As GM Authority has covered at length, General Motors is recalling nearly 600,000 full-size pickups and SUVs in the U.S. due to an issue with the naturally aspirated 6.2L V8 L87 gasoline engine. The ...

NHTSA just reopened the GM 6.2L V8 headache. On January 19, 2026, the agency said it opened a new recall query into about 597,571 GM trucks and SUVs with the L87 6.2L V8 after owners reported fresh ...

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 ...

GM Authority has been at the forefront of coverage when it comes to the 6.2L V8 L87 engine recall, covering everything there’s to know, from the vehicles impacted, to the issue at the heart of the ...

GM has been dealing with a problem under the hood, specifically, the ubiquitous 6.2-liter L87 V8 engine. Used in models such as the Chevrolet Silverado, GMC Sierra, and Cadillac Escalade, the L87 has ...

For many drivers of larger trucks and SUVs, a naturally-aspirated V8 is associated with superior reliability compared with the newer crop of smaller four- and six-cylinder engines with turbocharging, ...

Recently, nearly one million drivers were reported to be at risk of a dangerous engine defect found in various vehicles. If you're experiencing common problems with GM's L87 V8 engine, there's a good ...

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 ...

Imagine producing an engine so poor that it's led to over 600,000 vehicles being recalled and has been responsible for a dozen crashes and injuries, and you'll be in GM's shoes. That's the unfortunate ...

A 2026 GMC Yukon owner reported an L87 engine failure at just 1,500 miles, despite GM’s efforts to address the issue in earlier models. According to the original poster, the GMC Yukon was delivered on ...

The GM L87 engine recall that has affected almost 600,000 full-size trucks and SUVs in the U.S. and has led to multiple lawsuits that recently merged into a class action suit has reached a new chapter ...