2013 Chevrolet Avalanche Service and Repair Manual

This factory service and repair manual for the 2013 Chevrolet Avalanche carries the Black Diamond trim names — Base plus Black Diamond LS, LT and LTZ — over a single mechanical package: the naturally aspirated 5.3-liter overhead-valve V8 of 325 cubic inches on flex-fuel, in the four-door crew cab pickup body. Because trim rather than hardware separates the four, the engine, transmission, brake and suspension chapters apply to all of them, and only the electrical and interior sections need reading by equipment level.

Engines covered

• 5.3L V8 (325 cu in) — OHV, naturally aspirated, flex-fuel

Body styles covered

• 4-door crew cab pickup

Trims covered

• Base
• Black Diamond LS
• Black Diamond LT
• Black Diamond LTZ

Known issues on the 2013 Avalanche. Two recalls appear on the federal record for this model year, and both describe the same failure: an air bag inflator that can rupture when it deploys and send sharp metal fragments toward the driver or passengers. Owners have logged 82 complaints, 22 of them on air bags, 15 on structure and four on the electrical system. The manual's restraint chapter gives the diagnostic sequence, wiring and handling procedures for the air bag system, while the body and electrical chapters cover the structural and circuit work behind the rest of that record.