2022 Cadillac Escalade blown engine!

[Shaggy]

My brother-in-laws 2022 Escalade's engine just blow the other night. Has anyone heard about this in other Escalades or is this one just a fluke?

 

[Doubeleive]

My brother-in-laws 2022 Escalade's engine just blow the other night. Has anyone heard about this in other Escalades or is this one just a fluke?

just the typical lifter failures but that's about it, define "blown"

 

[soulsea]

I haven't seen anything around the internets that would indicate that this is a recurring issue on any of the engines and drivetrain configurations and combinations. I know it's no consolation but it might be a statistical outlier. What's the dealer and GM doing about it?

 

[Shaggy]

just the typical lifter failures but that's about it, define "blown"

I will have to ask him exactly what blown on it.

 

[iamdub]

Someone be trollin'.

 

[THE YETI]

At least it’s under warranty.

 

[ColeBlooded]

Someone be trollin'.

Op has 3100 posts. I don't think he's trolling

 

[Geotrash]

Bummer. Hope he gets it fixed and that’s the last of the problems.

I’ve seen two 2021+ Escalades broken down this year. One in downtown Asheville last spring with the flashers on getting hooked up to a tow truck, and the latest one just last week sitting on the side of I-64 in Norfolk with the hood up. In neither circumstance was the owner smiling.

 

[Doubeleive]

Op has 3100 posts. I don't think he's trolling

 

[WalleyeMikeIII]

My brother-in-laws 2022 Escalade's engine just blow the other night. Has anyone heard about this in other Escalades or is this one just a fluke?

Any idea of the build date of his Esky.

DFM Lifters likely the cause, but...could be something else too.

Hoping GM steps up and makes it good (as they should, given his Powertrain Warranty)

 

[Seamus]

I haven't seen anything around the internets that would indicate that this is a recurring issue on any of the engines and drivetrain configurations and combinations. I know it's no consolation but it might be a statistical outlier. What's the dealer and GM doing about it?

Well your not looking then. There are hundreds of threads and posts since 2021 on the 5.3 and 6.2 gas motor having defective lifters which can lead to bent pushrods, and wiped out cams. The entire top of the motor has to come off just to do lifters and pushrods. If the cam is wiped the front has to come off. Its a huge job. And a huge problem. There are TSB's out from GM and it appears to be just a matter of time because it it a bad design, but mainly a defective part that causes a BIG job. Its a real shame, because its such a great truck in so many other ways, but at this price point, this issue should not be in your head when going on a family road trip!!

 

[randeez]

op shady af imo

 

[soulsea]

Well your not looking then. There are hundreds of threads and posts since 2021 on the 5.3 and 6.2 gas motor having defective lifters which can lead to bent pushrods, and wiped out cams. The entire top of the motor has to come off just to do lifters and pushrods. If the cam is wiped the front has to come off. Its a huge job. And a huge problem. There are TSB's out from GM and it appears to be just a matter of time because it it a bad design, but mainly a defective part that causes a BIG job. Its a real shame, because its such a great truck in so many other ways, but at this price point, this issue should not be in your head when going on a family road trip!!

Hmm, well that's not good.

Hopefully mine won't shlt the bed.

 

[ColeBlooded]

Well your not looking then. There are hundreds of threads and posts since 2021 on the 5.3 and 6.2 gas motor having defective lifters which can lead to bent pushrods, and wiped out cams. The entire top of the motor has to come off just to do lifters and pushrods. If the cam is wiped the front has to come off. Its a huge job. And a huge problem. There are TSB's out from GM and it appears to be just a matter of time because it it a bad design, but mainly a defective part that causes a BIG job. Its a real shame, because its such a great truck in so many other ways, but at this price point, this issue should not be in your head when going on a family road trip

I hope the 23s don't have this problem

 

[Doubeleive]

exact same problem that has been around since around 2009 either you win the lottery or you don't

 

[Shaggy]

Someone be trollin'.

 

[iamdub]

Well your not looking then. There are hundreds of threads and posts since 2021 on the 5.3 and 6.2 gas motor having defective lifters which can lead to bent pushrods, and wiped out cams. The entire top of the motor has to come off just to do lifters and pushrods. If the cam is wiped the front has to come off. Its a huge job. And a huge problem. There are TSB's out from GM and it appears to be just a matter of time because it it a bad design, but mainly a defective part that causes a BIG job. Its a real shame, because its such a great truck in so many other ways, but at this price point, this issue should not be in your head when going on a family road trip!!

You must be fun at parties.

 

[Polo08816]

Well your not looking then. There are hundreds of threads and posts since 2021 on the 5.3 and 6.2 gas motor having defective lifters which can lead to bent pushrods, and wiped out cams. The entire top of the motor has to come off just to do lifters and pushrods. If the cam is wiped the front has to come off. Its a huge job. And a huge problem. There are TSB's out from GM and it appears to be just a matter of time because it it a bad design, but mainly a defective part that causes a BIG job. Its a real shame, because its such a great truck in so many other ways, but at this price point, this issue should not be in your head when going on a family road trip!!

If I start getting those symptoms while the vehicle is under a factory warranty, you can bet that I'm going to be going wide open throttle so that entire engine turns into kibbles and bits. I'll take a warranty replacement engine.

 

[DuraYuk]

Well your not looking then. There are hundreds of threads and posts since 2021 on the 5.3 and 6.2 gas motor having defective lifters which can lead to bent pushrods, and wiped out cams. The entire top of the motor has to come off just to do lifters and pushrods. If the cam is wiped the front has to come off. Its a huge job. And a huge problem. There are TSB's out from GM and it appears to be just a matter of time because it it a bad design, but mainly a defective part that causes a BIG job. Its a real shame, because its such a great truck in so many other ways, but at this price point, this issue should not be in your head when going on a family road trip!!

Its not a bad design. It's a supplier issue. The pushrod v8s are incredibly simple. To take the heads off is extremely easy. This is not a over head cam engine. The hardest part about the job is getting the exhaust manifold bolts loose.

And you are right there is a tsb with years and date ranges because it's a supplier issue.

All cars have issues. This statistically isn't that big of a deal. You don't understand how many hundreds of thousands of these engines there are and the failure rate is ridiculously small.

Still it sucks for it to happen. But that's what warranty is for.

 

[THE YETI]

You must be fun at parties.

Hehehehhe