Gamith

Have you tried https://www.amayama.com/en/genuine-catalogs/toyota/alphard?

I have found the attached which may be of help (though there is no indication of years covered). Automatic light control.pdf

Ah it turns out that: 'Car Cruise Switch Dust Cover For Toyota Brevis / Land Cruiser Prado/ Lexus GX470' - https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/394985766079 - £12.88 + p&p = £15.46' is black rather than grey (which is entirely my fault for not noticing) so it doesn't quite match, but it does fit at least.

Looks like mine is not ULEZ compliant 😞

One of my scanned manuals has this:

Take a look at the passenger side B pillar - there should be a sticker on it with the trim code (and other info) - at least that's where it is on mine.

Yep - mine is a May 2005 facelift model (must be one of the first I would imagine) and has the little 'kerb' mirror on the wing.

Ok, so I have taken a peek and the AC 110v button is untouched, The fog light button has some colourful cables coming from it - one of the black ones is an earth and another black one goes to the back of the dashboard. the middle button (left power door) is also untouched. There is also a white connector that looks to come from the harness and has been taped out of the way. The next two spaces have nothing in but there is a grey and a black connector (with a yellow cable snipped) - does anyone recognise what those connectors might be for? The connector for the mirrors seems to be stock and not changed yet.

Well, as far as add-ons go it really depends on what you currently have and what you want / need. I have just fitted Cruise Control to my 2005 2.4l Alphard with approx 50ukp of bits from ebay. As we plan on doing a fair number of long motorway journeys it made sense. I have also fitted: a GPS HUD as my speedo is in KpH, a dashcam for 'just in case', I have changed the 2x 110v 100A sockets in the centre console for 2 dual USB ports and have taken out the rear seats and fitted a wooden floor for us to carry stuff more easily and still have 5 seats.

And having it on a momentary switch would be pointless.

On my 2005 facelift model (with the kerb-mirror) I got the following items: '75b037 Holden Steering Wheel Button for Toyota Previa UK1870633-30' - https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/126400441233 (used) - £21.00 + p&p = £32.88 'CRUISE CONTROL STALK SWICTH FIT FOR TOYOTA YARIS RAV4 LANDCRUISER PRIUS AURIS' - https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/184954212553 (new) - £9.07 + p&p = £10.88 'Car Cruise Switch Dust Cover For Toyota Brevis / Land Cruiser Prado/ Lexus GX470' - https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/394985766079 - £12.88 + p&p = £15.46 Total = £59.22 I am still waiting for the last item but have fitted the first two and when I press the 'On' button I get the green 'Cruise' light up on my dashboard. i have yet to test but it's looking good so far. The only real issue I had was that there is another connector (a flat ribbon) at the bottom of the 'steering wheel button' assembly that I couldn't get to detach so I swapped the connector cable rather than the whole unit. I now need to tie-wrap the replacement cable into place, but no biggie. It took about 30 mins and would have been less if I have the right tools with me from the start. Yep - it all works fine, having tested it on a local 40 MPH section of road. rather chuffed with that.

OK, so I either have faulty wiring or missing module. When I get a chance I will pop the switch out from the dash and see what the wiring looks like. Thanks everyone, at least I am not alone in the button pushing world 🙂

This, for instance, looks straight-forward enough: https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005007565809483.html?spm=a2g0o.productlist.main.9.3774afcBafcBr7&algo_pvid=67fd46cc-30b9-4436-84ff-5744beba0bb9&aem_p4p_detail=202410200651511337685933295950009316915&algo_exp_id=67fd46cc-30b9-4436-84ff-5744beba0bb9-4&pdp_npi=4%40dis!GBP!77.97!23.39!!!702.43!210.72!%402103868a17294323114472840e543f!12000041322110936!sea!UK!6132551462!X&curPageLogUid=471IsO5hqd1W&utparam-url=scene%3Asearch|query_from%3A&search_p4p_id=202410200651511337685933295950009316915_4 but I am wondering whether a specific module (like this: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/204153716904?_skw=mirror+auto+fold+module+Toyota+Alphard+2005+2.4+MK+I&itmmeta=01JAN32QB3AEPZH3V3TSQTXGBH&hash=item2f888280a8:g:XUMAAOSw3Cxjc41A&itmprp=enc%3AAQAJAAABEHoV3kP08IDx%2BKZ9MfhVJKktMC8vO2o8wmSfQlWIpyFXsvdmiEDNE0fzTNUNnzMRyQmpWdOM3GBVoaOVKc3we4aU1EzbFYyZZopUU%2Bhe3PQflhFWAP3PIJiWq3nx8R9CNufUNud65yYHGhV8k8q7hCWy%2B3YUxyjlA8C%2B6KXAjFmNk0IAxj43txfU4HAX9vaFeQN7FvmJqOa6riYwh8cFhW2WodwfnHeSLkzKzju8guI3rN%2BN0rlaQ8VOTY1OUdfmLmgNxcS0pv6U4SVN4eahB2Kb9Bny7J%2Br3lqnm5M05Pcou1d60Li%2Fgsn2aMnxmQwzKtvuzL5XuUoUPTCSpO72QCsv0BtYTZTIahPfT9AwMn8x|tkp%3ABFBM1vWKo9Vk) would be a better choice.

Before I spend time (and quite likely money) on this can anyone confirm or deny that it's possible to get the wing mirrors to (un)fold when the car in (un)locked? I can press the button to fold them (so that bit works fine) but often have to remember to open them after pulling away from where I have parked and return to the car after locking it to fold them. If it can be done and someone has the part number(s), a link to a video on how to do it etc. that would be appreciated 🙂 Cheers in advance. Paul

Good morning Sunesh - I am afraid I am not sure what you mean by 'auto light' is this an internal or external light? What makes it automatic? The only item I can think of is when it gets dark the headlights will come on, is that what you mean?

That is not a concern - there are plenty of people with older Alphards - mine is a 2005.

I would take a look at ebay and check out people breaking ones - it should be made a little easier as it's not dependant on the colour of the vehicle.

Good news - I hope it's undamaged. May be look into a tracker for it?

That looks to be a home-made contraption. You could undo the screws on the back and take a picture of the insides, that might give a clue. Does the button lock down or does it just pop back - if the latter I would suggest it is used to check that the battery has enough charge - 12v and it lights up, less than that it doesn't.

I have just done this and used a bulkhead grommet that is on the passenger side and quite easily reachable from the passenger foot well. In the engine bay, standing in front of the battery, look down and towards the bulkhead where the passengers feet would be - there should be a large collection of wires in a pipe of sorts which goes through a rather large rubber grommet. Mine already had a red cable going through it so was rather easy to see. I used an unbent coat-hanger, looped at one end, to push through from the bulkhead from the engine bay and then attached the wire to it in the footwell and pulled & twisted until it came through. I hope that helps someone.

I was thinking about a towbar fitting, but rather than a towball you have a custom arm bolted to the tow ball bit that is hinged at one end to allow it to swing clear of the rear door. I just don't know how an Alphard / Vellfire would get on with such a sideways load on it's towbar. Ah - like this: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/swing-out-tow-ball-bracket-/395522872052?var=0&mkevt=1&mkcid=1&mkrid=710-53481-19255-0&campid=5338590836&toolid=10044&customid=988f0e5379641f8f187b6959b42542ec

Welcome Ken, I hope you find useful information here, even if it's just what certain buttons do 🙂

I thought I would try it as it's 15UKP. It looks to be a Russian manual OCR'd into English. There are many 'typos' where the OCR hasn't worked and inserted random text. The fonts change as well as the size of the text so in places it's rather meaningless. While its better than nothing it would entirely depend on what you are trying to do as to whether you get value from it - on the whole it would probably be of benefit but for specifics, such as the torque setting for an engine head head bolt, you might struggle. Strangely the diagrams (approx 1000 pages of!) seem to be very well translated, I haven't found an obvious 'hard to read' bit.

I would suggest getting a wire coat-hanger and straightening it out then push it through the rubber grommet and see if you can feed it downwards - you may then be able to see or feel it behind the dashboard etc. You could put some coloured electrical insulation tape on the end - it might make a difference to being able to spot it. (If there are two of you one could wiggle the coat hanger while the other looks / listens)

Here is mine for reference.