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Hi there My Alphard Hybrid 2.4 2006 Camper conversion developed an intermittent gearbox issue on a recent run up to the lake district. After a few long days of driving and a few very steep hills the gearbox would crunch when changing down, usually at low speed in low gears. It did it for a couple of days and hasn't since apart from on one or two occasions. This is a new thing as it hasn't missed a beat in the 10 months we've own it. The box does seem a little noisier or maybe I'm just noticin
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By luck my neighbours car mechanic son was handy as I started to investigate a new (hopefully not death) rattle. ‘You’re not using the vehicle enough’ was his first comment as I let it idle to warm up, ‘the noise is from the dual mass flywheel’ ! An interesting explanation ensued & I admit I had used it less over last winter & spring. I’ve just read an excellent article from the RAC explaining what a DMF is for & how it does it. From now on the old girl will move more which is no har
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Hey, fresh import owner here, 2010 Vellfire 2.4, my second import, first was a GT86 I brought with me when I moved back from Japan, owned a few bigger vehicles in Japan, Stepwagons, hiace etc, the kids getting bigger made the Q3 a bit useless space wise so last month picked up a freshly imported vellfire, loving it so far. Way slower than the Q3 but it hasn't bothered me in the slightest, would have gone with the 3.5 V6 but didn't want to deal with the higher fuel consumption. Has full air rid
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My toyota alphard 2015 2.4 engine. Just both 4 months ago. Suddenly having problem on I think transmission or gearbox. When I drove it, suddenly accelaration going down on its own like no power or trying to accelerate it but only rpm move not the car. . When I stop and start the car again I heard weird noise like string or metal rumbling inside and check engine came out. I try to run in again and it starts jurking on lowgear and wont go up just stay on 2000rpm. But when I got to the garage al
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Just a quick one, The Vellfire I bought was in extremely good condition other than the steering wheel, which was really badly worn, I had a spare steering wheel off of a MK3 Avensis handy, but the connector type was different, and the mk3 avensis squib isn't compatible. If you disconnect the left hand switch bank from the original steering wheel, you'll note the connector is as follows: 1 - -DP (Black with white stripe) 2 - EAU (Pink or White) 3 - +DP (Yellow) 5 - AU2 (Light brown / Grey) 6 -
Latest Alphard / Vellfire posts
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Hi there My Alphard Hybrid 2.4 2006 Camper conversion developed an intermittent gearbox issue on a recent run up to the lake district. After a few long days of driving and a few very steep hills the gearbox would crunch when changing down, usually at low speed in low gears. It did it for a couple of days and hasn't since apart from on one or two occasions. This is a new thing as it hasn't missed a beat in the 10 months we've own it. The box does seem a little noisier or maybe I'm just noticing engine noise more now? The garage that has looked after the van for the last 6-7 years said they wont touch the gearbox. Is this a common issue? Has anyone got a recommendation for a specialist who could take a look in the London Essex area? I saw someone recommending Rainham Motors...has anyone used them? Thanks
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Hi there! Now THAT stands out in a crowd - NICE!
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My toyota alphard 2015 2.4 engine. Just both 4 months ago. Suddenly having problem on I think transmission or gearbox. When I drove it, suddenly accelaration going down on its own like no power or trying to accelerate it but only rpm move not the car. . When I stop and start the car again I heard weird noise like string or metal rumbling inside and check engine came out. I try to run in again and it starts jurking on lowgear and wont go up just stay on 2000rpm. But when I got to the garage all sudden it return to its normal drive. But when I try to drive it a long ride sudden change gear on 2000rpm. I think its on limp mode already. Now I dont want to run the car because of what happen. Do you know where can someone fix it and whats the problem of my alphard? Here is some share video that I have. Is the first start of the car also is normal noise? The second one noise is not good already. 20260628_164548.mp4
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By luck my neighbours car mechanic son was handy as I started to investigate a new (hopefully not death) rattle. ‘You’re not using the vehicle enough’ was his first comment as I let it idle to warm up, ‘the noise is from the dual mass flywheel’ ! An interesting explanation ensued & I admit I had used it less over last winter & spring. I’ve just read an excellent article from the RAC explaining what a DMF is for & how it does it. From now on the old girl will move more which is no hardship to me as it’s the smoothest handling vehicle I’ve had. If yours is a campervan conversion take note!😂
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Seriously, that looks banging :) I do like the body kit on that. they have done some serious work to it. :)
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