# 2014 Chevrolet 1500 - Bad design?

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/2014-chevrolet-1500-bad-design/162467>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Tags:** chevrolet\
**Created:** [April 5, 2020, 4:18pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2014-chevrolet-1500-bad-design/162467 "2020-04-05T16:18:21Z")\
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**Author:** ![Jack19](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c77e96/32.png) [@Jack19](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Jack19)\
**Post date:** [April 5, 2020, 4:18pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2014-chevrolet-1500-bad-design/162467/1 "2020-04-05T16:18:21Z")

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my mechanic told me that GM change the design on their truck engines around 2008 and it is causing the camshafts to fail requiring a new engine in trucks built between 2008-2014. Did they ever go back and redesign the engines or are they still using the bad design?

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**Author:** ![Mustangman](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/mustangman/32/44130_2.png) [@Mustangman](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Mustangman)\
**Post date:** [April 5, 2020, 5:57pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2014-chevrolet-1500-bad-design/162467/2 "2020-04-05T17:57:37Z")

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the 2014 GM V8 is known as the Generation V (or 5) LS V8. The 2005 to 2013 engines are known as the Gen IV (or 4) LS V8. So yes, there has been a re-design.