New bulletin/Campaign 6.2 L87

[Black02Silverado]

A friend of mine bought a 2025 Ff250 with the 7.3 Godzilla, put 2k miles on it and it started making a grinding sound. Took it to the dealer and they said the engine is bad and so they replaced it.  A month later he gets it back and at 500 miles the same sound appears.  Dealer said again, engine shot needs replaced so they did. From the paper work, it shows that the issue was the crank had way to much end play on both engines.  Crazy and so he traded it for another new F250. He just hopes this one is good, not to mention he upgraded from a custom to a Lariat.  It had adjustable peddles. Why did GM get rid of that feature?  It's nice, especially if you have a short wife. LOL

[MrLeadFoot]

1 hour ago, dieselfan1 said:

I don't want a new motor. Too much hassle. I have 52,000 miles on it.  Im pretty sure it was going to pass the "test".

Runs fine. Id rather have the 150k warranty. 

Just remember that the extended warranty only applies if the bottom end fails in the area specified by the recall.

[dieselfan1]

14 hours ago, MrLeadFoot said:

Just remember that the extended warranty only applies if the bottom end fails in the area specified by the recall.

The truck may catch in fire if that happens. Know what I mean?

Gap covered. 

Edited July 5, 2025 by dieselfan1

[PunchT37]

1 hour ago, dieselfan1 said:

The truck may catch in fire if that happens. Know what I mean?

Gap covered. 

Stop it.

[MrLeadFoot]

1 hour ago, dieselfan1 said:

The truck may catch in fire if that happens. Know what I mean?

Gap covered. 

I hear ya! There are so many fires going on these days in your neck of the woods. 

[tjonesdfw]

One of our local dealers claimed they would take recalled L87 trucks on trade with no change in value.  When we started looking into trading one of our recalled vehicles for a new 2025, someone we know with another GM dealer told us to wait because they've had several 2025 6.2 trucks blow in the last few weeks. Knowing that, we hit the brakes on trading for a new one.  If the 2025 motors are still bad, then I doubt anything changes for 2026 either.  Has anyone here tried to trade an under recall 6.2 vehicle to another brand dealership?  I've heard mixed signals on whether anyone will even take one on trade.   

[dieselfan1]

10 hours ago, tjonesdfw said:

One of our local dealers claimed they would take recalled L87 trucks on trade with no change in value.  When we started looking into trading one of our recalled vehicles for a new 2025, someone we know with another GM dealer told us to wait because they've had several 2025 6.2 trucks blow in the last few weeks. Knowing that, we hit the brakes on trading for a new one.  If the 2025 motors are still bad, then I doubt anything changes for 2026 either.  Has anyone here tried to trade an under recall 6.2 vehicle to another brand dealership?  I've heard mixed signals on whether anyone will even take one on trade.   

My dealer said he couldn't take mine on trade until the recall was taken care of.

I was looking at a 6.6 Gasser 3500.

[MrLeadFoot]

17 hours ago, dieselfan1 said:

My dealer said he couldn't take mine on trade until the recall was taken care of.

I was looking at a 6.6 Gasser 3500.

They can easily prioritize performing the recall on their new and used inventory stock, and this is a great opprtunity for them to build loyalty with customers like you. This doesn't sound like a good dealership, to me. Go try another one, and see what they say.

Edited July 8, 2025 by MrLeadFoot

[tjonesdfw]

On 7/8/2025 at 1:26 PM, MrLeadFoot said:

They can easily prioritize performing the recall on their new and used inventory stock, and this is a great opprtunity for them to build loyalty with customers like you. This doesn't sound like a good dealership, to me. Go try another one, and see what they say.

I wondered if that's why they are so eager to trade at some dealers... I guess once its in inventory, a truck gets priority for  the recall regardless of whether the VIN had come up for a final letter yet?  

[WeGone]

43 minutes ago, tjonesdfw said:

I wondered if that's why they are so eager to trade at some dealers... I guess once its in inventory, a truck gets priority for  the recall regardless of whether the VIN had come up for a final letter yet?  

Not so sure its done by vin# mine is one of the first on the list in 21. Still not gotten anything but the 1st letter!

[newdude]

Just updating from the field a bit.  We've done 3 or 4 customer vehicles in the past couple weeks that got letters.  So far all passed.  Some with over 50,000mi too.  One truck got an engine at 79,000mi on a road trip the year prior on its original engine, came in with 99k on the truck, so about 20,000mi on the replacment engine.  The replacement engine was subject to the recall and passed.  

[revrnd]

On 7/14/2025 at 9:17 AM, tjonesdfw said:

I wondered if that's why they are so eager to trade at some dealers... I guess once its in inventory, a truck gets priority for  the recall regardless of whether the VIN had come up for a final letter yet?  

All recalls have to be dealt with before a vehicle is sold. I dont think the dealership wants someone willing to buy a car or truck, but they cant take delivery of it until the recall is done.

 

'Sorry we're waiting for parts, can you pick it up two weeks from tomorrow?'

Edited July 15, 2025 by revrnd

[MrLeadFoot]

1 hour ago, newdude said:

Just updating from the field a bit.  We've done 3 or 4 customer vehicles in the past couple weeks that got letters.  So far all passed.  Some with over 50,000mi too.  One truck got an engine at 79,000mi on a road trip the year prior on its original engine, came in with 99k on the truck, so about 20,000mi on the replacment engine.  The replacement engine was subject to the recall and passed.  

Thanks for the update. Out of curiosity, did that truck that got a repacement engine at 79,000 get the new engine due to the current problem, or was it for some other reason?

[newdude]

35 minutes ago, MrLeadFoot said:

Thanks for the update. Out of curiosity, did that truck that got a repacement engine at 79,000 get the new engine due to the current problem, or was it for some other reason?

 

 

The engine recall concern was why it got one, but it happened before the recall went live.  The crazy part was their other 6.2 got an engine at 13,000mi.  While it was getting replaced, they took this higher mileage one on their road trip and it blew on the road trip.

[MrLeadFoot]

6 hours ago, newdude said:

 

 

The engine recall concern was why it got one, but it happened before the recall went live.  The crazy part was their other 6.2 got an engine at 13,000mi.  While it was getting replaced, they took this higher mileage one on their road trip and it blew on the road trip.

Holy crap, so they got TWO engines in TWO different vehicles for the same problem as the recall? Wow, I feel sorry for them (for their collective headaches).

Edited July 16, 2025 by MrLeadFoot