1991 GMC C1500 Service and Repair Manual
This factory service and repair manual for the 1991 GMC C1500 works through a truck whose variety is all under the hood: one chassis, two cab styles and the Sierra, Sierra SLE and Sierra SLX trims, but four different engines. The 4.3L V6 and the 5.0L and 5.7L V8s burn gasoline, the 6.2L V8 is a diesel, and all four are overhead-valve and naturally aspirated. Torque values, clearances, timing data and diagnostic routines are given per engine rather than averaged across the range.
Engines covered
- 5.0L V8 (305 cu in) — OHV, naturally aspirated, gasoline
- 6.2L V8 (379 cu in) — OHV, naturally aspirated, diesel
- 4.3L V6 (262 cu in) — OHV, naturally aspirated, gasoline
- 5.7L V8 (350 cu in) — OHV, naturally aspirated, gasoline
Body styles covered
- 2-door standard cab pickup
- 2-door extended cab pickup
Trims covered
- Sierra
- Sierra SLE
- Sierra SLX
Known issues on the 1991 C1500. A single recall is recorded against this model year, and it concerns the automatic transmission: heat beyond what the design allowed for can push fluid out through the vent tube, where it may ignite. Five owner complaints are logged with NHTSA, spread thinly across visibility, tires and the service brakes with one entry each. None of that suggests a single weak point, so the transmission cooling and fluid checks, the wiper and glass procedures and the brake specifications are all worth having in front of you before the work starts.
UNANTICIPATED HEAT IN THE TRANSMISSION CAN FORCE THE TRANSMISSION FLUID OUT OF THE VENT TUBE.
THE VENTED TRANSMISSION FLUID CAN CATCH FIRE IF EXPOSEDTO A SOURCE OF IGNITION.
INSTALL A LONGER TRANSMISSION VENT HOSE ROUTED TO THE LEFT SIDE OF THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT OF THE VEH
SOME CUSTOMERS MAY COMMENT ON FRONT DOOR HINGE PIN BUSHING WEAR, FRONT DOOR SAG, OR DOOR CHUCKING MOVEMENT IN EXTREME OPERATING CONDITIONS. *TT
WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE THE ENGINE CAUGHT ON FIRE. (OHIO STATE POLICE REPORT)
WINDSHIELD WIPERS OFTEN STOP WORKING WITHOUT WARNING. VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION WHEN IT IS RAINING. YOU CAN SOMETIME PULL ON THE WIPER BLADES TO GET THE WIPERS TO START WORKING AGAIN BUT SOMETIMES TH
FOR THE RECORD I WANTED TO INFORM YOU THAT I HAD ONE WILDERNESS AT III COME APART ON ME AT APPROX 70 MPH IT WAS A REAR TIRE AND CAUSED NO ACCIDENT BUT THE SEPERATED TREAD DID DO DAMAGE TO MY FENDER.
WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED AND APPLYING THE BRAKES, BRAKE PEDAL WENT STRAIGHT TO THE FLOORBOARD AND DID NOT STOP VEHICLE.CONSUMER HAD TO PUMP THE BRAKES DUE TO THE ABS SYSTEM WHICH KICKED IN, AND CA
DRIVER'S BUCKLE FAILED TO LATCH PROPERLY. DEALER NOTIFIED AND REPLACED BUCKLE ON 10-21-94 WITH APPROXIMATELY 20,000 MILES OF WEAR. AT APPROXIMATELY 40,000, ON 5-17-99, BUCKLE FAILED TO LATCH AGAIN.
