NHTSA launches Recall Query RQ26001 to investigate 36 reports of catastrophic L87 engine failures occurring after vehicles ...

The government is investigating dozens of new complaints about L87 V8s failing after a recall fix was supposed to resolve the ...

GM's current 6.2-liter V8 made headlines for all the wrong reasons in 2025. Internally known as the L87, it's been slapped ...

U.S. legacy automaker, General Motors GM, is facing growing engine trouble that has caught the attention of federal safety ...

NHTSA probes GM vehicles with L87 6.2L V8 engines, including Cadillac Escalade, Chevy Silverado, GMC Sierra 1500.

Federal safety regulators are once again taking a look at General Motors’ 6.2-liter V8 after receiving dozens of complaints ...

Federal safety regulators are investigating reports that General Motors vehicles equipped with its 6.2-liter L87 V8 engine ...

Using thicker engine oil may have only thickened the plot on this engine saga.

Engine failures in these vehicles can occur without warning. Prior NHTSA investigation documents noted owners reported "no detectability prior to the engine failure." Sudden loss of propulsion ...

The fix involved swapping out the engine oil in the 6.2L V8 truck motors for a higher-viscosity one ...

NHTSA just reopened the GM 6.2L V8 headache. On January 19, 2026, the agency said it opened a new recall query into about 597 ...

General Motors has launched a new Customer Satisfaction Program to address an issue with the 6.2L V8 engine equipped by certain units of the 2023 GMC Sierra 1500 and 2023 GMC Yukon. Affected units may ...