2013 Chevrolet Spark: adaptive cruise control problems

Filed Jan 12, 2023 · Acceleration, Electrical · AZ

I'm coming to a stop or slowing down the car shuts off. Even when making a turn in front of another car across traffic my car has turned off in the middle of crossing the street and I almost got hit twice now. This affects the cruise control coming on as well the speedometer fluctuates back and forth the whole time I'm driving. This happens every day and at most times when I'm coming to a stop or coming out of a stop. I just have to test the gas before I make a turn in front of oncoming traffic to cross the road to make sure that I have power and then I go as fast as I can across so that hopefully I'll gain enough speed so that the car doesn't shut off again. So usually it's every time I come to a red light which is at least at the very least from my work to home is four lights and at every light it will do it. Oftentimes I cross traffic and it will do it. I just had to be very careful

Filed Mar 31, 2014 · Steering · 34,300 miles · CA

The steering wheel controls are not backlit and I accidentally set cruise control while driving through the city. Due to not being able to see the controls almost caused a serious accident.

Filed Oct 21, 2013 · Lights, Steering · 9,600 miles · NM

The steering wheel controls do not illuminate when you turn the lights on the car and makes it difficult to turn off/on the cruise control of the vehicle. You have to take your attention off the road to see the buttons at night.

Filed May 20, 2013 · Acceleration · 875 miles · FL

While driving on the highway with the cruise control set at 70 MPH, the vehicle kept accelerating and slowing down. By watching the tachometer, I could see the rpms go up and down continuously, and feel the vehicle surging forward and slowing again. The vehicle also did this with the cruise control set at 60 MPH. While driving on the street and coasting, you can feel the transmission shifting up and down, and the vehicle will suddenly accelerate on it's own, making this a very dangerous situation since if you are not alert, you may be driven into the back of the vehicle in front of you.

Filed Apr 15, 2013 · Acceleration, Electrical · 25 miles · FL

Buttons on steering wheel that work the cruise control, hands free phone, and radio controls do not light up when lights are on at night. This creates a dangerous situation as the buttons can not be seen in the dark. Gm is aware of the situation and has repaired it in models built after october 25 2012, but will not fix it in the models built before then. When I purchased the vehicle in november of 2012, I was not informed of the change before the purchase, leading me to believe that gm and its dealers intentionally mislead me into buying a car that they had already deemed as having an unsafe feature or they would not have changed it.

Filed Apr 1, 2013 · Acceleration, Lights · 1 miles · CA

Lack of button illumination lights for the cruise control, hands-free phone control and audio control on the steering wheel for night driving. The lack of illumination lights on these buttons creates potential safety issue when attempting to use the cruise control, phone call or audio functions from the steering wheel at night. This problem seems to be only for 2013 spark models with production prior to october 2012.

Filed Mar 2, 2013 · Electrical, Lights · 1 miles · OK

The steering wheel controls (cruise control, audio etc) do not illuminate. After some research, I have found that gm has remedied this issue with models manufactured after november 2012. This is a safety hazard at night because if I use my cruise control, I have to turn on my dome light to see what button to push. I complained to gm and was told that gm is simply not going to do anything about models manufactured prior to nov 2012.