A friend sent me this video in an email titled "Best reason for not buying new ICE vehicles" with this text "This is scary stuff" and a link to an AI videos on Youtube.

Mechanics and dealers may soon have to deal with panicked owners, watching AI content with hallucinated stories.

In a "it takes a thief to catch a thief" moment I ran this video's transcript through and AI and asked if it was written by an AI, it said this
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The transcript is not accurate, not from a real news source, and very likely AI‑generated or heavily AI‑assisted clickbait. It mixes real events (GM’s L87 recall, Toyota V35A issues, Hyundai/Kia engine recalls) with fictional details, inflated numbers, and future-dated events that have never happened. It reads like a dramatized script written to maximize watch time, not to inform.

What’s real

GM’s L87 6.2L V8 recall

Post‑recall failures and new NHTSA investigation

Toyota V35A twin‑turbo V6 issues

Hyundai/Kia engine failures

What’s exaggerated, misleading, or outright fabricated

There is no evidence of a coordinated, cross‑manufacturer investigation revealing a single root cause.

Each automaker’s issues stem from different suppliers, different engines, different years, and different failure modes.

It claims “82% of all mechanical wear is from particulate contamination”

It claims Toyota, Honda, Hyundai, and GM all share the same root cause

It claims Honda V6 engines are failing en masse

It invents specific failure stories
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Engineers Say They Finally Found What’s Causing Modern Engine Failures