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I had mine checked earlier this year as the rear tyres were showing wear on the insides (I think) but the garage (TyrePros in Stevenage Old Town) said they were all in spec. I remember thinking at the time, when looking at the structure underneath, how on earth any of it could be adjusted in any case, as it all looked to be solidly attached together. The diagram their their alignment checker produced helped to explain it all.

Thanks for your reply. Tried another ECU unit. No different. Amazingly the car started and the shut down several times before finally running for over an hour on the drive , starting and stopping the engine as the battery levels filled and dropped as per hybrid! Next morning would not start or recognise the hybrid battery existed! No new leaks and all dry in footwells unlike previously. I think it is now scrap or spares as I have run out of ideas and budget to chase an uncertain return! Thanks for everyone’s time and help. It has been a great car but it has beaten me!

You don't need to power down the HV to clean the Hybrid ECU. From the description of what is happening and the lights it looks like a HV battery issue, one bad block is all it takes. If the capacity of the block reduces, it will charge up quicker then discharges quicker than the rest. You also have a HV battery temp warning on and a motor generator temp warning on as well, is the HV battery cooling fan on max. Check behind the front passenger seat forward trim in the footwell for water, the HV battery ECU connector is there. You need to get a code reader to find out what is going on.

Its the same tech you can get in Phillips hairdryers. It is part of the climate control, and controls the ioniser. Helps to remove pollutants/pollen.

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Mine does exactly the same thing. Front wheel drive. I have tried everything including rear bushes and complete replacement of shocks and springs. New matching tyres all round. Had the tracking done 4 times over 1.5 years in different garages each time. I now live with it, and don't really notice it until i think about it. That's the fix unfortunately. Not under braking, just driving straight.

You will probably have to remove the front passenger seat. The service plug is located under the rear right hand corner of the passenger seat. If you go to the 4 minute point of this video it shows the plug https://www.facebook.com/share/v/17XWgWV9dx/

Please do, ours worked when it first arrived and then someone has touched something........ 🤣 Good luck!

nor worried I'll keep you updated, a friend and I imported similar spec vellfires together and his works. going to tinker around with his as well and see if we can't figure it out.

Evening Jupiter, Still haven't solved it unfortunately. I have a kit to allow me to run apple play and android auto so was hoping when I install that and unplug everything it might reset. Otherwise I've found no resolve unfortunately.

just an update, once I got my remote working I was able to press the front seat independent button. even with it toggled both ways, my rear screen is still showing blank.

Finger trouble!! just replace the bad pair of cells. A few hybrid battery repair companies around that can test and repair your battery.

Hi, I presume it is, a better performing with smarter charging than the gen 2. You have to replace all the modules within the battery. The battery is only as good as the weakest cell, so you could

Hi Jeza. Could you elaborate the gen 4 cell ? Is it from priuse gen 4 ? 1 of my battery die so I need to replace mine sadly. Thank in advance

Hello Derek, I have read that with 4wd vehicles it is very important that all tyres are the same brand, size, and wear. What are the state of yours ?

hello derek you seem to have done all the right things is it pulling to the left when you put your foot on the brake has it been like this since you bought it

Hi, coming up to the end of my first year owning a Vellfire 2014 3.5l and looking for a garage in Worthing or surrounding area for service and repairs, any recommendations please?

In despair. 2004 3L FWD Alphard, pulls badly to the left, (but also pulls to the right when driven on the 'wrong side' of the road). My garage has 4 wheel alignment but unable to adjust to the figures available on the internet due to 'insufficient adjustment availabl', even after shifting the front subframe to try and get more adjustment leeway. Back suspension bushes done, steering rack bushes done, back axle found to be out of true, and replaced. Nothing works. Is there anyone out there that can fix this? The car is otherwise immaculate, so well p****d off...ALphard

OK, thanks, I'll need to get the cardreader out of the way first.

hello! having the same issues as you, although I'm trying with the VTR function. any updates or fixes?

I have Joying 15 inch screen. As far as I know it does everything. It works with rear camera and steering wheel controls. It can show a different screen on the rear as it does on the front, back can watch netflix, from can have satnav. It fills the large dash perfect - They do smaller models 15.1 Inch Big Screen Double Din Car Stereo

pull the coin tray down and out. My switches used to keep pushing in so thats what i did to fix and clip back in. You should be able to stick your hand n the back and pull switches down

Hi, how can you remove this switch panel to access the foglight switch? The switch appears to be working OK but I'm not getting voltage at the foglight. It is an LED red lamp fitted in the offside ex reversing lens. 2012 3.5 Vellfire. Thanks 😊

I used to think it was time for a brew (kidding lol)

Thanks for the replies. I've ordered an English Language manual as suggested. I've also found a button on the dash with a video camera icon, which turns on the 360 camera view, which is what I was looking for.