2014 Chevrolet Spark: transmission slipping

Filed Jun 13, 2023 · Acceleration, Engine · IN

When taking off, sometimes the vehicle does not want to excellerate. It seems like the transmission is slipping or not switching gears-it makes a loud clicking gear sound. The vehicle also revs up really loud. It also sometimes feels like the vehicle sulks back when lifting your foot off the gas peddle when accelerating, more than it should. These mishaps make it nearly impossible to excellerate and is dangerous when excellerating onto the highway.

Filed Nov 11, 2019 · Transmission · 112,000 miles · FL

I bought my 2014 chevy spark in 2017. I have had issues with the transmission slipping since I bought it. Sometimes while driving the vehicle will not shift gears or will not accelerate past 50 MPH. I had to have a new engine put in at 85,000 miles. Mechanic shop told me nothing wrong with the transmission. Here I am 5 months after having the engine replaced, car will not turn on, it won't turn over, it won't click, car has no power to the starter or alternator. Throws the code u0101. Seriously don't know what to do with the vehicle. Gm needs to recall entirw chevy spark line.

Filed Jul 22, 2019 · Transmission · 62,000 miles · CA

In january 2019, I called the dealership for an appointment because the transmission was slipping. No dealership had appointments because there was an airbag recall on another gm vehicle going-on. The first available appointment I could obtain was in april, which ended up turning out to be a few days after my powertrain warranty expired. My stance is that I would have taken my car in the dealership in january, had an appointment been available. Based upon this, my feeling is that gm should honor my powertrain and fix my transmission under the warranty. However, gm was refusing to replace my transmission under the warranty, and I was going through the bar complaint process. On june 16th, I was driving across a bridge when the transmission failed. When I pressed the gas petal, the car would no longer accelerate and a check engine light illuminated. It is a miracle that I was not ran over by the semitruck that was behind me and was able to somehow coast to the shoulder of the road. I almost died! This car is a safety hazard. The technician told me that there is an internal service bulletin on my vehicle as gm knows that this make/model/year has a known high transmission failure rate around 60k miles. This car should be recalled. On july 8th, I paid to have the transmission replaced; however the car continues to have acceleration problems. When trying to drive uphill, the car slows down to a max of 45mph. This is a huge safety issue on the freeway where the standard speed is 65mph. If you look at carcomplaints.com, there are over 200 people who have complained about transmission issues with the 2014 chevy spark.

Filed May 17, 2018 · Engine, Transmission · 60,000 miles · TX

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.

Filed Apr 15, 2017 · Transmission · 31,588 miles · FL

Took said vehicle to rosner chevrolet in melbourne, fl. Concern was that transmission slips at entering onto busy highways, failing to gain necessary accerlation in merging with normal traffic flow. This represent a serious flaw in this vehicle that could lead to a serious crash with fatal loss of life. The technicians as rosner chevrolet tested said vehicle and they concurred as written on invoice cvcs177737 road tested vehicle and verified customer concern. Contacted tac case # 8-2745507764 they said to test vehicle while graphing throttle position, output speed and primary and secondary pulley speeds. Data indicates no issue. Snapshot to gm and they verified concern to be normal, condition caused by low speed torque converterin in high gear/range when light throttle is applied, no repairs attempted.{end} although the technician noticed the fault when road testing vehicle there was no action to be taken as per gm. This is a dangerous situation and I would hope there could be some action by gm to address this issue before a fatality happens, this vehicle transmission did not slip when new but have been getting worse as time go by. Solution is not known at this time from customer point of view.

Filed Jan 29, 2017 · Transmission · 63,000 miles · PA

The transimission slips. The original transmission was replaced in august 2016. The new transmission is now slipping as well. When you start the vehicle and attempt to drive it does not go. The engine revs for a few seconds before the car moves forward. This condition also happens when backing up, stopping and then attempting to go forward. This is very dangerous when attempting to pull out or back out into traffic. The vehicle will just sit there and no go. I have taken th vehicle to my dealership and they have contacted gm. Customer service at gm has informed me that, according to their technicians, this is normal operation for the transmission. I've also had this condition happen after slowing down for a sharp curve, the vehicle will rev and continue to decelerate rather than accelerate out of the corner until the transmission engages. This vehicles operation is unsafe, yet normal by gm technicians standards because there is no error code on the computer.