2001 Chevrolet Silverado 2500 Service and Repair Manual

This factory service and repair manual for the 2001 Chevrolet Silverado 2500 narrows the body count to two — a two-door standard cab and a four-door extended cab — while the engine bay stays busy with three naturally aspirated overhead-valve V8s of 5.3, 5.7 and 6.0 liters, all on gasoline. Six trims were catalogued, Base, Custom, Cheyenne, LS, LT and 400 SS, and the wiring diagrams and diagnostic charts follow that equipment spread rather than assuming one level of content.

Engines covered

• 5.3L V8 (325 cu in) — OHV, naturally aspirated, gasoline
• 5.7L V8 (350 cu in) — OHV, naturally aspirated, gasoline
• 6.0L V8 (364 cu in) — OHV, naturally aspirated, gasoline

Body styles covered

• 2-door standard cab pickup
• 4-door extended cab pickup

Trims covered

• Base
• 400 SS
• Cheyenne
• Custom
• LS
• LT

Known issues on the 2001 Silverado 2500. The federal record holds eight recalls for this year. One is a running-condition defect: a crankshaft position sensor that can work intermittently or quit outright, leaving the engine rough, stalling and in some cases unwilling to restart. Others cover replacement lighting sold for these trucks — lamps built without the amber side reflectors that make the truck visible from an angle, and headlamps whose beam pattern falls outside the federal photometric limits. Complaints number 1,841: 821 on the service brakes, 188 on the engine and cooling, 98 on tires, all of them systems with their own diagnostic sections here.