is the canadian accord vin numbers different than usa ones?
The long cranking TSN (03-079) was released in Oct 21, 2003, I know my car was built in June/July 2003, I assumed my car should be in the affected list... however, the vin range of this TSB is: "2003 Accord V6 4-Door – From VIN 1HGCM6...3A000001 thru 1HGCM6 ... 3A070490", I am in canada, my vin number is 1HGCM6 ... 3A807039", it looks strange... is the number 8 means canadian accord? Do you guys know if the TSB is a global thing? or north america or USA only thing?

my car has the long cranking problem since day one, the dealer cound't reproduce the problem (you know this doesn't always happens).

BTW, I have read from other forums that some dealers suggest to wait few seconds before turning the key to ignition position after iserting the key into the slot, so there are 2 different long cranking problems? one is normal - need to wait few seconds, and another is this TSB, how do I distinguish these problems?

Thanks

It IS possible that the VIN's are different or that you have the 800K+ car built that year. Just because you're not on the list doesn't mean you won't have the problem. We weren't on the list for one of the Pilot issues, yet definately had a problem.

I've only heard of one long crank thing, but there may be a SLOW crank thing too.

Mine went nan, nan, nan a few extra times before starting intermittenly. It was the long crank thing. (part in the fuel tank)

You may be able to ask your dealer to replace the parts on the bulletin anyway since you're still under warranty.

The "8" digit does indicate it is a Canadian Car