2014 CHEVROLET SPARK Complaints

HAVE A 2014 CHEVY SPARK. I DO NOT HAVE A SPARE TIRE. I WAS ON THE INTERSTATE HEADING HOME FROM VISITING FAMILY OUT OF STATE AND HAD A FLAT TIRE. I THOUGHT NO BIG DEAL I WILL PUT THE SPARE ON AND TAKE CARE OF THE FLAT WHEN I GET HOME. I WAS LOOKING AROUND AND THERE WAS NO SPARE TIRE. ALL I HAD WAS BOTTLE OF MANUFACTURE SUPPLIED FIX A FLAT AND AN AIR COMPRESSOR. NO JACK NO LUG WRENCH AND NO SPARE TIRE. I THOUGHT MAYBE THE CAR HAD RUNFLAT TIRES. IT DID NOT. I WENT TO PUT FIXFLAT IN TIRE AND AIR UP. THERE WAS A HOLE IN SIDE WALL OF TIRE. I HAD TO PAY FOR A TOW TRUCK TO TOW CAR TO SHOP. HOOK UP FEE PLUS MILEAGE. IF THERE WAS A SPARE AND ALL, I WOULD ONLY BE OUT THE COST OF THE TIRE. THIS IS UNCALLED FOR BY ANY MANUFACTURE. *TR

RENTAL CAR - CHEVY SPARK. WENT TO MAKE A LEFT HAND TURN AND WAS NOT ABLE TO POWER VEHICLE. SLOWLY STARTED ROLLING INTO FAST MOVING TRAFFIC (FROM BOTH DIRECTIONS) AND COULD NOT ACCELERATE. NOT SURE IF THIS IS A FAULTY IGNITION OR A POWER FAILURE. CAR WAS GOING FROM A FULLY STOPPED POSITION TO A LEFT HAND TURN.VERY DANGEROUS AND WOULD HAVE BEEN IN COLLISION HAD NOT OTHER CARS IN TRAFFIC COME TO A STOP TO AVOID A COLLISION. I AM UNSURE OF YEAR (2013 - 2015) AS DID NOT RECORD THIS INFORMATION. *TR

HOOD FLEW OPEN INTO WINDSHIELD WHILE ACCELERATING, CAUSED ME TO CRASH VEHICLE INTO TREE. *TR

WHEN DECELERATING IN MY 2014 CHEVROLET SPARK BETWEEN 25 AND 15 MPH IT FEELS LIKE SOMEONE IS APPLYING THE BRAKES. SERVICE TECHNICIAN SAID IT'S NORMAL FOR A CVT. I HAVE DRIVEN MULTIPLE CARS WITH CVT AND NEVER EXPERIENCED THIS PROBLEM. ALSO, A LOUD TICKING FROM THE ENGINE. TECHNICIAN STATES IT'S THE FUEL INJECTORS. I AM NOT ACCEPTING THIS EXPLANATION BECAUSE THE ENGINE ALSO "MISSES" A STROKE ONCE IN AWHILE. *TR

WITH LESS THAN 500 MILES ON IT, VEHICLE WAS HESITATING INTERMITTENTLY UPON ACCELERATION FROM A STOP; OCCASIONALLY WOULD MISS BRIEFLY, WOULD NOT ALWAYS "SHIFT" UNLESS YOU TOOK FOOT OFF GAS; WOULD FEEL LIKE BRAKE BEING APPLIED WHEN COASTING AT LOW SPEED; AND WAS GETTING BAD GAS MILEAGE. CAR WAS NOT SHOWING ANY ERROR CODES BUT MECHANIC FOUND THESE ISSUES UPON TEST DRIVING IT HIMSELF. DEALERSHIP REPLACED PISTONS, RODS, ETC. WAS TOLD WRONG PISTONS INSTALLED AT FACTORY. UPON TEST DRIVING AFTER REPAIRS MECHANIC FOUND TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS (LEAKING) AND FOUND A CRACK IN THE HOUSING AND AN O RING NOT SEATED PROPERLY. REPLACED HOUSING AND AGAIN TEST DROVE AND HAD TRANSMISSION NOISE AND FOUND METAL SHAVINGS IN PAN) AND THEY THEN REPLACED ENTIRE TRANSMISSION. LOVED THE STYLE OF THIS CAR BUT AM TOTALLY DISAPPOINTED IN THE QUALITY OF THIS CAR. *TR

REPORTED SEVERAL PROBLEMS WITH THE CHEVY SPARK WITH PURCHASED IN AUG 2013, NO STARTS, AUTO SHUT OFFS, RPM SPIKES AND "NOW" OIL BURNING, BEGINNING OCTOBER 2013 DIRECTLY TO GM COMPANY AT 855-238-0780, 866-790-5600 AND CHEVY HEADQUARTERS AND SEVERAL CHEVY SERVICE CENTERS: ONSTAR SUBSCRIBER SERVICES ACCT# ACCOUNT NUMBER: 139-256-583 AT 1.888.4.ONSTAR ACTIVATED AUGUST 2013 BEGAN SENDING VEHICLE DIAGNOSTIC IN SEPT 2013 WITH AN VEHICLE PROBLEM ALERT FOR THE TRANSMISSION/ENGINE SYSTEMS, I ADDRESSED THIS WITH SEVERAL CHEVY DEALERS AND WAS TOLD AT ONE POINT THAT IT WAS A POSSIBLE REPORTING ERROR BY ONSTAR SINCE THE CHEVY SERVICE CENTER COULD NOT LOCATE OR DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. THE ISSUES WITH THE SPARK FURTHER DETERIORATED INTO BURNING OIL AND LEAKING OIL PROBLEMS, OF COURSE IT WAS TAKEN TO THE CHEVY DEALERS IN BOTH ENTERPRISE AND [XXX], [XXX] IN INDIANAPOLIS INDIANA AND NOTHING SIGNIFICANT WAS SUPPOSEDLY FOUND ALTHOUGH WHEN CHECKING THE OIL STICK WE CONTINUE TO FIND NO OIL OR LOW OIL LEVELS IN THE CAR, WE THEN HAVE TO REPEATEDLY PUT REPLACEMENT OIL IN THE CAR. TODAY, FRIDAY AUGUST 8, 2014 WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE ON THE HIGHWAY THE CAR'S ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AGAIN, THE OWNER [XXX] ATTEMPTED TO STEER THE CAR OFF THE HIGHWAY BUT WAS HIT FROM BEHIND, THE AIRBAG DID NOT DEPLOY, FORTUNATELY NO ONE WAS KILLED THIS TIME. WE ARE NOT CERTAIN OF THE INJURIES BUT THE OWNER, [XXX] HAS COMPLAINED OF BACKACHE AND HEADACHE, SYMPTOMS OF A POSSIBLE CONCUSSION. WE HATE THIS CAR!!! IT IS A LEMON AND MAY EVENTUALLY KILL SOMEONE. INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

THE CAR ACTS SLUGGISH AND ACT LIKE IT IS GOING TO STALL OUT WHEN YOU PUSH ON THE GAS PEDAL AFTER YOU SLOW DOWN OR COME TO A COMPLETE STOP. IT ALSO HAS TRIED TO STALL OUT WHILE DRIVING THREE TIMES WHEN YOU PRESS ON THE GAS PEDAL WITH OTHER THAN SLIGHT PRESSURE. AT LOW SPEEDS THE STEERING GOES A LITTLE CRAZY SO THAT YOU CAN'T CONTROL THE CAR VERY WELL. I DID SEND A SIMILAR COMPLAINT TO CHEVROLET CORPORATION BACK IN APPROXIMATELY MARCH THROUGH THEIR WEBSITE BUT HAVE NOT HEARD BACK FROM THEM. I DID LET THEM KNOW THIS CAR IS DANGEROUS AND SHOULD NOT BE SOLD. MY SON HAD THE ACCIDENT HAPPEN ON MAY 4, 2014 WHEN HE HAD STOPPED TO GET GAS. HE WAS PULLING AWAY FROM PUMPS AND THE CAR KEPT GOING RIGHT INTO CURB BECAUSE IT WAS TRYING TO STALL OUT. I WILL BE SUBMITTING SAME INFORMATION AGAIN TO CHEVROLET CORPORATION THROUGH THEIR WEBSITE. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 CHEVROLET SPARK. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THERE WAS A STRONG ODOR OF CHEMICALS EMITTING FROM THE VEHICLE. AS A RESULT, THE CONTAC WOULD BECOME SICK AND HAVE HEADACHES. THE CONTACT ALSO STATED THAT THE AIR CONDITION WOULD NOT WORK PROPERLY AND FAILED TO EMIT COLD AIR. IN ADDITION, THE POWER STEERING FAILED. THE FAILURE RECURRED ON MULTIPLE OCCASIONS. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER WHERE THE FAILURE FOR THE STEERING COULD NOT BE REPLICATED, HOWEVER STATED THAT THE EVAPORATIVE AIR TEMPERATURE (HEAT SENSOR) AND THE LOW PRESSURE SWITCH ADAPTOR KIT NEEDED TO BE INSTALLED. IN ADDITION, THE BODY CONTROL MODULE NEEDED TO BE REPROGRAM AND THE A/C COMPRESSOR NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED BUT THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 98. UPDATED 09/02/14*LJ UPDATED 11/18/2014 *JS

JUNE 21ST I BOUGHT A 2014 CHEVY SPARK AND ONLY USED TO GET TO WORK & BACK.THEN ON THE 23RD I WAS SITTING IN TRAFFIC WAITING TO MOVE.I PUSHED DOWN ON THE GAS PEDDLE & WAS JOLTED FORWARD & BACK.I THOUGHT THIS WAS NORMAL SINCE I NEVER HAD THIS TYPE OF TRANSMISSION (CVT). THEN I NOTICED THAT I REALLY HAD TO GIVE IT GAS TO GET GOING UP A HILL & AFTER STOPPING AT A RED LIGHT.THE NEXT DAY IT HAPPENED AGAIN SO I CALLED THE DEALER THE NEXT DAY & THEY SAID TO BRING IT IN.AFTER THEY TOOK THE CAR FOR A TEST RIDE & RAN A DIAGNOSTICS ON IT THEY SAID THAT THERE WAS SOMETHING WRONG WITH THE TRANSMISSION.TRIED TO UP DATE THE SOFTWARE & THEY HAD NO LUCK.THEN THEY CALLED GM & TOLD THEM WHAT THEY FOUND.CAME BACK TO TELL ME THAT I NEEDED A NEW TRANSMISSION.HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR THE TRANSMISSION & IN THE MEAN TIME I FOUND OUT AFTER CALLING GM THAT IN MAY OF THIS YEAR THERE WAS A RECALL FOR A KNOCKING NOISE OF THE ENGINE & ACCELERATION PROBLEM.ALSO, CHECKED TO SEE IS ANY OTHER RECALLS WERE FOR MY CAR.FOUND OUT IN SOUTH KOREA THE SPARK WAS RECALLED DUE TO A DEFECTIVE TRANSMISSION MOUNT, WITH GEARBOX MOUNT THAT MAY DESTABILIZE AND CAUSE A DROP IN TRANSMISSION POWER.GAVE THE DEALERSHIP THIS INFORMATION THAT I FOUND.STILL WAITING TO GET MY CAR BACK & NOT SURE I WANT TO KEEP IT.THE DEALERSHIP WILL NOT BUY BACK MY CAR & SAID THAT THEY CAN GIVE ME ANOTHER SPARK IF THIS ONE NOT FIXED.TO TOP IT OFF I 'M PAYING MY CAR INSURANCE FOR A CAR I DON'T HAVE. *TR

WHILE I WAS DRIVING, I LOST ACCELERATION, I HEARD A LOUD BOOM, AND WAS PROPELLED FORWARD WITH SUCH FORCE I THOUGHT I HAD BEEN HIT FROM BEHIND. THE ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON IMMEDIATELY AFTER. I AM NERVOUS TO DRIVE THE CAR IN TRAFFIC NOW. 2014 CHEVY SPARK. *TR