Honda Japan Recall

Honda announced it will recall 63,000 cars in Japan for faulty brake switches and speedometers. The recall involves 22,881 Civic and Civic Hybrid produced between September 2005 and December 2006 as well as 40,218 Stream manufactured between July 2006 and January 2007. Honda reported a total 155 incidents stemming from the faulty brake switch problem caused by excessive amount of lubricating oil applied and the inappropriate programming of a computer program which controls the speedmeters. There were no accidents.
Honda recalled a total 20,000 Civic and Civic Hybrid in the U.S. and Australia for the same problems on August 30.