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Thanks as ever Ted and the battery voltage display is a great idea. I had the car serviced at Toyota and the issue seems to have gone away.

Thanks as ever Ted. Hope so. The car started a couple of times today but otherwise it's dead. I found a discussion based on a similar problem - it seems to be something electrical and hopefully nothing major.

Hi all, has anyone seen this "E" message and/or know what it stands for? This may or may not be related to my other forum post on a flat battery, but I couldn't find anything in the manual about it.

Awesome. Thanks very much Steve.

Got it! Thanks as ever Ted.

Hi all, My Alphard was scheduled for a service at Toyota this morning but rather embarrassingly I had to cancel as it has a flat battery. I have no idea why it's flat, but that's for another time. How do I charge it? The manual (the red translated one) seems a little vague and I have no idea where to put the +/- clips from the charger. Thanks for any help.

Brilliant, thanks very much Ted - perfect advice. I searched and it turned out to be this part: https://www.amayama.com/en/part/toyota/5859558020a0 I then searched that part number on Google Images and it corresponds with what I was looking for: Thanks again!

Hi all, Does anyone know where I can get a set of seat runner end covers? They are the little rectangular things that screw into the seat runners in the boot. I'm looking for Beige ideally (2014 Alphard) but can't find anything online. Thanks.

Brill, thanks all - super helpful as ever.

Thanks folks. It's an ATH20. I took a look underneath and there indeed appears to be a motor on the axle and driveshafts by the wheels. Also, there is no 4WD switch on the dash. Weird. I think that I'm going to need to ask a specialist mechanic to check it out.

Hi all, I have an AH20 E-four. The car is badged as such. To date, the car has never knowingly engaged 4WD. I understand that a light comes on the dash when this happens, and no such light has ever come on. If this is the case then either the 4WD has broken somewhere or someone, prior to my purchase, has slapped an E-four badge on the car to bump up its value (although the badge looks totally straight and spatially correct). Is there any way of visually finding out whether the car has 4WD at all? If it does, what would be the areas to check if the 4WD is damaged?

I couldn't find a way around it either. It was a case of manually typing each detail.

IMO that's a good price for a car that looks, on the face of it, to be well looked-after and supplied by a known dealer. If you can get them down a little to £12k or even £11.5 / £11k then great. If it's your first Alphard and definitely if it's your first Japanese import then it appears to be a low risk investment and you could always part-ex and upgrade later.

Anyone been? Thinking of taking the Alphard to the next Toyota meet.

Here's how I finally did mine, further to the above... Apple TV (all such units are dual voltage) Power: 110v Japanese power lead from Amazon, standard "figure 8" on one end and the 2-pin plug on the other Standard HDMI cable out to HDMI - Component converter (the converter is powered by a USB-C to USB cable, with the USB plug going into a converter into the centre console lighter socket) Component video from the converter box out to the converter input at the back of the centre console I've managed to stuff all of this under the rear passenger seat, so the only thing that comes out of the centre console armrest box is the USB power to the converter box.