MODELYEARINDEX

Chevrolet Spark

473 complaints across 8 scored model years and 9 recall campaigns.

Which years to avoid

Ownership label · Chevrolet Spark Full report
F
Grade 2013–2021
2014 vs model median 4.5×
Model median3× median
Engine 37
Drivetrain 23
Electrical 20
Avoid

2013 · 2014

Best

2019 · 2021

Year by year

Severity-weighted complaints filed in each model year’s first 60 months on the road, so every year is measured over an identical window.

Year Complaint volume vs median Reports Grade
2013
4.43× 172 F
2014
4.53× 150 F
2015
1.05× 36 C
2016
0.48× 22 B
2017
1.04× 30 B
2019
0.46× 15 A
2020
0.96× 23 B
2021
0.29× 11 A

What it costs to run

EPA figures for the most recent model year on record.

Combined MPG33
City / Highway29.5 / 38
Engine1.4L, 4 cyl
DriveFront-Wheel Drive
Annual fuel cost$1,850

Recalls

9 campaigns on record, 1 carrying a Park It or Park Outside warning.

Campaign Component Model years Units affected
16V257000 EQUIPMENT:ELECTRICAL:RADIO/TAPE DECK/CD ETC. 2013–2015 317,572
22V640000 LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:HOOD:LATCH 2013–2015 120,688
14V593000 LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:HOOD:LATCH 2013–2015 89,294
17V307000 AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:PASSENGER SIDE:INFLATOR MODULE 2016, 2017 55,068
15V416000 EQUIPMENT:ELECTRICAL:RADIO/TAPE DECK/CD ETC. 2014, 2015 45,785
16V422000 ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:SOFTWARE 2013–2015 18,780
14V440000 Park it SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:LOWER ARM 2014 1,919
14V298000 AIR BAGS 2013 61

+ 1 further campaigns

Others in Subcompact Cars

Same body and size class. Each grade describes that model against its own history — these are not ranked against each other.

Model Years to avoid Grade
Chevrolet Aveo
none flagged
B
Chevrolet Sonic
20122013
C
Fiat 500
20122014
C
Fiat 500L
2014
C
Ford Fiesta
20112013
C
Honda FIT
20132015
C
Hyundai Accent
20122013
C
Hyundai Ioniq
none flagged
B

How this was calculated

Every model year is scored over an identical window: complaints filed with NHTSA during the first 60 months after that model year went on sale. Without this, older cars look worse purely because they have had longer to accumulate reports.

Limitations. Complaints are unverified reports submitted voluntarily by owners; they are allegations, not findings, and reporting rates vary between models. Model years with fewer than 60 months on the road are marked provisional and excluded from verdicts. Cross-model comparison is withheld pending production-volume data.

Full methodology · Sources · Data vintage August 9, 2026

Working 2014 Spark
Complaints in window
150
Severity-weighted
264
Model median (weighted)
58
vs model median
4.53×
Recall campaigns (weighted)
8
Open investigations
0
Score 10 F