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

More alarming is the number of potentially related crashes and injuries resulting from engine failures. On April 24, General Motors issued its largest recall of 2025 so far. It affects 597,630 ...

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 ...

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is supercharging its investigation into General Motors' 6.2-liter L87 V8 engines in the U.S. after receiving additional complaints of engine bearing ...

General Motors has issued a sweeping recall of approximately 721,000 full-size trucks and SUVs equipped with its 6.2-liter V-8 engine, citing potential internal defects that could lead to serious ...

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 saga of General Motors's 6.2-liter V-8 issues has continued into 2026, as a new investigation by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is probing whether even the supposed fix that ...

In a dealer bulletin, General Motors has issued a stop-sale order and agreed to a full recall of every full-size pickup and SUV powered by its troublesome L87 6.2-liter V8 produced for the 2021-2024 ...

More than 28,000 complaints. Three internal investigations. Twelve crashes. Twelve people injured. Forty-two fires. Thousands of cars bricked that left their owners stranded in the middle of nowhere.

GM is developing an all-new sixth-generation small-block V8 family, with strong indications it will launch in two displacements: 5.7L and 6.6L. The 5.7L version is aimed at volume models like the ...