2013 Chevrolet Silverado 2500 Service and Repair Manual

This factory service and repair manual for the 2013 Chevrolet Silverado 2500 lists the truck under a single LS trim, built as an extended cab, a standard cab or a crew cab, and powered by one of two flex-fuel overhead-valve V8s: the 5.3L of 325 cubic inches or the 4.8L of 294. The body sections are the ones that change from truck to truck here — doors, glass, seating and harness routing all follow the cab — while engine and driveline coverage stays constant across the three.

Engines covered

• 5.3L V8 (325 cu in) — OHV, naturally aspirated, flex-fuel
• 4.8L V8 (294 cu in) — OHV, naturally aspirated, flex-fuel

Body styles covered

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

Trims covered

• LS

Known issues on the 2013 Silverado 2500. The federal record holds three recalls for this year. Two of them describe frontal air bag inflators whose propellant can degrade until the inflator ruptures on deployment and sends fragments through the cabin. The third covers a fire extinguisher liable to clog so that it does not discharge. Complaints come to 115, spread across 15 on the power train, 13 on the electrical system and 12 on the air bags — transmission and driveline procedures, body wiring diagrams and restraint diagnostics respectively.