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I just wanted to give a shout out to DYERNOSTICS, near Bodmin. Our head gasket (2.4L, 2007) went a couple of months ago and Dyernostics was one of the only local places happy to look at it. They were extremely knowledgeable about the Alphard and gave us some great advice about general maintenance. The repair came in on budget and on time, they kept us up to date throughout and they even fixed some other little niggles on the way. A nice chap and highly recommended. I will be using them for services from now on. Jobs a good’un.

They are great cars indeed. Perfectly practical, powerful, gracious and expensive on fuel lol. But a 1st class ride was never the cheapest.

Hi Strange but True, I got a text from my son saying he started up the the Alphard and he noticed all the controls were working I don't know how, maybe it reset its self on start up???whatever the reason it's brilliant it's all working again and hopefully puts an end to this problem, if not I'll let youse all know Kind Regards All Will PS I sourced a ribbon cable off eBay, I think it's the right one, Just in case🤣🤞👍

Hi picked up my Alphard had the wheels done black gloss .

Hi all, Our 2005 AH10 G Facelift, アビー has just had her first set of replacement blades since she came to us. After doing several searches online, we found a company that specialises in identifying blades for non-UK models. In our case we wanted to keep the original front blade design so that アビー maintained her original looks. I can now confirm that the following blades will fit: Front, Bosch Super Plus, SP16 = 16" or 400mm Passenger side. Front, Bosch Super Plus, SP26 = 26" 0r 650mm Drivers side. Rear, Bosch Rear, H409 = 16" or 400mm

you could try a suction cup puller

You'll need to use Toyota Techstream to do it yourself.

Mine is a 2013 Vellfire Gazoo Sport Edition with 18 speakers. I have also removed the original screen to replace it with android screen. I also linked the purple and brown wires together to get the audio working through the toyota amplifier. Thank you fir the great tip.

Do you know what model trim level you have ? AT, AS, etc. Otherwise send your VIN or registration to Picasso (by Private Message if you prefer) and ask him to search for your model number. I don't think, imho, insurance companies are over interested in tyre wheel combinations provided they are close to the OEM, and not the cause of an accident. However wheel offset is important. The offset is normally stamped on the inside of the wheel; convenient, I know. I'll check the handbook for 17 inch wheels, and get back to you.

One thing I missed when driving my gen 1 Alphard is the indicator lane change 3 flash that is in many newer vehicles these days, and I got so used to using it that when driving my Alphard I often forget and just flick the indicator to change lane and, of course, I get one flash. I'd seen someone was selling an alternative direct replacement flasher relay for upwards of £50 that was modified to give the 3 flash, but that price was too much for me to just avoid holding the indicator down a bit longer. A bit of research turned up a potential alternative for less than £10 on eBay. It didn't specifically mention the lane change function as it seemed to be more aimed at people retro-fitting LED indicator bulbs and messing up the flashing rate, but I had a suspicion so I took a punt and bought it. The original Toyota item and the replacement are shown below. Notice the knob for adjusting the flash rate, and poorly translated "about dodges three times" on the replacement relay. Fitting it was easy enough. Simply pull out the coin drawer thingy just above the bonnet and fuel flap release levers on the driver side of the dash and look in. The relay is fairly obvious. The relay put up a fight and was reluctant to release, but a bit of jiggling and a little bit of leverage from a screwdriver got it out. This photo shows the new one fitted. I turned the hazards on and the flash rate was very fast, but with a quick twiddle of the knob on the relay I had the flash rate back to where it should be. Then the moment of truth - ignition on and flicked the indicator stalk. Three flashes and stop 👍. £10 and 10 minutes work. Bargain! This is the one I bought on eBay, but there appears to be loads of sellers as the original Toyota relay was used on many different models, as you could imagine. https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/386806258020?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=xfg_a3ycs9s&sssrc=4429486&ssuid=ql8_keC9RJe&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY

Can also find the maintenance manual here. http://zatonevkredit.ru/repair_manuals/viewdoc_html/AWHwhg3wBFyj9RK3uOsv

https://www.kolhosniki.ru/toyota&marke=TOYOTA&model=ALPHARD;VELLFIRE&motor=2AR-FE&modelCode=AGH30R&dir=part1

You can get clear UV self adhesive protection film to apply after cleaning, It is a bit of a pig to apply due to the double curvature of the cover, heat gun required to stretch it where required. Protects from stone chips and fine erosion as well and lasted four years, I think I got it from Amazon.

Hello Dave, Welcome to the Forum.

2.4l uses a chain. I would not worry about it, honestly. Unless you are having some other major engine issue, the chain is the last thing to worry about

I am still with Aviva (on other vehicles), but they did fail to renew when I had the conversion done.

Picasso should be able to tell you which chip and where to buy it. He will also advise you to solder it into the circuit.

Unfortunately some insurance companies are just complete jobs worths, the reason they won't insure imports is because of expensive or lack of body panels. Admiral are reasonably priced, then there is Adrian Flux or Mark Richards Insurance, the latter specialise in imports. What you need to do if you are going to stay with your insurance company is phone them and tell them that your vehicle is an Alphard and that there is no such vehicle as an eight seater Avensis, you need the paper work to show that it is an Alphard because then the company will not have a way out of not settling any claims

Yes i also agree, always great to know that there are some happy chappies out on the road but not enough, too many road ragers with no courtesy for others, well done forum members.

As a former land rover defender driver, the proper ones it was a standard reaction, I think it's a great thing to do .

Hello there! Nope, that's the connecting arm for the motor opener. The length of the gas struts is what determines the maximum lift. I replaced our struts as it wasn't quite reaching fully open position, they were weak, it would go another couple of inches if pushed manually. I've just been out and measured it, and it's just about 5' 10" to the lowest point in the middle of the tailgate. Personally neither of us have never had a problem - lol.

something like this gary https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/226718031850?chn=ps&_ul=GB&_trkparms=ispr%3D1&amdata=enc%3A1nh24_8ICQreFjEaOnGW9Ag13&norover=1&mkevt=1&mkrid=710-134428-41853-0&mkcid=2&mkscid=101&itemid=226718031850&targetid=2405654676673&device=c&mktype=pla&googleloc=1006656&poi=&campaignid=21697391927&mkgroupid=177203736618&rlsatarget=aud-1657461039788:pla-2405654676673&abcId=10027104&merchantid=586226377&gad_source=1&gad_campaignid=21697391927&gbraid=0AAAAAD_Lr1fxQoTQ6JtKe9Wdf38UZpD0P&gclid=CjwKCAjwruXBBhArEiwACBRtHda1PlqTUmqkiTqbvWpbJskp9ltO6X_gNWQ8VMorsHBk-20NcvI11xoC3voQAvD_BwE

First of all, I would like to apologise for my bad English. I am Mat and come from Bremen in Germany. I have been a proud owner of an Alphard 2017 as a hybrid with SRC equipment since 2022. At that time I was the first owner of an AYH-30 in Germany. I look forward to the exchange of experiences, ideas and problem solutions.

Hello all members I'm new member here and I understand you can help me to find what's wrong with my Alphard. The car done already 123k miles. After driving the car around 20-30 minutes it's start shaking specially when I'm driving up hill it's can be very bad shaking. The shaking is only for few seconds and than the car drives okay,however it's can come back after few minutes again. The car was by 2 mechanic that have a lot of experience with Alphard but unforetunately they couldn't find the problem. The car doesn't show any warning light and on diagnostic it's doesn't show any fault codes. The Registration number is GX53ZFV. If you need more details let me know. Please try to help me because I'm planing a long drive with it and I can't do it till problem is solved. Yours Sincerely Simon

2006 Toyota Alphard (imported 2021) Sale due to being too busy to use it with sporty kids! - 83,000km or 51,600miles - 2.4l hybrid with LPG conversion (serviced Oct 24) - Professional conversion, 1st owner since import - Milage accuracy certificate - Pop top roof with 160W solar panel - Swivel front seats - Varitrax rail for bed allowing for more room in the boot if required - Webasto heater - Tow bar - C rail with Kamper Air awning (used twice) inc - Side tent (used once) included - Car play stereo - chemical toilet (never used) - owned since November 2021 with 20,000 miles driven in UK - 4 WD - Reversing Camera - two induction hobs, one can run wild camping and slides outside for alfresco cooking - Booked in for full Toyota service this Friday - Will have a new MOT then too with any advisories taken care of - Prepared for sale with brand new leisure battery/main battery and a 1 year warrenty/12.000 miles on the hybrid battery - 4 new tyres fitted with less that 100miles on them Happy to provide conversion paperwork to genuine interest, the van was a top end conversion with no expense spared, sad to see it go Vehicle registered: 01/10/2021 £22,500

Hi everyone. I installed android player to my car since 2022. Before this I never bother about the extra function using canbus box because my car didn't come with 18 unit speaker. Last year I make a study about the function of canbus and make some modification. 1) I bought the socket for meter 40pin. This socket connect to canbus box and HU. Original for other car. 2) I change the connection point to 13&14 follow the diagram 3) then I bought canbus Toyota from raise. 4) after that setting the HU You can get information like - parking trajectory - door information - parking radar - outdoor temperature - millage odometer - average consumption

Thanks Rojie, sure will do and Admiral just got 2010 Alphard 3.5 but not for 2008. I phone them and they will need some time to get back to me. I wonder if anyone also got the same model and how they deal with this?

I'm a new owner of an 2013 Hybrid and i'm just searching relevant inf and documentation ref my model, so far i have the attached, if anyone else have any other, please share you never know when you need it maintenance-schedule.pdf auto-service-repair-manuals-and-wiring-diagrams-pr.pdf toyota-alphard-vellfire-em2441e-overall-electrical-wiring-diagram.pdf Toyota-ALPHARD-VELLFIRE-EM2441E-Relay-Locations-pdf.pdf Alphard-2-Vellfire-20-2008-2015-fuse-and-relay.pdf CAMSHAFT-VALVE-TOYOTA-ALPHARD-VELLFIRE-HV.pdf ALPHARD-VELLFIRE-Service-sheet.pdf hybrid-vehicle-dismantling-manual-for-ath20.pdf Alphard-20-Manual-pdf.pdf

welcome michael im sure one of the other members will help you.

Mine seems to be in permanent zoomed in mode so not really handy for getting an idea of where things are, so I could well be looking at this soon. I would start by taking the boot lid liner off and looking at the connections, which I am assuming there are - it could be a single fixed lead that goes all the way to the head unit. Take a picture of the connector for reference and then dismount the camera and take a picture of that also. If it's the original part then amayama.com would help in finding the correct part number for an original replacement, or if it isn't original you should now have what you need to find a matching or suitable alternative.

When i researched buying one : i came across a fairly common issue with the steering column itself can develop a rattle, will try to find the source, maybe

Hello Kashif, Welcome to the Forum.

45 is a bit too high. It really will be fine at the same as the 55 height ratio, I'd guess it's 2.3 or 2.4 kpa (bar). 34 to 36 psi, on the plate. They are not Formula 1 racing machines, a couple of psi are not going to mess up the ride or handling. Nor would it in any car, in honest reality. The pressure should be increased for extra load, most cars I've had give different pressures on the data plate for number of passengers, and then luggage carried. So a small amount of pressure either way is absolutely not going to mess up the car. What did you drive previously? And what did you run the tyres at on that? To put into context your concerns!!

Hi there, I just looked in my Alphy manual (it's a Japanese Translation: JPZ Manuals or something like that) and the stated tyre size for a 2.4 ANH10W (FWD) is 225/55 R17 95W (so a W speed rating is still way in excess of any speed I'll ever go at, but Hey Ho.....) See attached photo from the Manual - which sadly I just had to remove - cos it's copyrighted!!. Cheers, Bill

look under the bumper i think passenger side there is a triangle inspection hatch 3 bolts undo it . it will give you acces to the oil filter

Hi i have taken my 3ltr alphie to renoult, pergeot and citroen garage on the Portreath road from Redruth, they did my service, changed the cam belt and water pump and very reasonable. save you the treck to Bodmin. best of luck

How do you find the Android unit from AliExpress, no saving the time issues? I used there 10.1" Facia it needed a small massage but over all great 😁 Cerwin Vega is a wicked brand I've used a range of there speakers over the years and still use my old XL15s from an old car system now in my home Cinema. If you do end up upgrading your speakers i can confirm after a tweak the 3.5" two ways fit in the dash corners.

Thanks Big Nev, yes I am old enough!

Hi Guys I just wanted to share pictures and details of the Vangear mini pod I just brought and installed in my Alphard. There were some members who were interested in this so I thought I'd start a new topic. I ordered the unit about 3 weeks ago and requested they fit an extra rail for an additional table I wanted. I had removed one of the rear seats and placed a plastic mat before fitting the pod.. which took about 20 minutes to fit. I've placed all my utensils, ridgemonkey, camping bits in the cupboard and behind the unit. I have enough space under the table to put my Thetford loo and my poweroak power station, with space on top to put my stove, picnic rugs and blankets etc..My 30L fridge sits on top when I'm parked up. The only issue I had was that the leg for the table facing the tailgate was not meant to be long enough to reach the floor outside. I instead used an extended tent pole which I already had.. this was perfect. The pictures I've attached were taken when I fitted the unit. I placed all the above items and more in and around it afterwards. This still give me the use of 6 seats 😀 I can remove the whole unit and bolt back the seat in 40 minutes if I had to. It's a brilliant unit. I hope this inspires you all to get out and to enjoy these brilliant vehicles. Aftab

Hi Gerald, Best guess is neither of them - I think the two sockets on the top LH are the power in and speaker outputs, and both of those loom's you picture are for the 18 speaker / home theater equipped cars (but for different head units) which have different sockets and the MOST converter (the expensive box with the label) to interface the factory external audio amp. Are there any speakers in the headlining on your Vellfire? if not, I think you need this one: https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005006851477450.html?spm=a2g0o.productlist.main.6.3f4148a51t2G3L&algo_pvid=cc97d0d8-8741-49ee-864f-85e1b2e982ac&algo_exp_id=cc97d0d8-8741-49ee-864f-85e1b2e982ac-5&pdp_ext_f={"order"%3A"33"%2C"eval"%3A"1"}&pdp_npi=4%40dis!GBP!3.59!3.59!!!33.41!33.41!%402103956b17467993634286885e316a!12000038516047136!sea!UK!2324886173!X&curPageLogUid=TtMaSPsYcBFr&utparam-url=scene%3Asearch|query_from%3A But unsure if you need the CANBUS adapter (small box) version or not. Maybe others can advise?

I'm right there with you on that! 😀

Hi i had the same problem, the garage i yous said it was the drive shafts. I got 2 drive shafts of the internet fitted them no more vibration. I got Drive shafts from J&R trading (UK)Ltd.

Amp is fitted on passenger side inside panel just below glovebox. got it done at https://incarmusic.co.uk

You can usually check if the inverter pump is working visually. Put the bonnet up-wait until the engine is cool, start it and carefully remove the hybrid coolant filler cap which is to the right of the radiator as you look at it (opposite side to the expansion tank). You should see movement in the coolant, sometimes it bubbles up and down a little. If no movement then it might be the pump assuming the system is full. Don't run this for more than it takes to view and refix the cap. A diagnosis with something like Toyota Techstream would confirm. I had to change mine last year and had a code DTC P3130 Inverter cooling system.

Hi again Chris! Yes as you've gathered in trying to get to the bottom of this one still. I'll go on a search for a bypass cable but id also thought about switching the channels around on the amp the rear most speaker set could be diverted to the front speakers and vice versa, obvioulsy this would mess with the fader but id aim to get a decent sound with the fader set to the zero or middle position. Ive had so many vehicles with full range speakers in the front doors that it makes no sense to me to remove those lower frequencies at that position in the car. I suspect I'll need to dynamat the enclosures or damp them a bit better. Im wondering if the japanese market sound preference is for a 'brighter, less bassy sound' im gonna get under the seat and switch some feeds around today and investigate... Cheers.

Aliexpress sell them as well, around £40. https://www.aliexpress.com/i/1005003560435399.html Just replaced mine as it was noisy, hardest part was removing rusted in fasteners holding the lower wrap around bumper.

hello the prius pumps are not the same water outlet pipe different angle i have pointed a few members on here to the right pump which is listed on ebay £194.95 https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/125378697379?hash=item1d312718a3:g:d1MAAOSwdKRjEd2c these are the cheapest on there this is my local supplier of alphard parts and i trust these guys

I have been there and tried everything. Nothing but dead ends so I bought a 12.1 inch Tesla style head unit from Ali Express with 128gb of ram. It replaces both the standard unit along with the A/C controls. It's not as complicated to install as you might expect. I did it myself and when I ran into problems, the factory engineer helped me via WhatsApp and it works great. It has a proper GPS antenna and a sim card slot so you can essentially use it as you would a Tablet and it has 2 WiFi antennas so your passengers can connect to it too. Cost about $900 AUD inc postage.

Here's my 2p worth ! When driving an automatic and coming to a temporary stop, it is not necessary to take the transmission out of drive, just apply the footbrake until you are ready to go again. This reduces wear on the transmission. When about to set off again on an uphill section , SWIFTLY move your foot from the foot brake to the accelerator and apply a few revs. No rolling back occurs when done with confidence. The transmission has a pawl which engages on selecting PARK, but this should not be used as a brake, and PARK should really only be selected AFTER you have applied the hand(foot)brake. There is is a risk of expensive damage in an auto transmission if you abuse the PARK facility. If you don't believe me, check out a few Scotty Kilmer videos on YouTube. He knows a think or two about cars, and Toyota in particular.

We use CUVVA app for temp insurance. well worth it £4 for 2 hours on any vehicle. £18 for the whole day you can insurance up to 30 days,