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 ...
The government is investigating dozens of new complaints about L87 V8s failing after a recall fix was supposed to resolve the ...
NHTSA launches Recall Query RQ26001 to investigate 36 reports of catastrophic L87 engine failures occurring after vehicles ...
Federal safety regulators are once again taking a look at General Motors’ 6.2-liter V8 after receiving dozens of complaints ...
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 are failing even after recall repairs were completed. The National Highway ...
NHTSA has reopened a recall query into nearly 600,000 GM trucks and SUVs with 6.2L V8 engines after reports of engine ...
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 ...
Some owners claim that their engines failed even after a recall remedy was performed, NHTSA officials say.
General Motors recently announced a wide-ranging safety recall involving the naturally aspirated 6.2L V8 L87 gasoline engine, affecting nearly 600,000 vehicles in the United States. While the recall ...
The fix involved swapping out the engine oil in the 6.2L V8 truck motors for a higher-viscosity one ...