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

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

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

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

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

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 ...

Someone was in this engine before it failed, possibly not long before. In fact, they may have been the cause of the ...

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

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

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 ...

Jan 19 (Reuters) - The U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said on Monday it opened a recall query into about ...