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Replacement plastic for rear light.
dezufo replied to Maria J's topic in Toyota Alphard Club Forum (2002 - 2008)
Check on ebay -
Try white vinegar or warm solution of bicarbonate of soda
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It depends on what you want the new one to do, alot of people seem to be going for android units but I have seen on other forums that the cheap ones tend to go wrong. I fitted a Pioneer AVIC-Z620BT it does everything I need it to do, i.e. sat nav, bluetooth, mirroring, 2 camera inputs, only had to get a loom for the steering wheel controls and new cameras for the front & rear, the oem are 6volt.
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Unconnected tube.
dezufo replied to Nigel Heyward's topic in Toyota Alphard Club Forum (2002 - 2008)
It will be one of the drain tubes for the rear sunroof it should connect to a part that is on the floor so that the rain drains out under the car, there will be another on the opposite side and you should see the exit point on the chassis. some one may have cut it to clear a blockage but not reconnected it properly, windscreen washer connectors will join it up. There are 2 similar tubes from the front corners of the front sunroof they run down behind the trims on the A pillars. The rear wiper washer tube runs from the pump up the front A pillar then behind the roof lining and then out into the tailgate at high level. -
I use a Garmin DC56 on the front and a Garmin DC46 at the rear, they communicate via wi-fi, have voice control for taking a pic or recording a video, I wired them via a small switch fitted in the front dome light so that they can be switched on when in a public car park, footage has been used by the police for a red light jumper so good quality
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Hybrid drive stopped operating
dezufo replied to MPeters's topic in Toyota Alphard Club Forum (2002 - 2008)
You need to go to a hybrid specialist such as the ones in the link, others are available if you do a google search, https://www.hybridrepairservice.co.uk -
Which bulbs, exterior or interior?
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If the Thule is the type that hangs on the tailgate then it will not fit due to the rear spoiler, the only ones that do fit are the ones for vw or merc and even those have to have the top bars modified to miss the spoiler, As for the awning that will depend on what you want to use it for e.g. sleeping in, sitting in, cooking, storage, how many people
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If you get a headlight restoration kit it has all you need to polish the lens and seal it against uv rays, if you do not seal them you will be polishing them again in 6months. I have used the Ceracote kit which might be available in Canada. I replaced the head unit with a Pioneer Avic-Z620BT, you can get adaptor looms to keep the steering wheel controls, the only other small problem is the front and rear cameras as they are 6volt but adaptors are available in 4pin or 24pin depending on what is behind the oem head unit but I replaced them with 12volt cameras. most of the connectors on the head unit just plug in. link for headlight kit >https://www.amazon.com/CERAKOTE-Ceramic-Headlight-Restoration-Kit/dp/B084RQKLV8
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reset windows after battery replacement
dezufo replied to stewart white's topic in Toyota Alphard Club Forum (2002 - 2008)
Go to each door and lower the window all the way down and hold the switch for 2 secs then raise the window all the way up and hold switch for 2 secs, they will then work from the drivers door -
I think you where the one being presumptuous, I have a preface lift as well, a 2003 MS model and the seats do not have that handle at the front and the other levers are actually on the base of the seat, so yes there are variations
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Wrong, there is one lever to release the back so it can be folded forward which then allows the seat to swivel, the other larger lever on the side allows the seat to slide on the rail, there is no handle on the front of the seats in the middle row, the seat only locks into the rail when the back rest is up right
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No, when the back is folded forward it raises a pin that usually locks into the rail so that the seats can swivel round to face towards the rear, if the back is folded backwards the pin locks into the rail, you could get some door wedges and use them to prevent the seat from moving
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As already said, button to switch the front camera on /off is on the right hand side of the steering wheel
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As already said some vehicles only had the nearside powered door, a fog light switch has to be wired into a lighting power circuit not a powered door vircuit
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Awning rail for Alphard
dezufo replied to philip klein's topic in Toyota Alphard Club Forum (2002 - 2008)
Other people have fitted the rail onto the roof so that when the poptop is down the rail is under the edge of the top, you may have to trim the flat part of the rail to miss the brackets of the poptop, the magnetic rails will not stay put when it gets windy -
Awning rail for Alphard
dezufo replied to philip klein's topic in Toyota Alphard Club Forum (2002 - 2008)
Some time a go I saw a post about Techstream which is a full diagnostic/programming software but I do not have a link , there are obd tools/software that will work with Techstream see link, but I have not tried it, https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/354015577366 -
Awning rail for Alphard
dezufo replied to philip klein's topic in Toyota Alphard Club Forum (2002 - 2008)
Awning rails commonly called a C rail are available on ebay/amazon in various lengths they are usually screwed and glued, using Sikaflex, to the roof near to the black in fill strip, to connect an awning you will need a kadar strip to join the two together. Any decent garage should be capable of servicing an Alphard the engines are used in various uk/eu models, the rest is just common sense mechanical know how, the problem with some garages is they can not be bothered to source the parts but you can all ways get the part numbers or the parts for them, oil/filters/plugs/belts/wipers/brake pads/discs/sensors are all available on ebay or Autodoc plus specialist suppliers, body parts are hard to get hold of -
Awning rail for Alphard
dezufo replied to philip klein's topic in Toyota Alphard Club Forum (2002 - 2008)
Toyota dealers in uk have to pay for access to the diagnostic computer and they will not do that just for 1 Alphard, but if you buy a scanner that has the JOBD protocol it will read any fault codes, Ancel are very good as per > https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/295325433361 -
Dashboard Illumination
dezufo replied to shaf1que's topic in Toyota Alphard Club Forum (2002 - 2008)
Passenger side fuse box, No.14/10Amp labelled as Panel, switch illumination, air conditioner illumination. If the speedo lights are working then it is more than likely you have not fitted one of the connectors on the back of the headunit -
I fitted an active dual type fm/dab, removed the drop down screen in the roof bolted the aerial in place and ran the wires through to the dome light at the front then behind the roof panel and dropped down behind the A pillar trim then across to the headunit, that price seems a bit steep, mine was the one in the link https://www.amazon.co.uk/Universal-Receiver-Amplifier-Extension-Blaupunkt/dp/B07W2X4PZ5
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Strange electronic clicking sound behind dash
dezufo replied to Ecoglo's topic in Toyota Alphard Club Forum (2002 - 2008)
Very unlikely as there is, or at least should be, a pollen filter behind the glove box -
Strange electronic clicking sound behind dash
dezufo replied to Ecoglo's topic in Toyota Alphard Club Forum (2002 - 2008)
It will not be the head unit, it's more than likely the heater/air flow diverter flap motor, the control box has a disc with copper tracks that wear out and then the motor "hunts", the disc can be replaced I think an Avensis or Camry one fits but you will need to check that. the box can be found up behind the dash approx inline with the parking brake pedal -
Mains power on the move
dezufo replied to Tylersm90's topic in Toyota Alphard Club Forum (2002 - 2008)
All inverters are power hungry and vary from 85% to 90% efficiency, e.g. 1000w inverter @ 85% will leave just 850w usable power. You can get micro waves that are rated at 750w but it will use 62.5 amps so the leisure battery will be flat beyond recovery with in 1hour. You could use an inverter for a low wattage convector heater but you would need to recharge the leisure battery every day so you would need at least a 120w solar panel and hope that the sun shines enough or run the engine until the battery has recharged. Your best bet would be a leisure battery for lights and phone/laptop power and get a lpg powered heater. Some eople have done that and they usually site the heater under the passenger seat with an underslung lpg tank. https://lpgshop.co.uk/propex-hs2000-digital-thermostat-gas-heater-for-motorhomes/ -
With reference to the unlocking of the front passenger door, it should unlock from the main lock/unlock switch on the drivers door also all the doors can be programmed to unlock when the ignition is on and the shift is moved into P, the setting procedure is in the owners manual. With regard to the side door have you checked the condition of the drive cable inside the door, or where it runs in the channel under the rear window, the outer covering cracks and splits then jams up the pulleys it could also be the drive motor inside the door. The motor you mentioned is the primary release/final close it does not actually open the door all the way, try putting the original control box back in to see if it will unlock,