Chris.ac

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.

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.

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

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

Grab an English version of the owners manual ( Its official Toyota that they used to distribute on their website) From vaug.club/kb/

Work great (on 20 series) on country roads at night.

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)

Switch off ignition, then start engine. Afs wont adjust whilst stationary, except during start up when it calibrates itself. Its most noticeable when turning corners, you should see the light pattern move to the side.

For main hid bulb (dipped headlight)

The headlamp cover is like a side dish. I'll take a photo

No. Not via headunit or engine bay. The official one will have a control ECU mounted behind the wood effect trim, between the passenger airbag and the glovebox. There would usually be an antenna on the passenger a pillar, because the remote start has a longer signal range. If you look on this forum, you'll see some examples. You can actually buy a decent freebie system for around£350, which will not only remote start, but also allow you to open and close the windows, adjust the ac, lock and unlock doors, monitor battery voltage etc.

Would need to know what system you have. Some literally have one of the actual car fobs inside a Faraday box, so when you use the remote start, it connects the actual standard fob to the security ecu to fool in into thinking you are sat in the car. What remote start system do you have?

Depending on the original owner, they may have used the oem etc which will look like a credit card slot in the dash , or an aftermarket unit which will adjust have a card for in it, but may be mounted in the footwells or glove box. You could also tap into the wiring for the map lights. You can also buy an obd2 adaptor that will give you power You can buy them for £25 at halfords, or far cheaper on Amazon. Eg.

Yep, let them know in advance that the odometer reads in kilometres, they will record it as such.

Did you fix this? It not, were your front struts replaced and the wrong type of bolts fitted in the mount? I was watching some videos from 'car care nut' on YouTube and remembered this thread. Struts and alignment

You been also look for Toyota sienna on your search for YouTube videos, as the mechanism is practically the same, but more popular in America. Not sure exactly what your issue is, but you could start here YouTube

I've had my Alphard mot'ed by 3 different centres, all 3 didn't bat an eye at the sight of it. An mot is an mot they don't need specialist tools because it's an import. It was the same when i owned imported Toyota estima, hiace, Sera. Just book it wherever you can. Unless you know it's going to fail in advance.

Hmm. Actually, what year is your vehicle, it looks like you have 24 pins instead of 22, i can't tell because the one are quite reflective on the right hand side. Could you check how many pins you have?

This plug/socket (bottom right on your image of headunit connectors) Pin numbers are 5,6,16,17. If connecting to an aftermarket headunit, you might need a Toyota 6v adaptor, if reusing existing camera.

You can find full maintenance manual, including instructions for bulbs online. I won't post link, to avoid breaking forum rules, but if you do s Google search for English Repair Manual (09/2012-->12/2014) (RM2443) You will see a site that contains the manual, you will also find wiring diagrams.

Do you have an etc card reader fitted? Its useless in the UK, but they usually have a permanent 12v and an acc 12v and ground connection to them ( i know this to be true on the 20 series alphards) Its safe to disconnect the etc and use it's connector to tap into.

Aftermarket security device. https://vanalert.co.uk/van-alert-system/sensors/

You will need to remove half the bumper, because the retaining screw is practically impossible to reach otherwise. That's an aftermarket led reflector.

When was the battery replaced? If it's the battery that was there on import, it is most probably knackered.

I think i have the official one from Toyota.jp Its in Japanese, of you can't find it on their site, I'll try and dig it out. I used Google translate on my phone to read it