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Locked In High Gear
2013 Chevrolet Spark
This problem may be covered under warranty. Ask your Chevrolet dealer.
6.0
fairly significant- Typical Repair Cost:
- No data
- Average Mileage:
- 39,650 miles
- Total Complaints:
- 2 complaints
Most Common Solutions:
- issue resolved (1 reports)
- not sure (1 reports)
transmission problem
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A D V E R T I S E M E N T S
So we just bought this car from a dealer and not 2 days home and it stuck in overdrive gear without coming out. Took it into dealer and they said it was misfiring and replaced the coil and 2 spark plugs. (BIG RED FLAG!) was when they said they couldn't "recreate" the problem! Sounds to me like there is no fix to the issue. After driving it to work it did the same thing. Brought it back in and the technicians said it was misfiring again. Told me that my selection of fuel might be an available solution such as Shell or other higher brands. This to me does not fix the problem at all and now my girl wants to know about a refund. I will be working with our salesmen to see what other available options we have as this car is nice but not worth my efforts to keep it reliable. I looked into the other complaints and found I too shut the car off and turn it back on and it corrects the issue temporarily but to say this car is reliable is OK for those who don't care pulling off the side of the road and restarting to correct the issue. I can say that while driving it it does not cause the gear to drop or stick it's only when in stop and go traffic in which this should not be happening. Everyone at the dealer has done everything they could but to me this car is nothing but a headache to those looking for reliability in a mini car. We will be looking at other available options shortly. I also see that they have had issues from this very thing and have corrected them in later models but have done nothing to correct this particular year. If you want to get one of your loved ones scared about cars out there have them jump into this one for a test drive and make sure you have them in stop and go traffic as it will eventually lock in to overdrive gear and have them running for an alternative. I really like the car but I don't like the issues with it that cannot be corrected.
Update from May 14, 2019: Update: Found the issue of the drive train as well as the misfire. After bringing this car in 3 times during the warranty coverage the techs of Chevrolet found the issue of the misfire was following the injector when moving it to another cylinder of the engine along with the connector. According to the techs the sensors that read the rpm of the motor through the torque converter were misreading due to the misfire. Replaced both the connector to the injector and the injector itself. Found no issues since and have been driving it daily with no more occurrences. This situation has been resolved and hopefully someone reading this might find it helpful.
- Tim S., Providence, RI, US