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5.3 - Has GM Resolved the Lifter Failure Issue?
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Outside of the known bad batch from 2021 there really aren't widespread lifter issues with either engine that can be attributed to DFM...
Mar 2, 2025
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Disable AFM
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CAFE did not "force" auto makers to do any such thing. It's a mischaracterization of the Standards to say that. American OEMs simply did...
Feb 24, 2025
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Disable AFM
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Your 2nd paragraph requires an answer too long to type at the moment. CAFE is not a bad idea just implemented poorly largely because...
Feb 24, 2025
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Disable AFM
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Again, that’s not how that works. NAAQS are legislatively mandated by the Clean Air Act and subsequent revisions. Statute of limitations...
Feb 24, 2025
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Disable AFM
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N Not how that works. CAA is Congressional legislation and isn't going anywhere. GM gets the 5.3 to ULEV50 with DFM and they sell that...
Feb 21, 2025
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NHTSA opens preliminary probe into more than 870,000 GM vehicles
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Lifter bore issue was limited to 2023 units and even then not anywhere near all of them. Purely anecdotal I see most 6.2 issues on...
Feb 20, 2025
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Disable AFM
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Yes that's been a thing even going back to the 6 speed units a decade ago. It "shouldn't" hurt anything but at the same time I'm not...
Feb 20, 2025
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Driving in L9 and DFM
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When the customer can’t provide oil change records and the engine clearly wasn’t maintained with the correct oil and mileage. Yes some...
Feb 20, 2025
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Driving in L9 and DFM
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The actual de-act mechanism of the lifter failing is really rare with the DFM engines outside of the known bad batch. Like really really...
Feb 19, 2025
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Driving in L9 and DFM
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September 1, 2020 to March 31, 2021. Contact any dealer and provide your VIN and they can tell you if any were replaced. Initially we...
Feb 18, 2025
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Anyone have a crooked exhaust - 6.2l?
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Nope haven't seen exhaust clamps on anything OE for 20+ years unless you count the headpipe which is just a ball clamp. No adjustment...
Feb 18, 2025
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NHTSA opens preliminary probe into more than 870,000 GM vehicles
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Everything we've been told at the dealership level (which ain't much) points to a bearing supplier issue. Assembly QA problems can...
Feb 18, 2025
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NHTSA opens preliminary probe into more than 870,000 GM vehicles
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That engine is a reman unit. I work at a dealer and have seen a few 6.2s disassembled onsite. Never seen an issue with wrist pin clips...
Feb 18, 2025
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No reverse on 2022 Yukon
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If you don't know anything about it then why speculate? OP, do you have an extended warranty? If not I'd suggest taking it to an...
Feb 13, 2025
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NHTSA opens preliminary probe into more than 870,000 GM vehicles
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Other than some superseding component part numbers the engine hasn't changed since it rolled out in the summer/fall of 2018. Lifter p/n...
Feb 13, 2025
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