Chris.ac

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

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.

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.

Yes, you can change the behaviour of the auto lock/unlock doors quite simply. Its described in the manual the process.

Best i can do share the official maintenance instructions

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.

Should be the same as other 2gr-fe models. Look on YouTube for 'the car care nut', experienced Toyota tech who shows quite of lot of this type of work.

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?