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Service bulletin 020730039E

A bulletin is a manufacturer's communication to its dealers, as NHTSA indexes it. The summary is NHTSA's. The document is the manufacturer's: read it at NHTSA. A bulletin is not a recall, and listing a model year does not mean every vehicle of it is concerned.

The communication, as NHTSA indexes it (as of 2026-10-19)
TypeService bulletin
NHTSA id10004756
Published by NHTSA2004-01-07
Manufacturer's number020730039E
Manufacturer's date2005-08-01
Replaces020730039F
NHTSA componentPOWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION

NHTSA's summary

FIRM TRANSMISSION SHIFTS, SHUDDER/CHUGGLE, TRANSMISSION WON'T DOWNSHIFT ON DECELERATION, SERVICE ENGINE SOON LIGHT ILLUMINATED, DIAGNOSTIC TROUBLE CODE P0742 SET. *TT UPDATE. *TT

The document

No address for NHTSA's copy can be built for this communication. Ask the dealer for it by the manufacturer's number.

Components

Transmission and driveline, Automatic transmission

Trouble codes named

P0742

Vehicles listed
BUICK CENTURY2003
BUICK LESABRE2003
BUICK PARK AVENUE2003
BUICK REGAL2003
BUICK RENDEZVOUS2003
CADILLAC DEVILLE1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003
CADILLAC ELDORADO1999, 2000, 2001, 2002
CADILLAC SEVILLE1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003
CHEVROLET CAVALIER2003
CHEVROLET IMPALA2003
CHEVROLET MALIBU2003
CHEVROLET MONTE CARLO2003
CHEVROLET VENTURE2003
OLDSMOBILE ALERO2003
OLDSMOBILE AURORA1999
OLDSMOBILE AURORA2001, 2002, 2003
OLDSMOBILE SILHOUETTE2003
PONTIAC AZTEK2003
PONTIAC BONNEVILLE2003
PONTIAC GRAND AM2003
PONTIAC GRAND PRIX2003, 2004
PONTIAC MONTANA2003
PONTIAC SUNFIRE2003

Listing a model year does not mean every vehicle of it is concerned: the document says which.

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