Chevrolet Spark — reported problems

What owners report: issue areas

Owner complaints are classified by the system they concern: 1,518 classifications in all. One complaint can concern several systems, so these add up to more than the number of complaints.

• Powertrain (transmission & drivetrain)248 (16.3%)
• Engine246 (16.2%)
• Electrical system202 (13.3%)Official recall records for this system: 5, covering model years 2013–2015.
• Air bags (restraint system)112 (7.4%)Official recall records for this system: 4, covering model years 2013–2019.
• Speed control & accelerator102 (6.7%)
• Brakes94 (6.2%)

Other / uncategorized: 114 classifications (7.5%) were not assigned to a specific system by the source. They are counted but not treated as an issue area.

These are counts of records held by CarFaultIQ, not a failure rate. More records can simply mean more vehicles were sold or more owners reported. No vehicles-in-service figure exists in this data, so no reliability or risk score can be derived from it.

What the records are about, by source

Each source is kept separate: owner complaints, recalls, manufacturer communications and investigations are different kinds of record and are never added together. All model years.

• Owner complaints (1,004 records, model years 2013–2022) are most frequently classified under: powertrain (transmission & drivetrain), engine and electrical system.
• Manufacturer communications (10,343 records, model years 2013–2022) are most frequently classified under: equipment & accessories, electrical system and engine.

"Most frequently classified under" reports how the records are filed by the source. It is not a finding about causes, and a record can be filed under more than one system. Read the individual records

Mileage reported when the issue occurred

• 686reports included a mileage
• 39,888average of those mileages

This is the mileage owners recorded at the time they reported, not an expected failure mileage and not a prediction for any individual vehicle. The lowest and highest figures on record are not shown: they are unverified odometer entries that include zeros and implausibly high readings, so they would not describe a real range. A median is not shown either, because the stored figures are group totals and a median cannot be recovered from them.

Evidence by model year

Records held per model year. Select a year to narrow this page to it.

1. 2013 1,603 records for 2013 1,603
2. 2014 1,659 records for 2014 1,659
3. 2015 1,367 records for 2015 1,367
4. 2016 783 records for 2016 783
5. 2017 736 records for 2017 736
6. 2018 763 records for 2018 763
7. 2019 588 records for 2019 588
8. 2020 556 records for 2020 556
9. 2021 456 records for 2021 456
10. 2022 361 records for 2022 361

Counts are not adjusted for how many vehicles were sold in each year, so a taller year is not necessarily a worse year.

Reports mentioning outcomes

• 92mention a crash
• 10mention a fire
• 88mention an injury

These are counts of records whose report mentioned the outcome. They are not a severity rating and not a safety assessment of this vehicle.

Official records held

• Safety recalls NHTSA 28
• Manufacturer communications NHTSA 10,343
• Investigations NHTSA 2
• Transport Canada recalls Transport Canada 26
• Owner complaints NHTSA 1,004

Explore the underlying evidence records

Diagnostic codes found in evidence for this vehicle

These codes appear by explicit identifier in official records matched to this exact model and year.

• P0442 in 35 records · 2013–2022
• P2635 in 15 records · 2013–2017
• P0324 in 12 records · 2014–2015
• P050D in 12 records · 2016–2018
• U0028 in 8 records · 2013–2018
• P06DE in 7 records · 2016–2019
• P2138 in 7 records · 2013–2018
• P0521 in 4 records · 2013–2016
• P0299 in 3 records · 2018–2018
• P0300 in 2 records · 2013–2014
• P0301 in 2 records · 2013–2014
• P0336 in 2 records · 2015–2015

A code appearing in a record means the code was named in that document. It is not a diagnosis of this vehicle, not a fault this vehicle has, and not an indication of urgency. Diagnosis requires reading live data from the vehicle.