring. I don't have a wiring diagram for the non hybrid, but perhaps someone has one?
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2011 Alphard Carplay
It looks like the setup is that it's a 'man in the middle' of the resistive touch panel. Resistive touch uses 4 wires (X+, X-, Y+, Y-) and it seems like this unit has two sets of 4 wires, one in from the display and one out to the native head unit. That means it can intercept touches when it's showing Android and forward them on when showing a screen from the native head unit. When both are combined on one connector you get 8 wires into the Android unit. I can't quite work out the wiring from the pictures as to where the 2x4 to 8 combiner is going (is it the small board with top/bottom/left connectors, or the yellow board?) but the empty connector on the yellow board has a different shape, so maybe it's used with a different model of Android unit with different connectors. Often this kind of thing is like a kit of Lego that you build for different vehicles - the bits can often be found on AliExpress as generic adapter boards. Often they include various connectors of different sizes in parallel and you just connect the one you have. (That was a long way of saying I don't know, but could probably work it out with some clearer pictures. Anyhow, I don't think it's important)
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No Power Steering
If it were my 2005 model I would go through each fuse with a circuit tester to find any non-functional fuses - bit of a pain I know but this sounds like more than one fuse gone. Looking at my fuse boards I have one mention of VSC in the main engine board: And one in the passenger-side fuse board: Hopefully you have a JOBD reader - does it give any error codes? I hope this helps.
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Wiring diagram
Oh wow, thank you! That is exactly what I'm looking for. Many thanks for that 😁. It does indeed show the water pump, so that's my job for tomorrow morning sorted!
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No Power Steering
Hi I have a 2012 Alphard 2.4 that has a serious problem. It has a problem with: No power steering No heating cooling No indicators No VSC Airbag light showing No outside temp Changing auto box settings a bit difficult The car starts ok and can be driven but difficult with no power steering or indicators!!! I had been told it might be the main fuse link unit in front fusebox. Ordered one from Japan. Fitted it ( awful Job) put back together and still have the same problems. Anyone say idea what is causing this as it's driving me mad!! Many thanks