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Chevrolet Spark

Every Chevrolet Spark model year on file, 2013 to 2022. Pick a year for its recalls, investigations, service bulletins and the full text of owner complaints.

Owner complaints, all model years18430 involved a crash, fire, injury or death
Model years102013 to 2022
Recall campaigns6Distinct campaigns listing it
Service bulletins8,365Summed across model years
By model year

The 2015 model year drew the most complaints, 76, 41% of the model's total

Owner complaints filed with NHTSA, all years filed, by model year.

020406080201320142015762016201720182019202020212022
Source: NHTSA ODI. Complaints are not verified by NHTSA, and NHTSA publishes no sales volumes, so counts are not rates.
Components

Powertrain leads the Chevrolet Spark complaint record

Owner complaints across all model years, by component.

Powertrain
43
Airbags
30
Brakes
27
Engine and cooling
27
Electrical system
27
Fuel system
15
Speed control
12
Visibility and wipers
8
Structure
7
Seat belts
7
Source: NHTSA ODI complaints file.
Model years

The record for each Chevrolet Spark model year

Peer index compares complaints with the median vehicle of the same model year and body class (100 is the median). It corrects for age, not for how many were sold.

Chevrolet Spark by model year
YearBodyComplaintsSeverity indexPeer indexRecallsInvestigationsBulletins
2022Hatchback333.33300362
2021Hatchback633.38600453
2020Hatchback1942.123800540
2019Hatchback1428.610810576
2018Hatchback90.06400758
2017Hatchback2920.717110708
2016Hatchback287.122411756
2015Hatchback769.2447501,283
2014Hatchback0NoneNone601,479
2013Hatchback0NoneNone501,450
Source: NHTSA ODI. Body class from NHTSA's VIN decoder where decoded.
Latest recalls

Recent campaigns covering the Chevrolet Spark

  • 22V-640 Aug 25, 2022
    Secondary hood latch may corrode at the latch pivot, preventing the hood latch from properly engaging
    Latches and locks · 121k vehicles
  • 18V-774 Nov 1, 2018
    Sensing Diagnostic Module (SDM) on these vehicle may not have been turned off of "manufacturing mode," preventing the air bags from deploying in…
    Airbags · 12 vehicles
  • 17V-307 May 9, 2017
    In the event of a crash, if a young child is seated improperly and not wearing a seat belt while in the front passenger seat, deployment of the…
    Airbags · 55k vehicles
  • 16V-422 Jun 10, 2016
    Affected radios may fail to provide an audible warning chime when the driver fails to fasten their seatbelt or if the driver leaves the key in the…
    Electrical system · 19k vehicles
  • 16V-257 Apr 28, 2016
    Affected radios may fail to provide an audible warning chime when the driver, after turning off the ignition and leaving the key in the cylinder,…
    Electrical system · 318k vehicles
  • 15V-416 Jun 30, 2015
    In the affected vehicles, equipped with the base radio and OnStar, the radio may lock up due to a software issue, causing the display to go blank…
    Equipment · 46k vehicles
Source: NHTSA ODI recalls file.