P073E: owner reports and bulletins

Powertrain (generic, all makes). We haven't written the explanation for this code yet. Below is what owners and manufacturers have filed with NHTSA.

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What owners report to NHTSA

7 complaints filed with NHTSA mention P073E, 7 of them since 2015, across 6 different models. The component owners most often filed it under: power train.

Manufacturer service bulletins that name P073E

1 technical service bulletins and manufacturer communications filed with NHTSA mention P073E, from 1 makes. A bulletin means the manufacturer has documented a known cause or a fix procedure for that model. Examples:

  • FORD FOCUS (2014), bulletin 10057868: FORD: WITH NO TRANSMISSION ISSUES, WHILE DRIVING A SLIGHT BUMP OR JERK IS FELT, CAUSING MALFUNCTION LAMP OF TRANSMISSION TO ILLUMINATE WITH DIAGNOSTIC TROUBLE CODE (DTC) P073E OR P073F STORED OR PRESENT. MODEL 2014 FOCUS…

Sources: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation complaint database and manufacturer communications file, snapshots September 2026. A complaint or bulletin that mentions a code is a report about that vehicle, not a statement that the code has one cause.