[bisonp]

i wonder if you could replace the canadian cluster with a usa version.. or find a friendly honda dealer who could reprogram the computer

I believe that's what happened with a used Explorer I owned. The dummy lights didn't light the right lights so they had to change the cluster under warranty. It also had daytime running lights which the US version did not. So I figure it was Canadian and when brought to the US they changed out the cluster but with the wrong one.