- The probe covers 2021–2026 Cadillac Escalade, Chevrolet Silverado 1500 and GMC Yukon vehicles equipped with GM’s L87 V-8 engine, including high-margin nameplates.
- NHTSA logged roughly 500 complaints from vehicles repaired under the earlier recall, while GM separately disclosed 6,953 post-repair complaints and about $500 million in incremental L87-related costs.
- A second recall or broader remedy would increase financial exposure and add to recent safety actions involving GM vehicles.
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“NHTSA said it has logged roughly 500 complaints of engine failure in vehicles that had already been repaired under an earlier L87 recall”