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P0742 on the 2003 Buick LeSabre

The bulletins listed name this code in NHTSA's summary, or are about the same components. A bulletin or a recall listed here may apply to the model year. None of it is a diagnosis.

Nobody has written a description of this code yet.

Bulletins for this model year that name P0742
0807300022008-07-09. Service bulletin. INFORMATIONAL ON 4T65-E MN7, M15 AND M76 FRONT WHEEL DRIVE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION VALVE BODY RECONDITIONING, DTCS P0741, P0742, P0757, P842, HARSH SHIFTS OR SLIPS. *PE
091320022004-09-30. Service bulletin. THIS SERVICE VME CONCERNS 2003 VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH 4T65E TRANSMISSION WHICH EXHIBITS DIAGNOSTIC TROUBLE CODE P0742 WITH NO OTHER CODES STORED AND HARSH UP SHIFT AND/OR TCC SHUTTER ON DECEL. *TT
020730039E2004-01-07. Service bulletin. FIRM TRANSMISSION SHIFTS, SHUDDER/CHUGGLE, TRANSMISSION WON'T DOWNSHIFT ON DECELERATION, SERVICE ENGINE SOON LIGHT ILLUMINATED, DIAGNOSTIC TROUBLE CODE P0742 SET. *TT UPDATE. *TT
020730039C2003-09-26. Service bulletin. FIRM TRANSMISSION SHIFTS, SHUDDER/CHUGGLE, TRANSMISSION WON'T DOWNSHIFT ON DECELERATION, SERVICE ENGINE SOON LIGHT ILLUMINATED, DIAGNOSTIC TROUBLE CODE P0742 SET. *TT
020730039A2003-03-31. Service bulletin. FIRM TRANSMISSION SHIFTS, SHUDDER/CHUGGLE, TRANSMISSION WON'T DOWNSHIFT ON DECELERATION, SERVICE ENGINE SOON LIGHT ILLUMINATED, DIAGNOSTIC TROUBLE CODE P0742 SET. *TT
0207300392003-02-14. Service bulletin. 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. FIRM TRANSMISSION SHIFTS, SHUDDER / CHUGGLE, TRANSMISSION WON'T DOWNSHIFT ON DECELERATION, SERVICE ENGINE SOON LIGHT ILLUMINATED, DIAGNOSTIC TROUBLE CODE (DTC) P0742 SET. *TT

7 on file from NHTSA, as of 2026-10-19. See them in the bulletin list. A bulletin lists model years: read the document for which vehicles it concerns.