Service bulletins for the 2003 Oldsmobile Alero
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.
452 on file from NHTSA, as of 2026-10-19.
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| 030730021 | 2003-08-27. Service bulletin. POWER TRAIN. NEUTRAL FLARE AND/OR RPM FLARE WHILE IN DRIVE, NO 1-2 UPSHIFT, SERVICE ENGINE SOON (SES) LIGHT ILLUMINATED, DIAGNOSTIC TROUBLE CODES (DTCS) P1810, DIAGNOSTIC TROUBLE CODE P1815 SET. *TT |
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| 030604030 | 2003-08-15. 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 |
| 030601018 | 2003-08-14. Service bulletin. ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE. NEW CYLINDER BORE LINER REPLACEMENT PROCEDURE. *TT |
| 031203 | 2003-07-25. Service bulletin. ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM:FAN. BUFFETING OR ROTATIONAL TYPE TICK NOISE FROM HVAC BLOWER MOTOR AREA. *TT *JB |
| 031103 | 2003-07-25. Service bulletin. FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE. COMPLAINTS THAT ARE ROOT CAUSED TO THE FUEL MODULE AND COMPLAINTS OF GAUGE ACCURACY THAT ARE ROOT CAUSED TO THE FUEL LEVEL SENSOR. *TT *JB |
| 031603 | 2003-07-24. Service bulletin. VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:CRUISE CONTROL. OPERATIONAL INFORMATION REGARDING COMPLAINTS OF NO CRUISE CONTROL LIGHT APPEARING ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL CLUSTER WHEN THE CRUISE CONTROL IS SET. *TT *JB |
| 030803 | 2003-07-24. Service bulletin. VISIBILITY:POWER WINDOW DEVICES AND CONTROLS. UNNECESSARY REPLACEMENT OF DOOR WINDOW REGULATORS. *TT *JB |
| 030603 | 2003-07-24. Service bulletin. VISIBILITY:DEFROSTER/DEFOGGER/HVAC SYSTEM:WINDSHIELD:ELECTRICAL HEATING ELEMENT. LIGHT ON THE RECIRCULATION BUTTON GOES OFF INTERMITTENTLY OR THE LIGHT ON THE REAR WINDOW DEFROSTER BUTTON GOES OFF. *TT *JB |
| 032603 | 2003-07-24. Service bulletin. SEATS. BLACK PAINT FLAKES IN THE CARPETING AROUND THE FRONT SEATS. *TT *JB |
| 022603 | 2003-07-23. Service bulletin. SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:PADS. BRAKE PAD REPLACEMENT. *TT *JB |
| 022403 | 2003-07-22. Service bulletin. STEERING:HYDRAULIC POWER ASSIST SYSTEM. INTERMITTENT CONDITION OF A MOMENTARY REDUCTION IN POWER STEERING ASSIST AT STARTUP. *TT *JB |
| 030601010 | 2003-04-26. Service bulletin. ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING. ENGINE OIL OR COOLANT LEAK. *TT |
| 000523002B | 2003-04-25. Service bulletin. SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC. FRONT DISC BRAKE PULSATION. *TT |
| 010864018B | 2003-04-16. Service bulletin. VISIBILITY:GLASS, SIDE/REAR. FRONT DOOR WINDOW GLASS WON'T ROLL UP OR OUT OF CHANNEL. *TT |
| 010864012C | 2003-04-16. Service bulletin. VISIBILITY:GLASS, SIDE/REAR. DOOR GLASS SASH OUT OF RUN CHANNEL. *TT |
| 030866002 | 2003-04-05. Service bulletin. STRUCTURE:BODY. WIND NOISE HEARD FROM REAR OF VEHICLE. *TT |
| 020730039A | 2003-03-31. 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 |
| 020730050 | 2003-03-29. Service bulletin. POWER TRAIN. ENGINEERING CHANGES TO THE VALVE BODY, PRESSURE REGULATOR VALVE, 2-3 ACCUMULATOR VALVE AND BORE FOR 2002-2003 MODEL YEAR 4T45E TRANSAXLES AND SUBSEQUENT OVERHAUL PROCEDURES WHICH AFFECT 1995-2001 MODEL YEAR TRANSAXLES. *TT |
| 020864023 | 2003-03-29. Service bulletin. VISIBILITY:POWER WINDOW DEVICES AND CONTROLS. POWER WINDOW INOPERATIVE. *TT |
| 020843005 | 2003-03-27. Service bulletin. VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD WIPER/WASHER:MOTOR. NEW WINDSHIELD WIPER MOTOR ASSEMBLY. *TT |
| 020308008 | 2003-02-28. Service bulletin. SUSPENSION. RATTLE, CREAK, POPPING TYPE NOISE FROM FRONT OF VEHICLE WHEN TURNING. *TT |
| 020730044 | 2003-02-27. Service bulletin. POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION. ERRATIC SPEEDOMETER, ERRATIC SHIFTING, CRUISE CONTROL INOPERATIVE, DIAGNOSTIC TROUBLE CODE P0502, P0758, P1860 SET. *TT |
| 250702 | 2002-11-22. Service bulletin. STRUCTURE:BODY:DOOR. SOME CUSTOMERS MAY COMMENT THAT THE EXTERIOR DOOR HANDLE IS INOPERATIVE ON CERTAIN VEHICLES. *TT |
| 060602 | 2002-11-21. Service bulletin. WHEELS. THIS MESSAGE PERTAINS TO A NEW IMPROVED FLAT WHEEL MOUNT DESIGN ON THE ALUMINUM WHEELS INCORPORATED ON 2003 MODEL YEAR N-CAR VEHICLES. *TT |
| 020730022A | 2002-10-10. 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.