2016 Chevrolet Suburban Service and Repair Manual

This factory service and repair manual for the 2016 Chevrolet Suburban has two engines to keep apart: the 5.3L overhead-valve V8 of 325 cubic inches, naturally aspirated on flex fuel or gasoline, and a 6.0L overhead-valve V8 of 364 cubic inches, naturally aspirated on gasoline. Both live in the same four-door sport utility body, sold as HD, LS, LT and LTZ. Two displacements mean two sets of tune-up figures, capacities and torque values, and the manual states them separately rather than merging them into one table.

Engines covered

• 5.3L V8 (325 cu in) — OHV, naturally aspirated, flex-fuel or gasoline
• 6.0L V8 (364 cu in) — OHV, naturally aspirated, gasoline

Body styles covered

• 4-door sport utility

Trims covered

• HD
• LS
• LT
• LTZ

Known issues on the 2016 Suburban. The 219 complaints logged by owners concentrate on the service brakes with 68, the power train with 45 and the steering with 23. Read together they describe a heavy vehicle's wear points, and each has a chapter behind it: brake hydraulic and friction service with anti-lock diagnosis, transmission and driveline repair with fluid and shift specifications, and steering gear, pump and linkage work with the alignment figures needed afterward. Diagnostic charts, wiring diagrams and torque values accompany the procedures in every one of those sections.