Alphard Club

never heard of an alphard flywheel going. usually happens on manual cars and especially manual diesel cars from poor driving habits and quick shifting to save fuel.

Hi and welcome to the club They are lying. You do not need to reset anything. Ive done it myself. Its also not difficult. Too many mechanics scared to delve in to something different and actually think for themselves instead of using the computer to help them. Best bet, find a garage that sells import vehicles, and ask them who they use. Guarenteed they know someone.

nice one mick, welcome to the club we should all now do the wave sign by putting the wipers on from now on

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

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

cannot quite see it, is it flat on the bottom?

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Common problem this.. thought i had mice in mine lol

yes sounds like the servo unit... had the same on a jaguar once,.. ran it for a while but a few times it was scary and had to quickly rev the car to stop. to be honest a used one will probably work fine as i have not seen many cases of them failing. looks something like this (but may not be exact so please check) https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/256286887958?chn=ps&_ul=GB&mkevt=1&mkcid=28&google_free_listing_action=view_item

sounds like a servo leak.. does it get immediately better when you rev the car?? if yes then I would imagine you may need to have a brake servo looked at or replaced with new or used unit. get it tested by a garage first

I suspect you need a new MAF sensor This is a good place to start, not an expensive fix either. I had one on my 3 litre and was the one at the rear of the engine, i managed to get a garage to sort it within 5 mins by changing it over. If you had a leak i maybe suspect it would go in to limp mode. Have you had a error code reader on the car?

yes its fine, if it was bad for the car then they would prevent you from pressing it or it just wouldnt engage, so its fine

@Pew Never tried this brand I run a Bluetti, looks very similar... you will need to go for a beefy one though to run those items also, never let them go to zero for too long. Mine did and would not come back on, I had to give it a shock to get it to spring back to life. Lithium hate being at zero I keep mine at 60%-70% when storing, dont store for long periods at 100% If you use regular then you can. I charge a few things per week which keeps the battery active. So then i can keep it at 100% for shorter periods

My friend changed mine. i helped him and it was pretty simple, there is lots of room around the alphard engine bay so I dont see what the issue is. In my local area, I find dealers that sell jap imported cars and ask them where they recommend locally. They will know everything, garages and part sources. I had to do the rear axle bush so used a garage recommended by the dealer, they were happy to oblige. Steer away from normal garages.

I Still think its a blockage, very common. Only takes a big bit of debris to finally block the hole.