Gamith

I haven't found out anything about the unit myself but the label would suggest it's part of the immobiliser set-up so I would say it's needed if you want to start the vehicle. Maybe someone will be able to identify it.

Looks like Amayama has new ones for £90:

Have you tried an OBD scan? If not I would invest in a JOBD scanner which gives you a good chance of finding out what is wrong. There are threads in this forum (other fora are available) dealing with JOBD scanners. For the really keen there is the Techstream software option available. Personally I would get some Reddex and put that in the tank and go for a good drive to see if that helps.

The genuine ones can be found on Amayama: Or you can look around for part number 81911-28010. Getting one locally will save waiting for a couple of weeks. I hope this helps. Paul

It's rather hard to know where to start as there are many topics to cover, entirely dependent on what you are trying to achieve. Obviously there is the base vehicle itself with a wide range of customization's available but then there are camping-related topics such as pop-tops/ raised roof, rock and roll beds vs caravan style inserts, awnings both side and rear, drive-away or not, cooking/ washing arrangements, electric vs gas, tow-bar for bike carrier (towing itself is quite a debate), electric hook-ups, side or rear 'furniture', leisure batteries and I'm sure other areas. A lot also depends on budget - but mainly it's your own requirements and imagination. I have converted ours to have a fixed raised bed in the 'boot' under which we store stuff and, once the middle seats are turned, sleep on top. Its not the prettiest by a long way but it was cheap and practical. Good luck.

Hmm, having a quick look at the prices for these I am wondering whether a 2nd hand part from a scrap yard or doing/ finding someone for a complete strip-down and rebuild of the unit might be the way to go.

To make sure look at the 'plate' attached to the the B pillar - passenger side. With 2008, as with my 2005, the models changed halfway through the year though I think, someone will correct me I'm sure, rather than a facelift the model changed to the 20. Either way using the top line / Model information on Amayama.com will get you the right information. I found out the manufacture date from a CarVX report.

I am wondering whether yours is a post 04.2008 model as I can't locate anything similar to mine on Amayama. but then I'm not entirely sure where I am supposed to be looking - this is on the roof above the rear door isn't it? Wait - could it be this one?:

I have replaced mine as it was missing the lower arm so was only useful for holding bags. I can't find any pictures of the replacement though this is the ebay listing. I don't recall it being particularly difficult, I suspect it was a couple of screws or bolts accessed from above by removing the 'wood' trim.

Is this the part, the 'weatherstrip, back door'? This is from amayama.com for my 2005 facelift model. If so the part number is 67881-58010. A quick look on ebay would suggest that it's cheaper to get it from Japan, but I only spent 5mins looking. Make sure you put the correct model number into sites like amayama.com.

There are fuses that are supposed to light up to indicate that they are blown. (aliexpress for example) which look to be worth a try as it might make this sort of thing a lot easier to diagnose and fix.

I always understood that DMFs were used in manual gearboxes and the amayama site for my 2005 shows a torque converter but nothing to indicate that the flywheel is anything other than a single mass: Unless I am missing something of course. TTFN Paul

If it were my 2005 model I would go through each fuse with a circuit tester to find any non-functional fuses - bit of a pain I know but this sounds like more than one fuse gone. Looking at my fuse boards I have one mention of VSC in the main engine board: And one in the passenger-side fuse board: Hopefully you have a JOBD reader - does it give any error codes? I hope this helps.

These are the connectors that my previous head unit was using and I can't help but feel it could do better. The new head unit works well, I have set up the steering wheel controls and a USB microSD card reader is on it's way so I can add a load of music to it (and not have it playing off my phone all the time). With the replacement head unit I also got this additional connector set: The car (2005 facelift) has these additional connectors (sorry it's not the clearest): So my question is whether there is some way to connect the extra connectors to the unused connectors in the car - I am assuming that some must be connected to speakers that aren't currently being used. Am I chasing a dream or are any of these connectors actually going to be of some use? Hopefully someone can let me know.

That part is considerably cheaper if I just do a search for it.https://www.amayama.com/en/part/toyota/6925030020b2 maybe try again?