Vehicle
Chevrolet Express
The full-size van, identical to the GMC Savana, and remarkable mainly for how long one design has stayed in production — a body-on-frame van still being built decades after the platform beneath it was current. That is the useful fact: a very large fleet of these exists in almost every year, so a fault is rarely novel, and material from any point in the run usually applies. Engines are the small-block V8 family shared with the pickups, with a Duramax diesel offered at both ends of the run. Cutaway and chassis-cab versions carry bodywork from a second manufacturer whose wiring is not GM's and is not documented here.
Generations
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First generation 1995–present
One very long production run on small-block V8s; identical to the GMC Savana.
- 6.5 V8 diesel (L56 / L65) 6.5 L
- Duramax (badge, not an engine)
- L05 (5.7 TBI) 5.7 L
- Vortec big block (L18 / L29)
- Body styles
- Van
- Platform
- GM GMT600
- Engines
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- 4.3 V6 — petrol
- 5.3 V8 — petrol · 213–220 kW (286–295 hp) · 441–454 Nm (325–335 lb-ft)
- 6.0 V8 — petrol · 224–242 kW (300–325 hp) · 488–508 Nm (360–375 lb-ft)
- 2.8 Duramax — diesel
- 6.6 Duramax — diesel
- 5.0 — L30 · petrol · 8-cylinder, US market 1996-2002
- 5.7 — L31 · petrol · 8-cylinder, US market 1996-2002
- 4.8 — petrol · 205–213 kW (275–286 hp) · 393–400 Nm (290–295 lb-ft) · 8-cylinder, US market 2011-2015
- 7.4 V8 — L29 · petrol · 1996–2000
- 8.1 V8 — L18 · petrol · 2001–2002
- 6.5 V8 — L65 · diesel · 1996–2002
- 6.6 V8 — petrol · 2021–present
- Transmissions
- 6-speed automatic · 8-speed automatic · 4-speed automatic 4L60-E · 4-speed automatic 4L80-E
- Drivetrain
- Rear-wheel drive · Four-wheel drive
Service information
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