GM 6.2L troubles aren't over.

[02SE]

I think you need more trouble from it to lemon law it or buy back. If the fix it and its OK the courts consider it fixed in an acceptable manor.

Yep. When my cousins neighbor successfully lemon-lawed his Rivian truck, it was only after numerous attempts and failures by the dealer to fix the pile, that he succeeded.

 

[AZjeff]

They should have gotten the 5.3.

Thanks I'll pass that along. The active fuel management still fails in the 5.3. GM said they fixed the problem in the 6.2 engine.

For those saying they should have known, outside of BITOG most people aren't down in the weeds "car people" beyond knowing they like one more than another and just have an expectation (not unreasonable) that a brand new whatever isn't going to ruin the engine in 6000 miles.

As far as Lemon Law or Buy Back they don't want it now so they're looking into those I was told. They have 2 teenage boys and do lots of road trips, how do you trust something after this? How many miles would you put on to say it's good now? Is a replacement engine any different that what comes in it new?

 

[mrvmax]

Working at a Ram dealership, I don't see new crate engines waiting to be put into Ram 1500's at all.
Hemi or the Hurricane.
However, on a visit to the local Toyota store 2 weeks ago this is what I saw in the customer service drive in bays.

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How about the Dodge diesels? I bet you can't say the same about those. Maybe not crate engines laying around but lots of repairs.

 

[Danno]

How about the Dodge diesels? I bet you can't say the same about those. Maybe not crate engines laying around but lots of repairs.

Ram Cummins diesels, sure, but we deal with diesels in general that work hard, not pavement princesses.
An example. Thousands of hours on terrible roads and thousands of idle hours.
Ecodiesels were pretty bad, no doubt.

 

[Oliveoil2]

It really puts me off a manufacturer who continues to build and sell known defective engines, with dealers trying limited repairs just to get the vehicle out of warranty. It’s deceitful and crappy. It shows they don’t care about customer loyalty. So why should we be loyal to a manufacturer that behaves this way?. The Nissan 3cyl variable compression engine comes to mind. They say they've fixed the problem. I have yet to see one make it to 100k. And when they fail it’s usually out of warranty.

 

[4wd]

I don’t like AFM bcs of who pushed it - but, I live in truck central - high income LT folks - and don’t know anyone who are having either of these issues - some north of 200k doing real work …
And as Chris has pointed out - all can foul NORMAL lifters as well … some feedback from mechanics is like asking a Doctor if any sick people have been in …
Unlike the cars mentioned often - Ford, GM, and RAM do the work hard/play hard in N.A. - over to BrendanC …

 

[4wd]

Years of more than a few failing GM 6.2 L yet people keep buying them. I've seen online where some of replacement engines are still failing.

How does that effect you?