GM recall underway for nearly 600K vehicles for possible engine failure

General Motors recalls nearly 600,000 vehicles in the United States due to a potential problem with certain parts that could cause engine failure.

The recalled vehicles include 2021-2024 Cadillac Climbing, Cadillac ESV, Chevrolet Silverado 1500, Chevrolet Suburban, Chevrolet Tahoe, GMC Sierra 1500, GMC Yukon and GMC Yukon XL Vehicles with V8 gas engines.

Inside their engines, the connecting rod “and / or the” parts of the engine of the crankshaft “can have manufacturing defects which can cause damage caused by the engine and a failure of the engine”, something which could increase the risk of an accident, especially if this happens while they are led, according to the automaker’s ratio.

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“Our customer safety and satisfaction are the highest priorities for the entire GM team, and we are working to approach this question as quickly as possible,” GM on Tuesday in a statement in Fox Business.

GM built the vehicles affected between March 1, 2021 and May 31, 2024.

The automaker said in the NHTSA reminder report The fact that he found a dozen “accidents that are potentially linked” and the same number of “potentially allegedly linked injuries” in the United States, most of these alleged injuries “have not been linked to accidents” with them as “minors or non-physical”, according to the report.

Chevrolet Silverado van trucks (David Paul Morris / Bloomberg via Getty Images)

The letters warning the owners of the American vehicles recalled will be released on June 9.

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To solve the problem, assigned vehicles will have to undergo an inspection in the dealership, engines being repaired or replaced if necessary.

Those who pass the inspection “will receive a higher viscosity oil, which will also require a new oil filling ceiling, a replacement of the oil filter and a manual insert of the owner,” said the NHTSA report.

The remedy will be free.

GM has solved the problems with the villemen and the connection rods in production thanks to “manufacturing improvements” around June 1 of last year, said the NHTSA report.

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Additional vehicles have been recalled for the same problem outside America, with around 721,000 people allocated worldwide, including those in the United States, according to GM.

(David Paul Morris / Bloomberg via Getty Images)

The automaker has Chevrolet, Buick, GMC and Cadillac among its vehicle brands.

In the United States, it sold 2.7 million vehicles last year, marking an increase of 4% compared to 2023.