Recall · 25V274000
General Motors recalled 8 models over engine and engine cooling
597,571
Vehicles covered
8
Models
32
Model years
April 24, 2025
Filed with NHTSA
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:HARD PARTS INTERNAL/MECHANICAL
- The defect
- General Motors LLC (GM) is recalling certain 2021-2024 Cadillac Escalade and Escalade ESV, Chevrolet Silverado 1500, Suburban, and Tahoe, GMC Sierra 1500, Yukon, and Yukon XL vehicles equipped with a 6.2L V8 gas engine. The connecting rod and/or crankshaft engine components may have manufacturing defects that can lead to engine damage and engine failure.
- What it can cause
- Engine failure increases the risk of a crash.
- What the dealer does
- Dealers will inspect the engine, and as necessary, repair or replace the engine. For vehicles that pass inspection, dealers will add higher viscosity oil, install 6 oil fill cap, replace the oil filter, and update the owner's manual. Repairs will be performed free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed June 18, 2025. Owners may contact Cadillac customer service at 1-800-333-4223, Chevrolet customer service at 1-800-222-1020, or GMC customer service at 1-800-462-8782. GM's number for this recall is N252494000.
- NHTSA's note
- Owners may also contact the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Vehicle Safety Hotline at 1-888-327-4236 (TTY 1-888-275-9171) or go to www.nhtsa.gov.
The repair is free, whatever the age or mileage of the vehicle, and whether or not you are the original owner.
Which vehicles
A recall reaches a range of VINs inside these model years, not every car built in them. Yours may not be covered even if it is listed here, and the only way to find out is NHTSA's own VIN lookup .
| Vehicle | Model years | Safety record |
|---|---|---|
| CadillacEscalade | 2021 to 2024 | 2021202220232024 |
| CadillacEscalade ESV | 2021 to 2024 | 2021202220232024 |
| ChevroletSilverado 1500 | 2021 to 2024 | 2021202220232024 |
| ChevroletSuburban | 2021 to 2024 | 2021202220232024 |
| ChevroletTahoe | 2021 to 2024 | 2021202220232024 |
| GMCSierra 1500 | 2021 to 2024 | 2021202220232024 |
| GMCYukon | 2021 to 2024 | 2021202220232024 |
| GMCYukon XL | 2021 to 2024 | 2021202220232024 |
How this campaign compares
At 597,571 vehicles this is a bigger campaign than 98% of the 19,818 vehicle recalls filed since 1995 whose size NHTSA published. The middle campaign on file covers 472. It covers model years 2021 to 2024, so the oldest vehicles on it were 4 model years old when the defect was reported to NHTSA.
Chevrolet vehicles have been recalled over the engine and engine cooling 14 times before this, most recently in May 2021 as 21V346000. That is not evidence the earlier repair failed.
This site holds the complaint record for all 32 model years the campaign names. Their owners have filed 7,278 complaints with NHTSA, 2,729 of them before this campaign was filed. 504 of those name the engine and engine cooling, the system this recall is about — a count of complaints, not of this defect. The earliest of them reached NHTSA in September 2020, 4 years before this filing.
The vehicles on this campaign carry 27 other recalls published here, the newest being: 26V085000 (power train), 26V083000 (power train), 25V619000 (fuel system, diesel), 25V060000 (structure).
Check your own car
A VIN check is the only answer for a specific vehicle, and it also shows every other open recall on it, which is usually the reason it is worth doing rather than reading one campaign.
Filed by General Motors, LLC with NHTSA on April 24, 2025 as campaign 25V274000. Every word of the defect, consequence and remedy above is NHTSA's published record of that filing, not a summary of it.
Compiled and maintained by guarledes . Data last checked 2025-04-24.
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