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Service bulletins for the 2003 Buick LeSabre

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.

449 on file from NHTSA, as of 2026-10-19.

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Bulletins, newest first
0822032003-11-04. Service bulletin. ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM. COOLANT LEAKS AT THE UPPER RADIATOR HOSE TO THERMOSTAT HOUSING. *TT
0616032003-10-29. Service bulletin. VISIBILITY:SUN/MOON ROOF ASSEMBLY. POPPING NOISE WHEN ROTATING THE SUN VISOR. *TT
0523032003-10-28. Service bulletin. EQUIPMENT:APPLIANCE:AIR CONDITIONER. TROUBLESHOOTING A HEATER OR AIR CONDITIONING PROBLEM. *TT
0512032003-10-27. Service bulletin. STRUCTURE. RATTLE NOISE COMING FROM THE HOOD DISPLAY UNIT. *TT
030342003-10-20. Service bulletin. ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING. ENGINE COOLANT MAY LEAK AT THE UPPER INTAKE MANIFOLD THROTTLE BODY GASKET, OR AT THE UPPER INTAKE MANIFOLD TO LOWER INTAKE MANIFOLD TO LOWER INTAKE MANIFOLD GASKET. THIS CONDITION MAY RESULT IN A LOW ENGINE COOLANT LEVEL AND HIGHER ENGINE OPERATING TEMPERATURES. *TT
020846010E2003-10-03. Service bulletin. UNKNOWN OR OTHER. PROGRAMMING ONSTAR MODULE FOR CANADIAN FRENCH VOICE RECOGNITION. *TT UPDATE. *TT UPDATED *EH
020730039C2003-09-26. Service bulletin. POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION. FIRM TRANSMISSION SHIFTS, SHUDDER/CHUGGLE, TRANSMISSION WON'T DOWNSHIFT ON DECELERATION, SERVICE ENGINE SOON LIGHT ILLUMINATED, DIAGNOSTIC TROUBLE CODE P0742 SET. *TT
010846002C2003-09-26. Service bulletin. EQUIPMENT. PROGRAMMING OF REPLACEMENT ONSTAR VEHICLE COMMUNICATION AND INTERFACE MODULES (VCIM). *TT
0308500122003-08-27. Service bulletin. STRUCTURE:BODY. CUPHOLDER ASSEMBLY AND REPLACEMENT PROCEDURE AVAILABLE FOR FRONT SEAT STORAGE ARMREST. *TT
0306010162003-08-26. Service bulletin. ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM. LOSS OF COOLANT, MILKY COLORED OIL. *TT
0306040302003-08-15. Service bulletin. ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE. MULTIPLE DRIVEABILITY SYMPTOMS OF LONG OR HARD STARTS, CHUGGLE, ROUGH IDLE AND LIGHT OR INTERMITTENT MISFIRE DUE TO CLOGGED FUEL INJECTORS. *TT
0320032003-07-25. Service bulletin. SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:CALIPER. LEFT REAR UPPER BRAKE CALIPER PIN HARMONIC NOISE. *TT *JB
990603009A2003-04-26. Service bulletin. ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING. FLOOR PAN CORROSION PERFORATION IN BATTERY COMPARTMENT. *TT UPDATE *EH
000310007E2003-04-26. Service bulletin. SUSPENSION. SHAKE/VIBRATION IN STEERING WHEEL, FLOOR, SEAT AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS ON SMOOTH ROADS. *TT UPDATE. *TT
010851004A2003-04-05. Service bulletin. STRUCTURE:BODY:HOOD. PREMATURE ALUMINUM HOOD CORROSION / BLISTERING. *TT
020730039A2003-03-31. Service bulletin. POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION. FIRM TRANSMISSION SHIFTS, SHUDDER/CHUGGLE, TRANSMISSION WON'T DOWNSHIFT ON DECELERATION, SERVICE ENGINE SOON LIGHT ILLUMINATED, DIAGNOSTIC TROUBLE CODE P0742 SET. *TT
010850012A2003-02-27. Service bulletin. SEATS:FRONT ASSEMBLY:SEAT HEATER/COOLER. FRONT HEATED SEAT INOPERATIVE / COLD. *TT
0207300392003-02-14. Service bulletin. POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION. INFORMATION TO DEALERS REGARDING SERVICE BULLETIN 020730039 - FIRM TRANSMISSION SHIFTS, SHUDDER / CHUGGLE, TRANSMISSION WON'T DOWNSHIFT ON DECELERATION, SERVICE ENGINE SOON LIGHT ILLUMINATED, DIAGNOSTIC TROUBLE CODE (DTC) P0742 SET. *TT
0207300392003-02-14. Service bulletin. POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION. FIRM TRANSMISSION SHIFTS, SHUDDER / CHUGGLE, TRANSMISSION WON'T DOWNSHIFT ON DECELERATION, SERVICE ENGINE SOON LIGHT ILLUMINATED, DIAGNOSTIC TROUBLE CODE (DTC) P0742 SET. *TT
000866003A2003-02-10. Service bulletin. STRUCTURE:BODY. REAR COMPARTMENT SEAT BACK TRIM PANEL ATTACHMENT ARMS / STRAPS SAG OR TRIM PANEL IS LOOSE. *TT
2207022002-11-22. Service bulletin. STRUCTURE:BODY:TRUNK LID. ENGINEERING IS IN THE PROCESS OF TESTING A NEW ADHESIVE FOR CUSTOMER COMPLAINTS THAT THE TRUNK INTERIOR CLOSEOUT PANELS ARE FALLING DOWN. *TT
1807022002-11-22. Service bulletin. EQUIPMENT. THIS MESSAGE STATES THERE WERE APPROXIMATELY 136 VEHICLES SHIPPED WITHOUT, INCLUDING THE ONSTAR, A SCREW ON THE ATENNA WHIP WITH THE TRUNK MATERIALS. *TT
1607022002-11-22. Service bulletin. STRUCTURE:BODY:TRUNK LID. SOME VEHICLES MAY EXPERIENCE A CONDITION WHERE THE CLOSEOUT PANEL INSIDE THE TRUNK, BETWEEN THE TRUNK AND THE REAR SEAT, MAY FALL DOWN. *TT
020730022A2002-10-10. Service bulletin. UNKNOWN OR OTHER. SERVICE ENGINE SOON LIGHT ON WITH DIAGNOSTIC TROUBLE CODES P0716 AND / OR P0717, P0730, P0753, P0758, P1860, P1887 OR OTHER MISCELLANEOUS TRANSMISSION TROUBLE CODES SET. *TT

The summaries are NHTSA's. Each bulletin's page links NHTSA's copy of the manufacturer's document.