Chevrolet Spark EVYears to avoid, problems & recalls

NHTSA has 25 owner complaints and 3 safety recalls on record for the Chevrolet Spark EV.

Years to avoidNoneBased on weighted complaints Best years—Fewest complaints for their age Owner complaints25Top: Service brakes Safety recalls32014–2016 model years

Source: NHTSA complaints, recalls, investigations and manufacturer recall reports. Updated daily. How we score years.

Best & worst years

Chevrolet Spark EV years to avoid

Complaints by model year, colored by the CarFlaw verdict: complaints weighted for crashes, fires and injuries, adjusted for years on the road and compared with the Spark EV median. Tap a year for its full report.

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2016Not rated–/10014 complaints · 2 recalls 2015Not rated–/1007 complaints · 3 recalls 2014Not rated–/1004 complaints · 3 recalls

Complaints by system

Most common Chevrolet Spark EV problems

All model years combined: 25 complaints grouped by the system owners reported.

18Service brakes2 crash/fire/injury

4Air bags1 crash/fire/injury

4Electronic stability control (ESC)

2Power train

1Seats

Box size = number of complaints naming that system. Darker = larger share. One complaint can name more than one system.

Complaints by system
System	Complaints	Crash, fire or injury
Service brakes	18	2
Air bags	4	1
Electronic stability control (ESC)	4	0
Power train	2	0
Seats	1	0

3 recalls

Chevrolet Spark EV recalls

Newest first. The ring shows the share of affected vehicles repaired, from the manufacturer's latest report to NHTSA.

Hood: latch22V-640 · 2014–2015 · Aug 25, 2022 · 120,688 vehicles Air bags: frontal17V-437 · 2014–2016 · Jul 10, 2017 · 40,683 vehicles Air bags: frontal16V-651 · 2014–2016 · Sep 8, 2016 · 3,640,162 vehicles

2 investigations

NHTSA investigations of the Spark EV

Jan 27, 2023
Pedestrian alert soundsDP22005 · 2014–2017 · closed Aug 7, 2023
Led to recall 22V-063
Sep 17, 2021
Desiccated Air Bag Inflator RuptureEA21002 · 2016 · still open
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