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

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 ...

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 ...

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 ...

NOTE: A previous version of this story had a different number of vehicles affected. General Motors of Canada has confirmed that the recall potentially affects 721,000 vehicles globally, and ...