Auticka Posted February 4 Share Posted February 4 Hi all 👋 New forum member here We’re British expats currently living and working in Malaysia since August 2023 When we arrived here and started searching for a family car I noticed Alphard Vellfires are extremely popular with the locals, it looks like 10% of all cars here (with the exception of millions of Protons 😉) are Alphard or Vellfires. Our oldest teenage son is 6ft 4! Just needed something to fit his gangly long legs into, so we choose an Alphard V6 with middle row pilot seats, 2008 106km (65k miles). Nice clean very well looked after car. Only experienced a couple of issues in the last 6 months New battery. Had to also disconnect the wiring from the aftermarket brake pedal lock as it threw some issues with the start button. New HID bulbs, New Wipers,,, usual minor consumables Taking it on a very long road trip around the South and central Malaysia in the summer, fingers crossed there’s no issues Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geralt Posted February 4 Share Posted February 4 Welcome! Brace yourself, you might get a load of questions now that you're our contact in South East Asia for parts and know-how! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auticka Posted February 4 Author Share Posted February 4 I don’t mind at all, I’ve got loads of spare time on my hands out here 👍 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rojie Posted February 4 Share Posted February 4 19 hours ago, Auticka said: Hi all 👋 New forum member here We’re British expats currently living and working in Malaysia since August 2023 When we arrived here and started searching for a family car I noticed Alphard Vellfires are extremely popular with the locals, it looks like 10% of all cars here (with the exception of millions of Protons 😉) are Alphard or Vellfires. Our oldest teenage son is 6ft 4! Just needed something to fit his gangly long legs into, so we choose an Alphard V6 with middle row pilot seats, 2008 106km (65k miles). Nice clean very well looked after car. Only experienced a couple of issues in the last 6 months New battery. Had to also disconnect the wiring from the aftermarket brake pedal lock as it threw some issues with the start button. New HID bulbs, New Wipers,,, usual minor consumables Taking it on a very long road trip around the South and central Malaysia in the summer, fingers crossed there’s no issues Hello Alex, Welcome to the Forum. As Geralt says, a nice contact for UK members to have. I'll send a list of the parts I need next week ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gamith Posted July 22 Share Posted July 22 Out of curiosity there seems to be a device in the last picture at around 7 on the steering wheel - what is it? I have 2004 so maybe it's standard on later models 🙂 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auticka Posted September 20 Author Share Posted September 20 It's a brake pedal lock. It disables the pedal so it cannot be pressed and cuts the electrical connection to the brake light switch Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gamith Posted September 20 Share Posted September 20 Thank you - is that a Toyota option or is it something that gets added by the owner? Also I need to ask why? I can't think of why that would be useful but there must be a reason and I am intrigued. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geralt Posted September 20 Share Posted September 20 It most likely aftermarket. It's just another anti-theft device like a steering wheel lock. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geralt Posted September 20 Share Posted September 20 Have you got the key for it? If not, is there a possibility that you could accidentally lock it? If so, I would remove it asap. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gamith Posted September 20 Share Posted September 20 I don't have it - it was in one of the pictures that Auticka posted and I just asked the question - I originally thought it was attached to the steering wheel 🙂. I guess an anti-theft device would make sense but why also turn off the brake light circuit? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigNev Posted September 28 Share Posted September 28 (edited) Because if the car doesn't see the brake light circuit activated when the pedal is pressed, it won't release the lock to allow the gear lever to come out of Park! More security! Unless it's physically broken! The gear shift lock mechanism that is. Edited September 28 by BigNev more detail Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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