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 ...

Some owners claim that their engines failed even after a recall remedy was performed, NHTSA officials say.

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

Experts are working on a new case. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is looking into General Motors due to ...

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

11 lawsuits over GM’s 6.2L L87 V8 have been consolidated into a single class action, centered on engine failures tied to crankshaft and connecting-rod defects. More than 700,000 GM trucks and SUVs ...

Someone was in this engine before it failed, possibly not long before. In fact, they may have been the cause of the destruction. We'll revisit this in a bit. For the second sign, look no further than ...

The problem: Manufacturing defects with internal components can cause engine damage and, potentially, failure. The fix: Dealerships will inspect the engine and, as necessary, repair or replace the ...

General Motors is now the subject of an NHTSA investigation after more than a thousand complaints were logged over sudden and catastrophic failure of some of its “L87” 6.2-liter V8s—a core power plant ...

GM is in hot water yet again. Just a couple of weeks ago, the automaker was hit with a class action lawsuit accusing it of knowing about potentially defective 6.2-liter V8 engines in nearly 600,000 ...

What's the biggest difference between General Motors' 5.3-liter and 6.2-liter V8s? 0.9 liters. Goodnight! Alright, 5.3s and 6.2s contrast more than that, and quite a bit, too. There's plenty to ...