The fully refreshed 2022 Chevy Silverado 1500 made its big debut last September, ushering in a long list of changes and updates for the light duty pickup truck. Now, however, GM Authority has learned that the refreshed Chevy Silverado is unavailable to order with the naturally aspirated 6.2L V8 L87 gasoline engine.
According to GM Authority sources, production of the 2022 Chevy Silverado 1500 has been impacted by unavailability of the 6.2L V8 L87 gasoline engine. The engine is scheduled to return to production on July 18th, 2022.
Meanwhile, to complicate things even further, another 2022 Chevy Silverado 1500 engine option, namely the 3.0L I6 LM2 turbodiesel Duramax, is also unavailable to order for Silverado Custom Trail Boss, LTZ, and High Country trim levels.
Customers waiting for their new 2022 Chevy Silverado 1500 to be built with one of these two unavailable engines will likely be contacted by their local dealership with alternative solutions. Some of these solutions include delaying production of their new truck, or opting for a different engine option.
6.2L V8 L87
To note, the 2022 Chevy Silverado 1500 is normally offered with four engine options total. In addition to the 6.2L V8 L87 and 3.0L I6 LM2, these also include the turbocharged 2.7L I4 L3B gasoline engine, rated at 310 horsepower at 5,600 rpm and 430 pound-feet of torque at 3,000 rpm, and the naturally aspirated 5.3L V8 L84 gasoline engine, rated at 355 horsepower at 5,600 rpm and 383 pound-feet of torque at 4,100 rpm. For comparison, output from the 6.2L V8 L87 is rated at 420 horsepower at 5,600 rpm and 460 pound-feet of torque at 4,100 rpm, while output from the 3.0L I6 LM2 is rated at 277 horsepower at 3,750 rpm and 460 pound-feet of torque at 1,500 rpm.
Under the skin is the GM T1 platform, while production takes place at the GM Fort Wayne plant in Indiana, the GM Silao plant in Mexico, and the GM Oshawa plant in Canada.
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Why? I’m sure there is a perfectly reasonable explanation like, “Covid”.
Hundreds of thousands of 5.3’s and hundreds of thousands of 2.7’s are used yearly…. No supply issues. A motor that is equipped usually only by special order has supply constraints? Doubtful. More accurately GM isn’t tooling enough of these motors for the little demand that exists.
I can see a supply issue for the 3.0 as that motor is winding down to be replaced and much more often boxed checked by the dealer for Retail Stock.
My 6.2 was delivered 5/25. All I care about.
Sleepy Joe once your truck was put into production how long did it take for it to be delivered
Truck was ordered in Nov 21. Went 2000 in January. 3000 in February. Built 4/19 delivered 5/25.
Glacier Blue ZR2. Even won the lottery with zero credits or retrofits.
Price protected to launch MSRP plus employee pricing. Worked out to 11k off. Sticker says 73,100 I paid 62.5 plus tax and title.
Sleepy Joe your employee discount was 11k? I ordered a cherry red LTZ. It was built 5/23/22 but haven’t got a ETA yet.
you will have it end of june/ start of july
Negative. EP works out to a hair over 9%. 11k was the total “discount”.
MSRP was reduced to launch pricing due to the order being 1100 status prior to the increases.
You are locked to MSRP at the time of 1100. If it goes up after the preliminary order is protected, you don’t pay the new price.
Thankfully I have a 2020 with the big engine.
What is the 3.0 going to be replaced with??? This is the first I’m hearing of this…unless the replacement is the second-gen 3.0 duramax with updates and HP/TQ bump…
It’s an updated engine with a new RPO code: “LZ0.”
Just to clarify, another diesel engine to replace the current LM2? What do we know about this one?
“Material restriction.”
Aw,come on GM ,get your act together ,for a “for profit company”you sure are making a lot of things unavailable. It’s time to stop using the old tired worn out excuses as to why you can’t provide any and all of the options. If you want to be a profitable company then start selling what your customers want.
That’s why the global recession can not come soon enough.
It’s the only way to teach these large corporations a lesson on the price of being grossly incompetent.
Aww come on and stop the complaining already! First World car problems here. There are a lot of hard working blue collar Americans that can’t afford to purchase a $60,000, $70,000 or even an $80,000 vehicle and I’m so tired of hearing folks complain about the retrofits and certain options not being available. What did we do when cars did not offer features like heated/ventilated front seats, front/rear park assist, and a damn heated steering wheel. Hell did not freeze over and we survived!
Gm is either completely incompetent or they are manipulating what customers are purchasing. With constraints. Why I cancel my Denali ultimate order. 37 year loyal Gm truck owner and gm just reorder my 3rd front axel for a squeak in front end since purchased 3 years and 48,000 miles ago??? And 2019 high country been the worst truck ever.
No reason to buy the truck if you can’t get the 6.2 or 3.0.
This comment exactly
I guess if you have an image complex. Even the 6.2 is slow and can’t out run a V6 camry or accord. You get more payload with the smaller motors and better gas mileage which is important in business cases. Not sure which bucket you fall in but it probably is the have no use for a truck and live in suburbia and uses it as an extension based on your comment…. My 5.3 does everything I need, tows it all and has been reliable, never needed for the 6.2 and it is only a half second behind and 4 mph at the 1/4 from the 6.2, its no dog or wimpy. I want to go fast, that’s what the GTO is for and I promise this truck has hauled and towed more than you and been deeper in the back country. So want to restate what you said?
There’s nothing wrong with the 5.3 liter V-& engine. It has been in the GM trucks for a long time, every bit of 20 years and the engine keeps evolving. The 2.7 turbo is a great option for the Pro, SLE, and the Elevation trim levels. GM will be killing off the 5.3 and the 6.2 liter V-8 engines, it is inevitable at this point. FCA is on to something special with the Hurricane engine. A 3.0 liter inline six cylinder with a twin turbo set up is an absolute game changer!
VinFast in Vietnam has been a contract supplier to GM of the 6.2L V8 L87. The Baby Duramax is also made by another offshore vendor. Ocean carriers have really been challenged by port congestion. It’s a logistics issue that’s holding these engines from the final assembly lines.
Or a non grossly incompetent corporation chasing the lowest possible wages would do the smart thing and contract with local suppliers.
Fortunately the era of exploitative trade is coming to an end with government force.
Vietnam my ass
Budlar:
I shxt you not. VinFast, Vietnam’s largest conglomerate is a huge parts and components builder for various automakers. GM gets a lot of stuff from them. About 90+% of auto components are vendor made per both automaker and vendor design. Assembly plant and parts warehouse receiving have huge quality control and inspection departments for vendor sourced stuff.
The auto inventory slow down is beyond chips. It’s auto parts made in Asia for the US assembly plants of GM, Ford and Stellantis. They are floated to the USA by ocean carrier.. These carriers and their ports are jammed due to the Covid debacle.
Other example sources: TREMEC in Mexico designs and makes trainloads of GM transmissions. No US automaker makes their own bearings. Cummins does not cast their engine blocks and heads. These are just a few examples. I know VinFast in Vietnam. They are a huge auto parts player. They will soon start making EV’s in the USA.
VinFast’s quality and costs are superb. That’s why you see so much decaying empty industrial space in Detroit and Cleveland as examples.
GM used to build the BB in Buffalo NY
Well, with gas approaching $5 a gallon, these supply constraints will take care of themselves as sales of full size trucks and SUV’s evaporate, just like they did in 2008.
My ZR2 was moved to 5/16, 5/30, then 6/27. will call the dealer on monday and see what happens looks like a 23 for me
Production for 2022s runs thru the week of 9/10/2022….. So there’s still hope you’ll get a 2022.
The high price of diesel fuel renders the fuel economy advantage pointless for the 3.0. Additionally, the lower fuel economy of the 6.2 may make the higher performing engine a hard sell. Therefore, GM is slow-walking/stopping/delaying production of pickups that are unlikely to help GM meet volume sales targets. I get it perfectly.
No 6.2’s or 3.0’s means ZR2, AT4, AT4X, and Denali Ultimate production stops.
Availability issues with a 6.2 has to be GM-specific…besides block, heads, cam, valves & intake manifold, I believe everything on a 6.2 is interchangeable with a 5.3. Maybe GM outsources the valves??
The turbo 4 is no option, the 5.3 is plenty of engine in this truck. Unless you truly need the 6.2 or 3.0 for what you do, they are just for show. I remember when the 4.3 W/T was plenty of truck for most applications, for $11,000.
So does this mean we are done with ZR2’s for 2022 model year?