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https://www.thewheelspecialist.co.uk This is the place that sorted my issue out. I’d been back to car supplier, powder coater (a body repair place expanding into wheel repair) and tyre supplier/fitter. All 3 had missed the tiny nail causing the issue. The size of the company that fixed it re branch numbers + the thorough explanation re heat transfer being affected & researched by BMW re wheel design convinced me they knew exactly what they were talking about.

Dumping, 😂

3 Alphies in the council recycling facility in Helensburgh today! (not to be recycled I might add)😂

Try an email to Gendan.co.uk They got me sorted out with correct gear for a motorhome.

Slightly off subject but just found out where alloy wheels butt against hub they should not have any powder coating on them. I’d taken car to an alloy wheel specialist on my 4th attempt to get the source of a very slow air leak checked out. Initially the car supplier thought it was corrosion due to dissimilar balance weight metal and ground out area. Anyway long story short, the excellent wheel specialist found a tiny nail lodged at an angle through the tyre. A body shop who now do powder coating as well covered the whole wheel. Heat dissipation from brakes is inhibited if centre of inner side of wheel is coated, it should be masked off. As my wheel is on rear I’m not overly worried, but I thought y’all should know! 😎

Our 2002 2.4 G picks up vibrations via tyres on slightly rough surfaces like Shellgrip. When I first got it I thought it was from engine. Our tyres are van spec rather than car and the strange thing is on a very rough tar & chip stretch frequently used they are quieter than our car.

Welcome MichaelS! Come & join the many NL tourists in our glens 😉

Had same issue with car, ran it max speed for a bit and it cleared, suspect tree light debris had got in, noise at low speed was light.

Discussing with better half the (left foot) parking brake. I’m encouraging her to drive our (automatic) van and sometimes getting tied in knots re explaining hill starts. Now we’ve had it over a year I feel comfortable with the procedure only getting occasional issues on mini roundabouts on steep hills 😂 Anyway my question is does this brake operate on two wheels & is it fronts?

Hi Ann, I used a vehicle dismantling EBay site to get a part recently. It’s a central point for dismantlers to market their stuff. The part (rear light cover) cost a 1/3 of the new price and was in perfect condition. If you’re interested I’ll dig out contact details. BTW Our local garage had difficulty getting parts info for MOT prep. I think the issue was the vehicle being a Japanese import. His parts supplier was stumped. Rojie (?) on here sorted things out for me re part nos. 😉

Great news , I’ll give that a try 😉

The water that ran out of that cavity did not appear to be restricted much. A torrent observed coming down behind front wheels when I flushed it.

Having a general spring clean around the nooks & crannies where our ancient forest spreads general tree grunge over our AH10. The 16 hole drain made me wonder where it drained to. Deep in the darkness it looked like ‘nowhere’! A thick mass of seeds & gunge was observed in the deep black pit. I had my trusty old workshop vac out anyway so with the multi small tube crevice clearing attachment I set to work. About 15 minutes either side and clean metal was spotted. It would have been easier with a long flat nozzle. Beggars can’t be choosers. Copious amounts of water proved all was clear and self was told to pay more attention. My defence is our area has had a winter of monsoons and gales, & parking is under wall to wall big old trees. i rest my case m’lud.

I have pump noise but very poor flow or none. Just watched a YouTube video on taking the bumper off, apparently the only way to get into reservoir & pumps. Before I do that I’ve ordered hose couplers and I’m going to split the rear washer hose in the engine bay and confirm if pump has lost performance. Bumper removal looks tricky for one pair of hands 🙄

Welcome Tony, good choice of van! We’ve had our 2002 A10 2.4 G for a year now, love it. If there’s anything you need info on you’ve come to the right place 😉

The switch is like this minus the graphic on top right one.

Good info in previous posts! Can I assume the small square switch beside the mirror adjustment controls is for folding them in? Mine doesn’t have a graphic on it, and nothing happens if I operate it. Also I’ve noticed on the mirrors what looks like a heating element near the bottom of the glass. No sign of a switch for it and I see in the previous posts a fuse number for ‘mirr HTR’ Our car (Suzuki Vitara) mirrors are linked into rear screen heater switch, the Alphard rear screen heater is working but doesn’t seem linked to the mirrors.

If you look up Gendan on the web they do software that can be used via a Windows laptop and advised cables for your vehicle. I got it for a troublesome motorhome sensor, and it covered all alarms.

It’s a 1600 petrol.

Our Suzuki Vitara has instant fuel consumption read out, with aircon on it shows 2-3 mpg increase consumption.

Thanks, I’ll be signing on tonight and will report back😎

Thanks, I’ll be signing on tonight and will report back😎

Concur ! In our well below zero temps recently mine were giving no assistance whatsoever, today in a balmy 8degC gate positively flew open 😂

Thanks, no. is SE52LDN, imported. Called in a local Toyota showroom & informed it might be discontinued 😂😂😂 Does the earlier post with parts diagram look useful?