2020 Chevrolet Spark problems
The 2020 Chevrolet Spark has 27 complaints on file with NHTSA. The largest share (26%) concerns air bags. After that come electrical system (22%) and engine (11%).
At a glance
- Complaints
- 27 filed with NHTSA
- Most reported
- Air bags 26% of complaints
- Crashes and fires
- 8 and 3
- Injuries and deaths
- 14 and 0
- Typical mileage
- 25,000 miles 14 complaints with mileage
Source: NHTSA owner complaints
Where the complaints are
Share of this model year's complaints by the part of the car involved. One complaint can name more than one part, so the shares can add up to more than 100%.
When problems show up
View the numbers
| Mileage | Complaints |
|---|---|
| 0k to 20k miles | 4 |
| 20k to 40k miles | 6 |
| 40k to 60k miles | 0 |
| 60k to 80k miles | 2 |
| 80k to 100k miles | 1 |
| 100k to 120k miles | 0 |
| 120k to 140k miles | 0 |
| 140k to 160k miles | 0 |
| 160k to 180k miles | 0 |
| 180k to 200k miles | 0 |
| 200k+ miles | 1 |
What the data shows
Among the 14 complaints that report mileage, the typical (median) problem appeared at about 25,000 miles.
Safety-related details: 8 complaints mention a crash; 3 complaints mention a fire; 14 injuries reported. Its complaints are more severe on average than those of 99% of model years in our database.
Looking only at complaints filed within five years of the model year (so older and newer years are comparable), the 2020 ranks 6th most-complained-about out of 6 model years of the Chevrolet Spark with enough data (27 complaints in that window).
What owners wrote
A few complaints as filed, shortened and with personal details removed. The first ones are among the most serious reports for this model year; the rest are typical.
Tl* the contact owned a 2020 chevrolet spark. The contact stated while driving 35 MPH, when another vehicle intersected his lane and he t-boned the driver side of the another vehicle. The airbags did not deploy. The contact sustained injuries on his right knee, low and upper back and neck. The contact's wife(front passenger) sustained fracture ribs on her right side and a whiplash. The contact and his wife did seek medical attention at a emergency room. A police report was filed. The vehicle was not drivable.
Vehicle #1 heading southbound then cross lanes and ture abruptly eastward into ongoing traffic of vehicle #2 northbound lane. Both vehicle's collided and vehicle #2 air bag's did not deploy during impact.
Trunk divider opens randomly blocking rear window randomly will have to park and get out open hatch and put it back down definitely a hazard if one uses there rear view mirror as it blocks the window completely need to figure out how to make it stay down or simply remove the piece all together! It has happened many times car now has 3000 miles and any speed!
The contact owns a 2020 Chevrolet Spark. The contact stated that after the vehicle was idle at a red light, while attempting to accelerate, the vehicle stalled. The contact attempted to restart the vehicle several times before the vehicle restarted. There were no warning lights illuminated. The contact took the vehicle to the dealer who was unable to identify the cause of the failure. The contact then took the vehicle to another dealer who stated that the battery might have failed.