Chevrolet Spark Complaints (2014)

176 consumer complaints on file.

#10903612September 5, 2016
AIR BAGS
A DEER RAN OUT IN FRONT OF ME ON I29 - I WAS GOING ABOUT 65MPH STRAIGHT ON THE INTERSTATE AND NOT ONE OF MY AIR BAGS WORKED- NOTHING DEPLOYED. AFTER THE ACCIDENT A CODE 95 WAS DISPLAYED ON THE DASH. I WAS LUCKY I ALWAYS WEAR MY SEAT-BELT AS I COULD HAVE DIED.
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#10898554August 25, 2016
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL, ENGINE
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 CHEVROLET SPARK. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE REVVED ABNORMALLY AND ACCELERATED EVEN WHILE THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED. THE FAILURE OCCURRED WITHOUT WARNING. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE OPERATED NORMALLY UNTIL IT WAS REMEDIED PER NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 16V422000(ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, EQUIPMENT). THE VEHICLE WAS RETURNED TO THE DEALER, BUT THE FAILURE COULD NOT BE REPLICATED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 24,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10897884August 23, 2016
ENGINE
THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT STARTS FLASHING AND THE TRACTION LIGHT COMES ON, THEN THE CAR LOSES ITS ABILITY TO ACCELERATE PROPERLY AND SHAKES ALL OVER LIKE IT'S ABOUT TO FALL APART. THIS IS PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS WHEN I'M ON THE HIGHWAY AND THE CAR SUDDENLY FORCES ITSELF TO GO SLOWER AND WON'T ACCELERATE BEYOND 20-30 MPH IF I'M FULLY REVVING THE ENGINE. IT IS AN UNPREDICTABLE ON AND OFF ISSUE THAT THE DEALERSHIP HAS YET TO SEE AND IS NOT RELATED TO TEMPERATURE AS THE ISSUE HAS OCCURRED IN ALL 4 SEASONS. AS OF LAST WEEK, THE ACCELERATION AND SHAKING ISSUES HAVE STARTED OCCURRING WITHOUT THE CHECK ENGINE OR TRACTION LIGHTS TO WARN ME IT'S HAPPENING AGAIN.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10887902July 23, 2016
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
HESITATE UPON ACCELERATION
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10886062July 20, 2016
POWER TRAIN
I AM ON MY 3RD TRANSMISSION IN 2 YEARS. THE CAR HESITATES WHEN PULLING OUT FROM A STOP. AT TIMES THE HESITATION IS SO GREAT THAT THE CAR DOES NOT MOVE AT ALL, DESPITE THE GAS PEDAL BEING PRESSED TO THE FLOOR. THE MOST RECENT EPISODE WAS TOTAL TRANSMISSION FAILURE. BUT THE TRANSMISSION HAS HAD THIS PROBLEM SINCE I GOT THE CAR AND THE DEALER HAS TRIED TO "FIX" IT REPEATEDLY, WITH NO SUCCESS.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10883205July 7, 2016
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, ENGINE
WENT TO STORE A COUPLE MILES FROM HOME, CAME OUT OF STORE AND CAR WOULD NOT START. THINKING MAYBE THE BATTERY WAS AT FAULT I TRIED JUMPING THE BATTERY AND STILL NOTHING SO TURNED THE IGNITION OFF AND TOOK KEYS AND GOT RIDE HOME. THEN UPON RETURNING TO STORE TO PICK UP ITEMS PURCHASED THE CAR WAS RUNNING WITHOUT THE KEYS AND THE IGNITION WAS IN THE OFF POSITION. I HAD THE WOMAN COME OUT OF THE STORE TO SEE THIS. AND IT ALSO FREAKED ME OUT ON HOW THIS COULD HAPPEN. THEN I CALLED VIC KOENIG IN CARBONDALE, ILLINOIS WHERE I PURCHASED THE CAR, AND AT FIRST THEY SAID IT WASN`T COVERED UNDER WARRANTY BECAUSE IT HAD 39,000 AND WARRANTY RAN OUT AT 36,000 AND THAT THEY NEVER HEARD OF THAT WHERE A CAR JUST STARTS UP WITHOUT THE IGNITION TURNED ON. THEY WANTED ME TO BRING IT IN, I WAS AFRAID TO EVEN DRIVE IT SO I CALLED NAPA DOWN THE ROAD AND A COUPLE OF THERE MECHANICS COME OVER TO SEE THAT IT HAD STARTED WITH THE IGNITION TURNED OFF. SO THEN THEY GAVE ME A RIDE HOME AND THE OTHER ONE TOOK THE CAR BACK TO NAPA GARAGE TO DISCONNECT THE BATTERY CABLE AND SEE IF THAT WOULD SHUT IT OFF, FOR I DID NOT EVEN WANT TO STEP FOOT IN THE CAR.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10873396June 9, 2016
AIR BAGS
TL* THE CONTACT OWNED A 2014 CHEVROLET SPARK. WHILE DRIVING 55 MPH, THE DRIVER FELL ASLEEP DUE TO FATIGUE AND CRASHED INTO A MAILBOX AND DITCH. THE DRIVER AND PASSENGER AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY; HOWEVER, THE DRIVER SIDE CURTAIN AIR BAGS DEPLOYED. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE DRIVER SUSTAINED TWO FRACTURED VERTEBRAE, A FRACTURED STERNUM, AND MULTIPLE BRUISES AND CUTS TO THE HEAD. MEDICAL ATTENTION WAS REQUIRED. THE VEHICLE WAS DESTROYED AND TOWED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V298000 (AIR BAGS). THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 19,400.
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#10873206June 8, 2016
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 CHEVROLET SPARK. ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS, WHILE DRIVING 35-45 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO RESTART THE VEHICLE ON THE FIRST ATTEMPT. THE DEALER DIAGNOSED THAT THE NEGATIVE BATTERY TERMINAL NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE BATTERY TERMINAL AND BATTERY WERE REPLACED, BUT THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 2,722. UPDATED 07/26/16*LJ *CN
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10862523May 2, 2016
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, POWER TRAIN
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 CHEVROLET SPARK. WITHIN SIX MONTHS OF OWNING THE VEHICLE, THE INDEPENDENT DEALER DID NOT MENTION THAT THERE HAD BEEN THREE RECALLS ON THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR THREE MANUFACTURER RECALLS. PRIOR TO THE REPAIRS, THERE WERE NO FAILURES. AFTER THE REPAIRS, THERE WAS AN ANTIFREEZE LEAK, AN OIL LEAK, AND THE GEARS WERE SLOW TO CHANGE OVER. THE DEALER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURES. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN BACK TO THE DEALER WHO INDICATED THAT THE VEHICLE NEEDED TO BE DIAGNOSED TO DETERMINE THE FAILURE. THE CONTACT REPORTED TO THE MANUFACTURER THAT FAILURES PROGRESSED AFTER THE DEALER SUPPOSEDLY COMPLETED THREE RECALL REPAIRS. THE CONTACT WAS WAITING FOR THE MANUFACTURER TO PROVIDE A PERMANENT REPAIR SOLUTION TO THE DEALER. THE CONTACT HAD BEEN WAITING FOR LONGER THAN TWO WEEKS FOR A SOLUTION FROM THE DEALER AND THE MANUFACTURER. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS NOT AVAILABLE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10855199April 13, 2016
ENGINE
ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON, AND IT WAS AN ISSUE TO FIND OUT WHAT WAS CAUSING A ROUGH START AND A WARNING I COULD LOSE POWER. AFTER I TOOK MY CAR TO MY SHOP, HE FOUND THAT MY FUEL INJECTOR WAS THE CAUSE OF MY PROBLEM. PO301 CYLINDER MISFIRE #1 INJECTOR PLUGGED. I WAS PARKED, AND WHEN I TURN ON MY CAR, THE ENGINE LIGHT STAYED ON WHEN THE OTHER LIGHTS WENT OFF.,
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10854185April 7, 2016
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, ENGINE
WE BOUGHT ARE 2014 CHEVROLET SPARK NEW AND SINCE WE HAVE HAD IT THESE ARE THE PROBLEMS WE HAVE HAD. FOUR TIMES WE HAVE WENT TO START THE CAR TURNED KEY AND NOTHING HAPPENS, NO WARNING LIGHTS NOTHING IT'S LIKE THERE IS NO BATTERY IN CAR ALSO KEY GETS HOT AND 3 TIMES WE HAVE LOST POWER, ONCE TURNING FROM A TRAFFIC LIGHT PUSHED GAS PEDAL WOULD NOT GO OVER 2 MILES AN HOUR LET OFF PEDAL PRESSED AGAIN BOGGED DOWN LET OFF PEDAL AGAIN THEN WHEN PRESSED IT THE CAR SHIFTED HARD AND TOOK OFF FAST. WE TOOK THE CAR TO DEALER 3 TIMES THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT SAID NOTHING WRONG FED UP CALLED CHEVROLET CORPERATION TOOK IT BACK OUT TO DEALER THEY SAID STILL NOTHING WRONG. FED UP
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10853927April 6, 2016
ENGINE
RECALL MY RPM IS GOING UP TO 6 AND 7 RPM RANGE BEFORE IT SHIFT INTO THE NEXT GEAR OR LEVEL. IT IS HARD TO GO UP HILLS. NOW IT IS BURNING MORE GAS NOW.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10846379March 14, 2016
SERVICE BRAKES, VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
THIS VECHICLE HAS BEEN HAVING PROBLEMS WITH THE BRAKING SYSTEM AND SPEED. WHEN I BRAKE IT'S SOMETHING COMING UP UNDER MY FEET AND THEN THE TRACTION LIGHT COMES ON, :SLIPPERY WHEN IT'S WET LIGHT" ON THE PANEL. NOW, I HAD TAKEN IT TO BOB BELL TWICE AND THEY KEEP SAYING THEY FIXED IT, BUT MY CAR HAS BEEN IN THE SAME CONDITIONED. I WANT SOMETHING DONE BEFORE I LOSE MY LIFE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10837756February 23, 2016
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, ENGINE, UNKNOWN OR OTHER
CAR ACCELERATES ON ITS OWN WHEN BRAKING WHICH IS HIGHLY DANGEROUS IN TRAFFIC AS CAR JUMPS FORWARD WHEN IT DOES THIS. CONTINUOUSLY RUNS AT OVER 4000RPM. CAR STALLS WHEN ACCELERATING MAKING PULLING OUT INTO TRAFFIC OR COMING OFF AN EXIT RAMP QUITE DIFFICULT AND WILL REV ON ITS OWN WHILE DRIVING. CONTINUOUS ENGINE NOISE AS IF CAR IS BEING REDLINED. CAR ALSO HAS DIFFICULTY GOING IN REVERSE. EMERGENCY BRAKE DOES NOT HOLD PROPERLY. CAR WILL ROLL BACKWARD WHEN IN DRIVE AND ON A SMALL INCLINE. ELECTRICAL ISSUES WITH CAR WHERE STEREO WILL SPONTANEOUSLY CHANGE STATIONS AND THE DASH LIGHTS WILL FLICKER. HAVE MADE COMPLAINTS TO GM CONTINUOUSLY AND HAD IN DEALERSHIP MORE THAN 11 TIMES FOR REPAIR OF ISSUE. CAR WAS BOUGHT IN FEB 2015, FIRST TAKEN IN TO DEALERSHIP FOR ISSUE IN FEB 2015. IT IS NOW FEB 2016 AND GM REFUSING TO ADDRESS ISSUE. CAR FALLS UNDER LEMON LAW AND THEY ARE STALLING TO WAIT OUT TIME FRAME.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10825214February 9, 2016
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, ENGINE, FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
FROM MAY 2015 TO SEPT. 2015, MY VEHICLE HIGH-REVVED AND DIED ON THE HIGHWAY THREE TIMES... THE SAME THREE LIGHTS WOULD COME ON: TRACTION CONTROL, CHECK ENGINE, REDUCED ENGINE POWER. DUE TO THE TIMING OF INCIDENTS, AUTONATION REFUSED TO ACCEPT THE VEHICLE ALTHOUGH IT WAS WARRANTIED. I CALLED GM CORPORATE AND EXPLAINED THAT THIS WAS A DANGER TO THE SAFETY OF OTHERS AND JEOPARDIZED MY LIFE, AND THEY MADE ATTEMPTS TO REMEDY THE SITUATION AT HAND.. AUTONATION CALLED AND APOLOGIZED FOR THE LACK OF CUSTOMER SERVICE, BUT THEY DID NOT SCHEDULE AN APPOINTMENT TO FIND THE PROBLEM. ON A DAY OFF FROM WORK, I TOOK IT TO THE SAME AUTONATION TO HAVE THEM RUN DIAGNOSTICS, AND THE TURNED ME AWAY. THIS HAPPENED A DOCUMENT THREE TIMES. I TOOK IT TO ANOTHER CHEVY HOUSE, AND THEY ALSO REFUSED THE CAR. DRIVING IT ENDANGERED MY LIFE AS WELL AS OTHER DRIVERS. FAST FORWARD A COUPLE MONTHS, I FIND OUT THE THROTTLE BODY IS BAD, AND NO RECALL HAS BEEN PUT OUT. ON A SEPARATE OCCASION, CONDENSATION HAD BEGUN ON THE INTERIOR OF MY VEHICLE. UPON FURTHER INSPECTION, MY FLOORBOARDS WERE SOPPING WET, AND WATER BEGAN TO FILL THE CAB OF MY CAR. AUTONATION DID FIND THAT A HOSE HAD BEEN CUT AND HAD BEEN LEAKING FLUID THROUGHOUT THE CAB. TODAY, 2-9-16 AT APPX. 0426, MY VEHICLE BEGAN FILLING THE CAB WITH NOXIOUS FUMES AND SMOKING UPON PARKING FROM UNDERNEATH THE HOOD FOR NO OBVIOUS REASON. NO LIGHTS OR CHIMES INITIATED INSIDE THE VEHICLE. THIS VEHICLE COULD HAVE SET FIRE AT ANY MOMENT HAD I KEPT DRIVING. THIS VEHICLE IS VERY DANGEROUS TO MYSELF AND THOSE AROUND, AND NO ONE AT AUTONATION TAKES IT SERIOUSLY. I HOPE BY ADVANCING MY PROBLEMS WITH THE 2014 CHEVY SPARK WILL STEER POTENTIAL BUYERS THE OTHER WAY, AND I ALSO HOPE THAT GM WILL DO THE RIGHT THING AND BUY THE CAR BACK. WHEN A CAR DIES ON THE MOST DANGEROUS HIGHWAY IN TEXAS FOR NO REASON AND STARTS SMOKING, THERE IS OBVIOUSLY SOMETHING WRONG.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10788298November 4, 2015
SERVICE BRAKES, STEERING, SUSPENSION
I WAS DRIVING ON THE TURNPIKE NEAR WEST PALM BEACH AND I LOST CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE COMPLETELY. THE BRAKES WAS NOT WORKING AND THE STEERING LOCKED ON ME PREVENTING ME TO TURN THE WHEEL RESULTING IN THE VEHICLE CRASHING INTO THE GRASS TO A GUARD RAIL. ALSO THE AIR BAGS IN THE FROM DID NOT DEPLOY. ONLY THE SIDE AIR BAGS. I INJURED MY HEAD AND HAD TO GET STITCHES BECAUSE OF THIS.
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
2
Deaths:
0
#10787420October 31, 2015
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
WHILE MY DAUGHTER WAS DRIVING THE RADIO LOCKED AND SCREEN WENT BLANK ALL RADIO FUNCTIONS STOPPED WORKING. ALL WARNING CHIMES STOPPED WORKING. I PURCHASED THE CAR FOR MY NEWLY LICENSED DAUGHTER 6 MONTHS AGO, AND THIS IS THE SECOND PROBLEM I'VE HAD WITH THIS CAR AND I FEEL IT IS UNSAFE FOR HER TO DRIVE. I CONTACTED GM AND THEY WILL NOT FIX THE PROBLEM BECAUSE OF MY VIN # EVEN THOUGH I SAW A RECALL ON THE PROBLEM, STATING THAT I HAVE TO COME OUT MY POCKET TO FIX IT. I WILL NEVER PURCHASE ANOTHER GM/CHEVROLET. CAR AGAIN, THEY ARE A PIECE OF CRAP!
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10781044October 9, 2015
POWER TRAIN
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 CHEVROLET SPARK. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT LOW SPEEDS, THE VEHICLE JERKED FORWARD WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER HOWEVER, THE FAILURE WAS UNABLE TO BE DIAGNOSED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 27,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10764029September 15, 2015
STEERING, AIR BAGS, UNKNOWN OR OTHER
I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE STREET AT 45 MPH. IT WAS AT NIGHT. AS SOON AS I WENT THROUGH THE FIRST GREEN LIGHT, I ACCELERATED (PUSHED ON THE GAS). WHEN I CAME UPON THE SECOND LIGHT, I TOOK MY FOOT OFF THE ACCELERATOR TO BRAKE. ALL OF A SUDDEN THE ACCELERATOR WAS NOT WORKING PROPERLY. IT WOULD NOT SLOW DOWN. I TRIED APPLYING THE BRAKES, BUT IT SEEMED AS IF THE CAR WAS OUT OF CONTROL. I COULD NOT STEER RIGHT OR ANYTHING. I HIT TO CURBS AND KNOCKED DOWN TO CITY SIGNS. THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT ALONG WITH EMS GOT ME OUT OF THE CAR. THE CAR WAS TOTALED.
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#10760545September 2, 2015
SEATS:FRONT ASSEMBLY:HEAD RESTRAINT
2014 CHEVROLET SPARK. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO VEHICLE HEAD REST WERE UNCOMFORTABLE. *SMD THE CONSUMER STATED THE DESIGN OF THE HEAD REST, CAUSE HER NECK PAIN. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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