2005 Chevrolet SSR Service and Repair Manual

This factory service and repair manual for the 2005 Chevrolet SSR opens with a 6.0-liter overhead-valve V8 of 364 cubic inches, naturally aspirated and running on gasoline, and builds everything else around it. Engine mechanical, fuel, ignition, cooling and emissions work all trace back to that one displacement. The two-door convertible body and the lone Base trim keep the remainder tight: one set of wiring diagrams, one set of body procedures, and figures that need no cross-checking against another configuration.

Engines covered

• 6.0L V8 (364 cu in) — OHV, naturally aspirated, gasoline

Body styles covered

• 2-door convertible

Trims covered

• Base

Known issues on the 2005 SSR. Thirty-one complaints sit on the federal record for the 2005 car, and the heaviest concentration is an unusual one: eleven fall under latches, locks and linkages. The electrical system draws five and the structure four. Latch and linkage reports send a technician to the door, hood and lid hardware procedures and their adjustment specifications; the electrical ones belong with the wiring diagrams and circuit diagnostics; and the structural entries lead into the body and frame sections.