Three problems related to transmission gear slipping have been reported for the 2014 Chevrolet Spark. The most recently reported issues are listed below. Please also check out the statistics and reliability analysis of the 2014 Chevrolet Spark based on all problems reported for the 2014 Spark.
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.
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.
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.