# 2001 Chevy Silverado 4wd 1500 with 5.3liter

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/2001-chevy-silverado-4wd-1500-with-5-3liter/68067>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Created:** [September 20, 2011, 8:12pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2001-chevy-silverado-4wd-1500-with-5-3liter/68067 "2011-09-20T20:12:08Z")\
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**Author:** ![AndyB1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ac8455/32.png) [@AndyB1](https://community.cartalk.com/u/AndyB1)\
**Post date:** [September 20, 2011, 8:12pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2001-chevy-silverado-4wd-1500-with-5-3liter/68067/1 "2011-09-20T20:12:08Z")

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I am considering buying a 2001 Chevy Silverado 4wd 1500 with 5.3liter. The truck has 140k. Does anyone know if there is anything particular to this truck I should look for with this many miles. Truck is 1 owner and very well maintained but… wondering what to look for other then obvious brakes, tires , etc. front end? 4\*4 components???  
any help would be appreciated

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**Author:** ![jsims](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ccd318/32.png) [@jsims](https://community.cartalk.com/u/jsims)\
**Post date:** [September 20, 2011, 8:33pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2001-chevy-silverado-4wd-1500-with-5-3liter/68067/2 "2011-09-20T20:33:15Z")

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Those are very good dependable trucks. The only problem I have ever seen with them is the fuel gauge quits, but a new pump will fix the problem. Have seen these trucks with over 200k, no problem.

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**Author:** ![oldbodyman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bbce88/32.png) [@oldbodyman](https://community.cartalk.com/u/oldbodyman)\
**Post date:** [September 21, 2011, 2:50am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2001-chevy-silverado-4wd-1500-with-5-3liter/68067/3 "2011-09-21T02:50:38Z")

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Yes very good truck. The only thing I would make sure is how often the trans oil was changed. It should have been changed every 30000-40000 miles. Fuel pumps seem to last 100000 -150000 miles. My 97 has over 322,000 on it. The 5.3 I think is a better motor than my 5.0. I just looked at one at a dealer it had just came in on trade. Towed a 30 ft 5th wheel trailer. Had over 275,000 miles. The body was ruff and real dirty under the hood. You could tell they lived on dirt road. I drove it just to see how it ran. Boy I was surprised! It ran and drove great.

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**Author:** ![mark9207](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/71c47a/32.png) [@mark9207](https://community.cartalk.com/u/mark9207)\
**Post date:** [September 21, 2011, 3:01am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2001-chevy-silverado-4wd-1500-with-5-3liter/68067/4 "2011-09-21T03:01:54Z")

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The only bad I have seen out of these trucks is wear items: brakes and occasional front end parts like ball joints. Front hub assemblies go bad every once in a while. These trucks really are nice and seem to hold up well. I once did a brake job on a '01 Suburban 1500 (basically the same truck you are looking at) that had 481k miles on it. It drove and looked like a brand new truck. The owner said they just followed the maintenance schedule and replaced tires, brakes, and the serpentine belt as needed to keep it that way.