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ABS
Hi does any one have a wiring diagram for ABS on a 2003 3ltr.Regards G.Kydd.
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Yaw/Acceleration Sensor
Clivus ·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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Replacement options for 12v Battery?
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 -
Start up rattle 2gr fe
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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"E" on MFD dashboard display
PaulS_ ·Hi all, has anyone seen this "E" message and/or know what it stands for? This may or may not be related to my other forum post on a flat battery, but I couldn't find anything in the manual about it.
Latest Alphard / Vellfire posts
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Yaw/Acceleration Sensor
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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Yaw/Acceleration Sensor
I am posting a photo of my dashboard warning lights again, plus the fault codes that were associated with them - for anyone else who may get this problem. The car started normally, but fault lights appeared when the car was put into R or D. Driving is possible, but you may go into "Limp" mode. (And all of the strange noises come from the rear axle!) P3125 Inverter fault C1259 HV system fault regenerative C1310 HV system fault 2008 ATH10W.pdf
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Yaw/Acceleration Sensor
Thanks for your reply Jeza. Well I was way off with my suspicions. I have been told the fault code causing all my warning lights says it is my inverter - Toyota Assy G9200-58010 RA28W006. A replacement, even second hand, is priced around $4500 USD. Maybe I can find someone in Perth Australia able to do a repair .... If anyone has had this issue themselves, comments would be welcome.
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Replacement options for 12v Battery?
A bit late in the day, but I managed to get an Exide AGM battery under my seat in a CampervanCo conversion. Terminal positions are slightly different and below the top of the battery but there was plenty of slack in the cables. Important fact it is is a 62Ah battery.
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Start up rattle 2gr fe
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.