Second opinions wanted on recommended maintenance

The brake master cylinder and pump "may" be going out, may. You need a better diagnoises....
If you are sitting at idle, how many seconds between each time the pump comes on?
How do the brakes feel?

If the engine coolant is low, it's likely a leaking head gasket. You should check all the hoses for
leaks, just in case. Same with the inverter coolant. Just how "low" are they???

There is NO "flush" for either. It's a drain and fill, period. You can do that yourself for the price of
the coolant. When you fill the engine coolant, go, very, s l o w l y...... Fill only a cup or so at a time,
and wait 10-15 second between each cup. It will take you longer to fill, but you won't have any issues
witih air in the system. And make sure you fill to the "B" line. Then start the car and let the engine run
until it shuts off. Add coolant if needed to between the full line and B line. The seem is the full line.
Then drive the car around the block and make sure the engine runs. Turn the heater on and it should be
getting hot. Then park it on level ground and check it in the morning.... Fill if needed.

How many miles? Have you been changing the oil every 5000 miles or so?

 

You need to monitor how often that pump runs... Once it runs more often than every minute its time to replace... But that will take months or even years. So no worries for now.

 

how many miles on her?

that's a terrific price on the actuator, i hope it isn't a mistake.

fluid change prices are good too.

without knowing how many miles and what services you've had, you may need other services. 11 years old, most things need doing.

most importantly, egr circuit likely needs cleaning.

 

These aren't keepers so don't get upside down in anything You will be straddled with horrid amounts of bills so there's always that pick a number that you think the car is worth and keep it to be in that range or less and a 2013 is not worth enough money to really be putting engine in that's going to cost you a pile of money for an engine that is not what you want to be keeping It's not the Toyota your father's used to maybe the one you're going to be used to. Not the car to learn on either but enjoy yourself please be careful I told you so will come very quickly

 

Who is “they”? A dealer? A hybrid specific independent? A general shop?

The first two may know hybrids well enough to bank on their advice; the third is usually rather iffy on these rather complex cars.

 

you only change your oil every 20k?

 

it would be a good idea to follow toyotas maintenance schedule, and add the egr before the head gasket blows.
if they specialize in hybrids, they should be well aware of the gen 3 problem.

 

EGR without a doubt needs cleaning. See first two links in my signature (on a phone turn it landscape to see signatures).

unfortunately, it could use it every 50k, to avoid head gasket failure. You’re just getting into that zone.

 

Did you tell them about the actuator noises before they diagnosed it?

From my experience the pump runs pretty much every time or every other time I use the brakes. I think the real test is whether it runs when you're not using the brakes. A simple test is to open the drivers door in the morning which will run the pump, then just close the door, wait 10-20 minutes and open the door again. Does the pump run again? If not, I'd be skeptical that it's leaking, but take everything I say with a grain of salt (ideally you could compare it with a known good car).

That being said, those prices seem super fair to me. $140 is a little much for inverter coolant, but not overtly so.

 

I don't think that's exactly the word you wanted, probably meant "overly so". Nonetheless, "overtly" does seem appropriate, meaning not so insanely overcharging as to get your fur up. Just at the sweet spot, lol.

 

What are you getting for that price? A used actuator or new? Labor and setup extra? Seems like a used price.

 

tough call on the actuator. normally, you'd wait for a trouble code, which could be a long way off.
otoh, if they will put in a new one for that price guaranteed (you'd want to see it in the box, oem only)
it might be worth doing now. most places get $2,500. and up for the job, since the part is very expensive.

 

I think I'd wait for a more acute failure.

Toyota built a ton of safety into that system, so it's not like the next step is "Wheeee no brakes!" or anything like that.

You'd hear the pump more and more, and eventually the computer will declare that it is running too often and raise a fault code.