Just uploaded a drive-and-talk in the 20 Series (with timestamps as the video is 54 mins long). I cover some FAQs and things like V6 fuel economy, why I went for 4WD and not FWD, why I avoided the 'low mileage' traps and so on. I also cover a couple of specific gremlins I’m struggling with, like the auto high-beam sensitivity. Would be awesome if any knowledgeable folks that can answer some of these questions. Thanks for the support

Edited 9 hours ago9 hr by Simbad

Yes, you can change the behaviour of the auto lock/unlock doors quite simply.

Its described in the manual the process.

Here are the auto lock unlock linked to P instructions.

Each option is a toggle, so if you turn on ignition select P then press the unlock button on the driver's door, it will toggle between unlock all on moving to park, or not unlocking all when shifting to park.

If you turn on ignition, place in P and then press the lock button on the driver's door, it will toggle between locking all doors when you shut out of park, or not doing anything when shifting out of park.

So in my Alphard, i have it to sort unlock when i shift to p, like a taxi, and it only auto locks when i go over 20kph.

Your blue lights on the centre console are not standard, they are usually green, like on the other switch gear. 

An interesting feature, which you might not notice except at night, is that if you use the button on the driver's door that 'window locks' ( to stop passengers using the electric windows or sunroof), the leds on the electric window toggles, turn off.

Its a nice little feature that most probably won't notice.

Auto high beam might be configurable via the obd2 port, you can set the light level triggered for auto lights and the dashboard dimming via this method, i cannot test auto highbeam, because i don't have this feature on my alphard.

If you buy a Bluetooth dongle for about £15 from ebay, you can install an app called carscanner on Android or apple that allows you to adjust all the 'dealer' customisation, such as sliding door continuous beep beep sound, the passenger seat belt warning alarm (i have my rucksack on passenger seat, and the weight used to trigger the seatbelt not fitted alarm), and you can turn off the beep/double beep noise when locking/unlocking car with fob etc.

You can turn on and off the (hold lock/unlock fob button) to open/close all windows option, and set the a/c behaviour when using auto climate control.

Its well worth the small cost for the adaptor, which also gives you access to diagnostics and additional sensor information such as transmission temperature and the usual additional performance graphs, etc