My 120K service is coming up....

you should have handed him that coupon back and told him you're not that kind of woman!

 

i'm not sure i want to find out! it disturbs me that attractive women get free stuff and nice treatment. i'm going to start a me too movement, it has a nice ring to it.

 

but on a more serious note, did they change your coolant with the water pump?

 

sounds like you need the full boat plus tranny fluid then. what about plugs?

 

120k is just simple fluids and plugs. Unless you're going to bleed the brakes, any mechanic can perform this service without special tools

1 coolant
2 transaxle fluid
3 bleed brakes and clean
4 plugs
5 Air filters

 

If bleed brakes equals change brake fluid, and especially if it's never been done something definitely worth doing. Toyota Canada says every 3 years or 30K miles now. And Honda Canada has been saying 3 years regardless of miles, in a couple of centuries...

Air filters, meh, check them and replace if really needed, but certainly don't pay a mechanic to do it.

 

are they on the us schedule?

 

Here's what I would add:
1. Was the serpentine belt previously changed (for example when the engine coolant pump was replaced)? If not, that should definitely be done now.
2. If the front struts and rear shocks have not previously been replaced, they should be replaced now. I understand that much of your driving had been in rural areas on gravel/dirt roads, which will stress the suspension more than on pavement. So you can expect your suspension needs help. You don't necessarily need the dealer to do that work if you can find an independent to install KYB-branded parts. The front struts also need the top strut mounts and the top spring insulators (which include the pleated cover) to be replaced.

A 20% off coupon is pretty normal when you consider the list prices of the services.

 

Oy...

Every 3 years or 30K miles...

 

Periodic brake fluid replacement is not on the US 2G maintenance schedule. Personally I would do that work only as part of replacing the brake actuator assembly, not as a preventive service, due to the concern that the fluid replacement process may stress the brake actuator more than normal use of the brakes do, and prompt an actuator failure.

 

Different folks I guess. I mean, they say the transaxle fluid is lifetime too.

FWIW, the 3rd gen has a Repair Manual instruction for brake fluid replacement, without Techstream. IIRC 2nd gen Repair Manual has no such instruction, and it's not something you want to fly blind on.

If it's as easy as 3rd gen, it's about an hours work, with an assistant pumping the brake pedal, and costs a couple of pint bottles of Toyota DOT 3 fluid. A significant "if" though.

@NutzAboutBolts has the definitive video on 3rd gen brake fluid replacement.

 

Chris forget all that start contemplating the hybrid battery failure. If the car has not thrown any codes yet
It’s ripe for a battery reconditioning because it does not matter at all how nice and maintained the chassis is if the battery tanks.

It’s the #1 post now on a G2.

 

If it's been close to 100k miles since your inverter pump has been changed, I would put that on the "to do" list. That's quickly becoming a major failure as many of the recalled replacements are all coming up to needing a replacement again.