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What is it doing or not doing? Is the amber engine management light on? You could narrow down the problem by checking for fault codes with a scanner with the JOBD protocol, the Ancel JP 700 is a good scanner

If the transmission fluid is brownish in colour and smells burnt, then it needs changing. How steep is the hill? Have you tried changing down to 3 or 2 to raise the revs and see if that stops the judder?

RAC do European cover, single trip £49.91, https://www.rac.co.uk/breakdown-cover/european-breakdown-cover

Not sure which one of your pipes is fractured, but the part numbers are in the link, if you give the number to a Toyota dealer they should be able to get it for you https://www.amayama.com/en/genuine-catalogs/epc/toyota-japan/alphard/MNH10W/152414/electric/8716

Nope they only have 7seats. A late December 2014 or early 2015,(before 26th January) series 20 would be the latest for 8 seats

The Series 20 Alphard 350 X/G/S, has 8seats, GGH20W (2wd), GGH25W (4wd), both 3.5L with 6 speed auto transmission

Taken from the Wikipedia, The Alphard was refreshed in April 2005. The design of the front grille, bumper, headlamps, and rear combination lamps and garnish was updated. For the 3.0-litre model, the 4-speed automatic transmission was replaced with a 5-speed. I have a 2003 MNH15 but sadly without the LSD 4-speed automatic: U140E (pre-facelift 3.0) U140F (2.4 AWD/pre-facelift 3.0 AWD) U241E (2.4 FWD) P210 e-CVT (hybrid) 5-speed automatic (facelift 3.0): U151E (FWD) U151F (AWD)

Are you sure the dial was changed? If it is registering miles on the odometer then you probably have a chip fitted, and that 68118 will be a mix of the km before the chip was fitted, and the miles covered since. Did you get a CarVX report just to check that the odometer is showing the correct distance actually covered in Japan? Usually if it has had a chip fitted, the kmh in the centre of the dial will have the k blacked out but if the dial has been changed there will be MPH in the centre.

Yes just pulls out, do not twist as the holder will fall out behind, 5W capless or led equivalent

That looks like a standard body trim but seems to have been lifted slightly

A person in russia has done it by removing the standard trim/bumpers, see pics. You can get lift kits on eBay, but the maximum is 40mm without putting undue strain on the driveshafts.

I replaced mine, I levered out the side with the R on it then bent the whole reflector up and pulled the other hand side straight out, I then filed down the serrated bits on one side of that tab, then bent it back in to shape, then pushed the whole thing back into the slots

When I had a new key cut and programmed, the guy used a combination of opening/closing the drivers door along with turning the key in the ignition, no laptop connected, he did mention that the ecu will only accept a maximum of 5 keys including a valet key.

Thanks for this write-up, I have book marked it in case I ever need to do the same

As Rojie said, it is to help with parking