When accelerating (between 5-30mph), the vehicle stutters to gain power/speed-it almost feels like there's a delay in the execution when trying to accelerate. The vehicle will then lunge forward, then sulk back as if the engine has temporarily lost power. The lunge, sulk back and stutter are progressively worsening, to the point that the plunge and sulk are occurring at more varying speed changes more and more frequently (accelerating or lifting off the gas peddle to slow down).
2014 Chevrolet Spark engine complaints
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Tl* the contact owns a 2014 chevrolet spark. While driving at various speeds, the vehicle intermittently lost motive power with a knocking sound detected in the engine. The check engine warning light was illuminated. The vehicle was taken to independent mechanic where the contact was informed that the vehicle experienced piston failure. Neither the dealer nor manufacturer was contacted. The failure mileage was 81,500.
When I take off, like from stopping at a red light, and my car shudders and makes a clunking sound when it shifts gears. I saw where there are recalls for the car "hard shifting" and could this be the same thing
The jug that holds my antifreeze developed a hole right where the hose connects to it and antifreeze was dripping onto a belt. My car would make a screeching sound and hesitate while I was driving. I replaced the belt but then other stuff started going wrong. The engine revs up while I am driving and the car will hesitate each time this happens, it usually happens several times in a few seconds then drives fine for a short while. No pattern, just happens randomly. This has been going on for a couple of months. On 08/07/1019 I was driving 320 miles to copperas cove, tx from lubbock,tx . After driving about 100 miles my car studdered real bad and I lost all power as I turned a corner. Then the check engine light came on. I stepped on the gas to the floor and my car would barley move. I managed to get to a gas station where I had to wait for a tow back to lubbock. Something about the device that puts oxygen into the gas as it goes into the engine is not working properly. I found several complaints about the same experience online. I only have about 54000 miles on my car. My alarm goes off 99% of the time if I lock my car, and my windshield wiper fluid does not dispense.
While I was driving the car, the check engine light starts comes on, and 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 25-30 MPH
Car lost power and took longer to accelerate than normal while I was driving it. My car's dashboard showed the check engine light, reduced engine power light and a loss of traction control light. A car diagnostic recommended to change the throttle position sensor which I have done with no success. A dealership diagnostic said there was faulty wiring which would cost $600 to fix. I have not gone through with the repairs as of yet. I have met at least 2 other people that have this problem.
The engine coolant/anti-freeze reservoir leaks. ***it only leaks when driving*** I realized this when doing an inspection before a long drive (car was stationary). When I inspected under the hood I could see residue from a leak and smell the coolant. I filled it and the next day it was empty again, after driving 11 hours between 2 days. No light indicators are present or flashing. A few evenings ago some coolant must have leaked onto or next to the engine because there was a small amount of smoke coming from under my hood. When typing 2014 chevy spark antifreeze leak into google, there are many complaints. Everyone is having the same issue in the same place. Please have this recalled.
I called a dealership multiple times for a year stating that my transmission seemed to be slipping. They told me it wasn't possibly the transmission. However, I was just driving, stopped at a light, went to accelerate to go through the light, I heard click click and the engine revved, but the car did not move. I popped it in to low, tried again, nothing. Went to neutral, then to reverse, tried again, nothing.
The car will power down while driving, despite having adequate charge. The message "press power button again to shut off" appears even though the power button has not been pressed. Then the car shuts down and coasts to a stop.
My 2014 vehicle only has 52,000 miles. The coolant is leaking from the middle seam of the reservoir tank as well as the top hose connection. Thankfully I observed coolant on my garage floor to put me on notice of the leak. If I had been parked outdoors, I would not have been aware of the coolant leaking and risked permanent engine damage from lack of coolant. The coolant tank should not fail this soon. This has to be a defectively designed part. I read on a chevy spark owner's forum that several owners of the 2014 spark have experienced this same leaking reservoir tank at the same 50k mileage mark. The chevy dealer is going to charge me $400 to make this repair. Chevy should possess a computer record of how many 2014 sparks have had their coolant tank replaced to place them on notice that the part is defectively designed to fail after only 50,000 miles. Chevy should issue a recall on the coolant tank so that people do not permanently damage their engine by unknowingly driving without coolant because of this defectively designed leaking coolant tank.
2014 chevy spark motor lost compression in two cylinders @ 60k miles, whitmore chevrolet in west point, va. Took approx. 5.5 weeks to replace the cylinder head, with no loaner car available to me. Service manager yelled at me for stopping when I would stop by to inquire about the cars status, same when I would call. Neither the calls or visits were even daily, he was horrible to deal with. In the meantime I contacted gm about this & they did essentially nothing other than state that dealers are independantly owned & they gave me 15 months of onstar...I would rather have a car the functioned as designed. Fast forward approx. 2 months & the AC stopped working. Tried contacting whimore about the failed AC system, service group either hangs up on me or simply do not call back. Contacted another chevy dealer & was told that I either go back to whitmore or pay to have the AC fixed at their dealership. After buying gm since 1987 I guess I will be looking into other manufacturers very, very soon as I now need 3 new vehicles.
Transmission fluid leak: p0075 error code. Vehicle previously had a fluid leak from a bolt securing transmission housing to engine. Leak visible under vehicle near the muffler pipe. Seal replaced on vehicle; approx mileage 15,000. Came to complete stop and when attempting to accelerate grinding noise/no power. Vehicle exhibited odd behavior in drive/tranmission. Vehicle went into limp mode several times at around 85,000 miles, on making a stop at a stop sign and would not accelerate. Reported to dealership only misfiring codes found. Failure at 101,000 miles. Made a complete stop after driving and vehicle would not accelerate. P0075 code. I found that the transmission is leaking from the same location, near the muffler pipe beneath the engine.
Car motor will not shut off when key is not in the ignition and ignition is in the off position. Car is still drive-able, it will switch gears and is able to be driven. Motor continues to run. Had to shut down car by taking out a fuse under the hood. Car is able to restart using key. A week later car motor will turn off, but the inside chime is going off, leaving car parked! I read other reports on the exact same issue.
Had to replace thermostat, oil pan gasket and now radiator resivor! Has only 51k miles on it!! Really??? Piece of junk!!
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!!!
I have had to take this car in 4 times because the 4th cylinder keeps going out. The air barely works and I am just so disappointed in this car.
Tl* 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 the federal safety agency 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.
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 up
Recall my RPM is going up to 6 and 7 RPM range before it shift into the next gear or level. It is hard to go up hills. Now it is burning more gas now.
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.
Tl* 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.
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