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Another video - long term review, pros & cons
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
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Another video - long term review, pros & cons
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.
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Another video - long term review, pros & cons
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.
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Another video - long term review, pros & cons
Yes, you can change the behaviour of the auto lock/unlock doors quite simply. Its described in the manual the process.
- 2GR-FE Water pump - how easy to DIY?
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Rear exhaust heat shield
I found it was the hole that the bolts go through that eventually break up. I added washers to give more surface area to hold the shield in place and all is good again.
- 2GR-FE Water pump - how easy to DIY?
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Cruise control
Just to add. No one on Japanese forums, russian forums or English future have been able to remove this hard limit without replacing the entire ecu, or using external circuitry that alters the speed value into the ECU. An aftermarket cruise controller can accomplish this by emulating the throttle input.
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Head unit
The Japanese use a different upper and lower frequency band. You can buy an expander, that retunes UK into Japanese frequency. They cost about £15. The satnav will not work. It is designed for the Japanese satellite orbits. Your options are to use a mobile phone, connected via Bluetooth for audio, and use phone screen for satnav, and if you have unlimited data, a radio streaming app. You could also use a carplay adaptor, again it will rely on a data plan on your phone. Last is to replace headunit. You have choices of 'dumb' headunits that are just radio/cd, or full blown multimedia usually running on android.
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Price check query
Yes. Its had the headunit and rear screen replaced with a 'Tesla' style unit which will be in English. It has the 18 speaker system and electric seat pack (heated seats, memory, middle row electric seats with ottomans) Much better than your last
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Blue box under driver seat
Under drivers seat? The only standard things would be the subwoofer (black) fitted in the 18 speaker system and the 110v inverter ( if you have the Japanese ac sockets in the rear of the centre console and the 150watt AC switch to the right of steering wheel. Without knowing your full spec or modifications from previous owner, hard to say without a photo
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new owner 2013 alphard ggh20 3.5 v6
Grab an English version of the owners manual ( Its official Toyota that they used to distribute on their website) From vaug.club/kb/
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AFS question
Work great (on 20 series) on country roads at night.
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Windcreen wiper size?!
Just to add, you can buy boxes of 10 rubber refills. When removing the old rubber, you must remove and swap to the new rubber, the two long metal ribs. At the moment, getting those official rubber refills in packs of 10 requires going via a 3rd party. I'm still looking at the first effectiveness. I used amayama to buy a few rubbers for both sides ( kept adding to basket until the postage bumped up, at which point i removed one rubber too get it down to the lowest cost delivery)
