Chevrolet Spark
Owners filed 504 complaints across 10 model years of the Chevrolet Spark. The 2014 drew the most (172).
Model years10
Complaints504
Recalls19
Fires5
Deaths0
Which Chevrolet Spark years should you avoid?
Going by 504 owner complaints filed with NHTSA, the Chevrolet Spark years to avoid are 2014.
- 2014172 complaints, 2.2× a typical Spark year, most often about the engine.
How this is worked out: each year is compared with a typical year of the same model, which takes most of the difference in sales out of it, and its share of serious failures is compared with every other car of the same model year, because older cars were complained about differently. A year needs 25 complaints to be judged at all. Complaints are unverified owner reports. Full method →
Every Chevrolet Spark model year compared
Complaints per year| Year | Complaints | Relative volume | Recalls | Fires | Crashes | Most reported | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 3 | 0 | — | 1 | Exterior Lighting | Routine | |
| 2021 | 6 | 0 | — | 2 | Air Bags | Routine | |
| 2020 | 20 | 0 | 2 | 6 | Air Bags | Routine | |
| 2019 | 14 | 1 | — | 4 | Air Bags | Routine | |
| 2018 | 9 | 0 | — | — | Engine | Routine | |
| 2017 | 29 | 1 | — | 5 | Power Train | Routine | |
| 2016 | 28 | 1 | 1 | 1 | Service Brakes | Routine | |
| 2015 | 77 | 5 | 1 | 4 | Power Train | Routine | |
| 2014Avoid | 172 | 6 | — | 13 | Engine | Do not drive | |
| 2013 | 146 | 5 | 1 | 10 | Engine | Routine |
Data: NHTSA complaint and recall files, October 2026. Complaints are unverified owner reports.