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GM 6.2L V8 L87 Recall: Are All Replacement Engines New?

Last year's L87 engine recall stipulates that some units will need an engine replacement. Which raises a question - are the ...
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GM Replacing Some Failed 6.2L V8s With Remanufactured Engines Instead

There's a new question flying around General Motors’ large-scale recall involving catastrophic failure of the automaker's 6.2 ...
GM Authority

GM 6.2L V8 L87 Recall: How’s Your Replacement Engine Doing So Far?

Last year's GM L87 engine recall states that some models need an entire replacement engine. Now, we want to know - how's that replacement engine doing so far?
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GM is making an extremely tiny (but important) change to its L87 engine fix after the feds launched an investigation into its recall

For the past year or so, General Motors’ line of full-size SUVs and 1/4-ton pickup trucks equipped with the brand’s optional ...

GM’s Latest 6.2-Liter V8 Fix Will Save Everybody Some Cash

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The metal shaving horror: Why GM’s “fixed” V8 trucks are still exploding on highways

GM’s internal data previously identified over 28,000 complaints potentially linked to these metallurgy and contamination issues before the first recall was even issued. The "0W-40 fix" has been a ...
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GM's Recalled 6.2L V8s Are Still Blowing Up Even After Being 'Fixed'

Federal regulators have opened a new inquiry after receiving 36 complaints alleging engine failures in GM vehicles even after the L87 6.2-liter V8 recall repair was completed. The recall remedy ...
autoevolution

GM L87 Engine Gets Investigated by the NHTSA Due to Post-Recall Failures

Back in April 2025, the largest automaker of the Detroit Big Three issued recall 25V-274 for nearly 600,000 trucks and truck-based sport utility vehicles equipped with the L87 small-block V8. In the ...
Autoblog

GM’s V8 Engine Recall Backfires as Multiple Lawsuits Merge Into One Major Case

GM recalls nearly 600,000 vehicles for L87 V8 engine failures after 1,000+ complaints. Multiple lawsuits now consolidated and the class action lawsuit is set to begin; plaintiffs claim GM's repair ...
Jalopnik

What's The Difference Between GM's L86 & L87 Engines?

The biggest difference between L86s and L87s is that L86s have occasional complaints and 28,000 L87 failures happened before GM recalled 600,000 trucks in the U.S. alone. The 2014-2018 L86 and ...
Road & Track

Feds Widening Investigation Into GM Trucks and SUVs Powered by 6.2-Liter L87 V-8s

Update, 2:45pm: This post has been updated to clarify the relationship between this latest investigation and GM's earlier recall of the L87 engine. Hysterical fears that V-8 engines would be wiped ...
Autoblog

GM Faces Another $5 Million Lawsuit For Defective V8 Engines

The L87 engine continues to cause headaches for General Motors. New lawsuit targets GM's faulty L87 V8 engine, which suffers from bad bearings. The latest class action seeks $5 million and claims GM ...