2009 GMC C5500 Topkick Service and Repair Manual
This factory service and repair manual for the 2009 GMC C5500 Topkick describes a chassis offered in four shapes — the 2-door conventional cab and chassis, the crew cab and chassis, a cutaway and a motorhome cutaway — across six trim codes. Two engines are listed: the turbocharged 6.6L overhead-valve V8 diesel of 403 cubic inches and the naturally aspirated 8.1L overhead-valve V8 gasoline engine of 496 cubic inches. Both get their own specifications and procedures, and the chassis, driveline and electrical systems around them are documented with torque values, wiring diagrams and diagnostics.
Engines covered
- 6.6L V8 (403 cu in) — OHV, turbocharged, diesel
- 8.1L V8 (496 cu in) — OHV, naturally aspirated, gasoline
Body styles covered
- 2-door cab & chassis, conventional
- Cab & chassis, crew cab
- Cutaway
- Motorhome, cutaway
Trims covered
- C5C042
- C5C044
- C5E042
- C5E044
- C5U042
- C5V042
Known issues on the 2009 C5500 Topkick. For the 2009 C5500 Topkick the federal record is clean — no recalls and no owner complaints have been logged with NHTSA. That leaves normal service and repair as the reason to reach for this book, and it covers both engines the year offered, the turbocharged 6.6L diesel and the 8.1L gasoline V8, together with the chassis and cab systems behind them. Procedures, specifications, torque values, wiring diagrams and diagnostics are provided for those systems, whichever of the four body configurations the truck was built as.
