Vehicle
Chevrolet Tahoe
The full-size SUV on Silverado underpinnings — same engines, same AFM story, same codes, in a family wagon body.
Generations
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GMT400 1995–1999
The first Tahoe, with the 5.7 Vortec and its central port injection spider — a different fuelling system entirely from the GMT800 that followed.
- 4L80-E / 4L85-E 4-speed automatic
- HM290 / NV3500 (GM) 5-speed manual
- New Venture NV3500 5-speed manual
- New Venture NV4500 5-speed manual
- Body styles
- SUV
- Platform
- GM GMT400
- Engines
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- 5.7 V8 — L05 · petrol · Vortec L31
- 6.5 V8 turbo diesel — L56 · diesel · 488 Nm (360 lb-ft)
- 4.1 — petrol · Brazil
- 4.2 turbo — diesel · Brazil
- Transmissions
- 4-speed 4L60E automatic · 4-speed 4L80E automatic · 5-speed HM290 manual · 5-speed NV3500 manual · 5-speed NV4500 manual
- Drivetrain
- Rear-wheel drive · Part-time four-wheel drive with low range
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GMT800 2000–2006
Vortec V8s with the 4L60E behind them; the fuel pump and the instrument cluster stepper motors are the era's recurring items.
- Body styles
- SUV
- Platform
- GM GMT800
- Engines
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- 4.8 V8 — LR4 · petrol · 201–213 kW (270–286 hp) · 386–400 Nm (285–295 lb-ft)
- 5.3 V8 — petrol · 213–220 kW (286–295 hp) · 434–454 Nm (320–335 lb-ft)
- 5.7 V8 — petrol · Mexico only
- 6.0 — petrol · Yukon Denali
- Transmissions
- 4-speed 4L60-E automatic
- Drivetrain
- Rear-wheel drive · Four-wheel drive
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GMT900 2006–2014
Active Fuel Management era — the generation the lifter question belongs to.
- Body styles
- SUV
- Platform
- GMT900
- Engines
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- 4.8 V8 — LY2 · petrol · 414 Nm (305 lb-ft)
- 5.3 V8 — LY5 · petrol · 461 Nm (340 lb-ft)
- 6.0 V8 hybrid — LZ1 · hybrid
- 6.2 V8 — petrol · 295–302 kW (396–405 hp) · 565 Nm (417 lb-ft)
- Transmissions
- 4-speed 4L60-E automatic · 6-speed 6L80 automatic · 4-speed 2ML70 two-mode automatic
- Drivetrain
- Rear-wheel drive · Four-wheel drive
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K2XX 2014–2020
Eight- and ten-speed automatics; Magnetic Ride on the higher trims.
- Body styles
- SUV
- Engines
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- 5.3 V8 — L83 · petrol · 265 kW (355 hp) · 519 Nm (383 lb-ft) · cylinder deactivation — a failed lifter reads as a misfire
- 6.2 V8 — petrol · 313 kW (420 hp) · 624 Nm (460 lb-ft)
- Transmissions
- 6-speed 6L80 automatic · 8-speed 8L90 automatic (Denali) · 10-speed 10L80 automatic
- Drivetrain
- Rear-wheel drive · Four-wheel drive
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T1XX 2020–present
Independent rear suspension for the first time, and a diesel straight-six option.
- Body styles
- SUV
- Platform
- GM T1XX
- Engines
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- 5.3 V8 — L84 · petrol · 265 kW (355 hp) · 519 Nm (383 lb-ft)
- 6.2 V8 — L87 · petrol · 313–323 kW (420–433 hp) · 623–633 Nm (460–467 lb-ft)
- 3.0 Duramax straight-six — LM2 · diesel · 207–227 kW (278–304 hp) · 624–671 Nm (460–495 lb-ft)
- 2.7 — petrol · China
- 2.7 turbo — petrol · China
- Transmissions
- 10-speed automatic
- Drivetrain
- Rear-wheel drive · Four-wheel drive
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