2005 GMC Canyon Service and Repair Manual

This factory service and repair manual for the 2005 GMC Canyon is written for a truck sold entirely under its Z71 and Z85 suspension codes, five trims in all, spanning fleet, SL and SLE versions. Under the hood sat one of two naturally aspirated DOHC gasoline engines, the 2.8L inline-four or the 3.5L inline-five, and the cab could be a two-door standard, a four-door extended or a four-door crew. Procedures, specifications, torque values, wiring diagrams and diagnostics follow those combinations system by system.

Engines covered

• 2.8L inline-four (169 cu in) — DOHC, naturally aspirated, gasoline
• 3.5L inline-five (211 cu in) — DOHC, naturally aspirated, gasoline

Body styles covered

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

Trims covered

• Z71 Fleet
• Z71 SL
• Z71 SLE
• Z85 SL
• Z85 SLE

Known issues on the 2005 Canyon. The federal record carries three recalls for the 2005 Canyon, two of them on the same problem: brake lamps that could go dead permanently or stay lit continuously, disabling cruise control and misleading anyone following. The remaining campaign involves cabs without a rear seat, where a child restraint's top tether anchor was not accessible behind the front split bench. Owner complaints reach 113, with the electrical system, service brakes and engine cooling drawing the most of them, which makes the brake, charging and cooling chapters of this manual the ones to reach for first.