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While trying to accelerate from stopped position car will hesitate and stall out. Check engine light came on. Took to dealership and had 1400 misfire codes in history. Has been back to dealership 5 more times and cannot duplicate concern. Now while driving down the highway car has lost acceleration and stalled out a total 4 times in 85 miles. This is a huge safety concern for me. I've been lucky so far to avoid being hit but I shouldn't be playing russian roulette when I'm driving a vehicle with less than 30K miles on it. I've had the car since 12/2016 and it's been a complete nightmare. GM needs to recall all these cars before a class action lawsuit against them is filed. I'm paying for a car that I am scared to death literally, to die!!!
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.
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.
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.
- Vienna, IL, USA
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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.,
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
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.
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.
The vehicle will randomly rev and stall. Took vehicle in to be repair on five occasions dealers drive it for maybe 30 miles and say issue can not be found.
Hello, below is an email detailing the issue I sent to hertz which I rented the car from hello, as a reoccurring hertz customer, I wanted to make hertz aware of a severe safety issue with a Chevrolet Spark that I recently rented. While on I-95 in Connecticut, the car turned off completely and I lost power steering and power brakes. I was able to safely pull over and restart the car. If I as a driver had anything to do with the car turning off, the only logical explanation is that my knee touched the keychain which caused the key in the ignition to turn off. Such a light tap of my right knee while I am driving to potentially be the reason a car turns off is of great concern. I would like to keep renting with hertz but this incident has damaged my respect for hertz rented vehicles. Because of this incident, I would appreciate hertz inspecting this vehicle and providing reimbursement and other relief. Below is the information on the rental: Sincerely, [xxx] rental agreement no:[xxx] invoice date: 03/30/2015 document: [xxx] rental reference rental agreement no:[xxx] reservation id: [xxx] frequent traveler: ZE1 I.T. no.: vstate voucher: [xxx] rate plan: In: vstate [xxx] rented on: [xxx] la guardia ap NY, NY returned on: 03/29/2015 17:15 loc# 190110 la guardia ap NY, NY car description: [xxx] veh. No.: [xxx] car class charged: A mileage in: 17,756 rented: A out: 16,895 reserved: A driven: 861 information redacted pursuant to the Freedom Of Information Act (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6).
The engine shuts off while the car is in park and while driving. The dealership can not find the reason why. All they will say is the there is nothing wrong with the car.
Vehicle loses power when merging on to interstate or taking off almost hit in tail in.and still acts as if its hesitate when taking off.was told by Chevy dealership mechanic its because its a four cylinder only had car a few months now and scared to go far from home in it.talked to others that have the same car and they have the same problem just would like to know does it take someone getting hurt or killed before the problem is fixed.
The contact owns a 2014 Chevrolet Spark. While driving various speeds, the brake pedal was aggressively depressed in order to stop the vehicle. When the clutch was depressed, the engine rpms rapidly increased. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 8,000.
When accelerating from a stop, making a left turn into cross traffic with plenty of time, the engine will not accelerate! even with the gas completely pressed it stalls for a good four seconds. I would have been involved in a major accident if it traffic did not slow down for my car to finally rev up, sounding like it's red lining just to get with the flow of traffic.
The contact owns a 2014 Chevrolet Spark M300. The contact stated that the vehicles antifreeze level was low and the antifreeze reservoir was almost empty. The vehicle was taken to the dealer and diagnosed that the antifreeze canister had a leak and needed to be replaced. The vehicle was repaired. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 19,700. Updated 02/02/15 updated 10/6/2015
1st and 2nd recall completed but vehicle still does not run right. 3rd 4th and 5th recall has not been schedule by GM and are safety recalls. 1. bolt on bottom has to be torqued to the right setting or could be lost of steering. 2. airbag not deploying. 3. need new hood latch as it could corrode vehicle could open unexpectedly. This vehicle should not be on the street.
I received a recall notice for my 2014 Chevy Spark regarding the PCV valve indicating that the valve will cause the car to leak oil. I did not see this recall on your website so I thought I should inform you. Thanks
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.
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- Lansing, MI, USA