Hello, I am new to these forums and looking for some help. My son's CRV has showing a dashboard warning light (not sure what). He had a small independent mechanic take a look and the feedback was

 

The car has a fault with intake air temperature sensor requires modified sensor and a ecu software update, but it needs to go to a Honda garage 

 

I fear that a Honda garage will be an expensive bill for him (young family with three kids). Can this be done by an independent specialist?

 

All answers very gratefully received.

 

PS He lives near Perth in Scotland in case someone can recommend and independent 

18 hours ago, Edd said:

Hello, I am new to these forums and looking for some help. My son's CRV has showing a dashboard warning light (not sure what). He had a small independent mechanic take a look and the feedback was

 

The car has a fault with intake air temperature sensor requires modified sensor and a ecu software update, but it needs to go to a Honda garage 

 

I fear that a Honda garage will be an expensive bill for him (young family with three kids). Can this be done by an independent specialist?

 

All answers very gratefully received.

 

PS He lives near Perth in Scotland in case someone can recommend and independent 

I would take it somewhere else and get a second opinion, I'd also want to know what fault codes were thrown up on a diagnostic.