Mazda Motor is to recall about 88,000 vehicles globally to fix a programming glitch in its engine control computer.

The automaker is recalling the 3, 6 and CX-5, manufactured between October 2012 and January 2014, spokeswoman Misato Kobayashi told Reuters.

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Of the 88,000 vehicles, around 38,000 are in Europe, 27,600 in Japan and 6,500 in North America, she added.

Mazda found a glitch in the computer programme that checks whether the capacitor, a part of the brake energy regeneration system, is functioning properly, the automaker said.

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