2014 Chevrolet Spark

WE BOUGHT ARE 2014 CHEVROLET SPARK NEW AND SINCE WE HAVE HAD IT THESE ARE THE PROBLEMS WE HAVE HAD. FOUR TIMES WE HAVE WENT TO START THE CAR TURNED KEY AND NOTHING HAPPENS, NO WARNING LIGHTS NOTHING IT'S LIKE THERE IS NO BATTERY IN CAR ALSO KEY GETS HOT AND 3 TIMES WE HAVE LOST POWER, ONCE TURNING FROM A TRAFFIC LIGHT PUSHED GAS PEDAL WOULD NOT GO OVER 2 MILES AN HOUR LET OFF PEDAL PRESSED AGAIN BOGGED DOWN LET OFF PEDAL AGAIN THEN WHEN PRESSED IT THE CAR SHIFTED HARD AND TOOK OFF FAST. WE TOOK THE CAR TO DEALER 3 TIMES THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT SAID NOTHING WRONG FED UP CALLED CHEVROLET CORPERATION TOOK IT BACK OUT TO DEALER THEY SAID STILL NOTHING WRONG. FED UP

CAR ACCELERATES ON ITS OWN WHEN BRAKING WHICH IS HIGHLY DANGEROUS IN TRAFFIC AS CAR JUMPS FORWARD WHEN IT DOES THIS. CONTINUOUSLY RUNS AT OVER 4000RPM. CAR STALLS WHEN ACCELERATING MAKING PULLING OUT INTO TRAFFIC OR COMING OFF AN EXIT RAMP QUITE DIFFICULT AND WILL REV ON ITS OWN WHILE DRIVING. CONTINUOUS ENGINE NOISE AS IF CAR IS BEING REDLINED. CAR ALSO HAS DIFFICULTY GOING IN REVERSE. EMERGENCY BRAKE DOES NOT HOLD PROPERLY. CAR WILL ROLL BACKWARD WHEN IN DRIVE AND ON A SMALL INCLINE. ELECTRICAL ISSUES WITH CAR WHERE STEREO WILL SPONTANEOUSLY CHANGE STATIONS AND THE DASH LIGHTS WILL FLICKER. HAVE MADE COMPLAINTS TO GM CONTINUOUSLY AND HAD IN DEALERSHIP MORE THAN 11 TIMES FOR REPAIR OF ISSUE. CAR WAS BOUGHT IN FEB 2015, FIRST TAKEN IN TO DEALERSHIP FOR ISSUE IN FEB 2015. IT IS NOW FEB 2016 AND GM REFUSING TO ADDRESS ISSUE. CAR FALLS UNDER LEMON LAW AND THEY ARE STALLING TO WAIT OUT TIME FRAME.

FROM MAY 2015 TO SEPT. 2015, MY VEHICLE HIGH-REVVED AND DIED ON THE HIGHWAY THREE TIMES... THE SAME THREE LIGHTS WOULD COME ON: TRACTION CONTROL, CHECK ENGINE, REDUCED ENGINE POWER. DUE TO THE TIMING OF INCIDENTS, AUTONATION REFUSED TO ACCEPT THE VEHICLE ALTHOUGH IT WAS WARRANTIED. I CALLED GM CORPORATE AND EXPLAINED THAT THIS WAS A DANGER TO THE SAFETY OF OTHERS AND JEOPARDIZED MY LIFE, AND THEY MADE ATTEMPTS TO REMEDY THE SITUATION AT HAND.. AUTONATION CALLED AND APOLOGIZED FOR THE LACK OF CUSTOMER SERVICE, BUT THEY DID NOT SCHEDULE AN APPOINTMENT TO FIND THE PROBLEM. ON A DAY OFF FROM WORK, I TOOK IT TO THE SAME AUTONATION TO HAVE THEM RUN DIAGNOSTICS, AND THE TURNED ME AWAY. THIS HAPPENED A DOCUMENT THREE TIMES. I TOOK IT TO ANOTHER CHEVY HOUSE, AND THEY ALSO REFUSED THE CAR. DRIVING IT ENDANGERED MY LIFE AS WELL AS OTHER DRIVERS. FAST FORWARD A COUPLE MONTHS, I FIND OUT THE THROTTLE BODY IS BAD, AND NO RECALL HAS BEEN PUT OUT. ON A SEPARATE OCCASION, CONDENSATION HAD BEGUN ON THE INTERIOR OF MY VEHICLE. UPON FURTHER INSPECTION, MY FLOORBOARDS WERE SOPPING WET, AND WATER BEGAN TO FILL THE CAB OF MY CAR. AUTONATION DID FIND THAT A HOSE HAD BEEN CUT AND HAD BEEN LEAKING FLUID THROUGHOUT THE CAB. TODAY, 2-9-16 AT APPX. 0426, MY VEHICLE BEGAN FILLING THE CAB WITH NOXIOUS FUMES AND SMOKING UPON PARKING FROM UNDERNEATH THE HOOD FOR NO OBVIOUS REASON. NO LIGHTS OR CHIMES INITIATED INSIDE THE VEHICLE. THIS VEHICLE COULD HAVE SET FIRE AT ANY MOMENT HAD I KEPT DRIVING. THIS VEHICLE IS VERY DANGEROUS TO MYSELF AND THOSE AROUND, AND NO ONE AT AUTONATION TAKES IT SERIOUSLY. I HOPE BY ADVANCING MY PROBLEMS WITH THE 2014 CHEVY SPARK WILL STEER POTENTIAL BUYERS THE OTHER WAY, AND I ALSO HOPE THAT GM WILL DO THE RIGHT THING AND BUY THE CAR BACK. WHEN A CAR DIES ON THE MOST DANGEROUS HIGHWAY IN TEXAS FOR NO REASON AND STARTS SMOKING, THERE IS OBVIOUSLY SOMETHING WRONG.

HELLO, BELOW IS AN EMAIL DETAILING THE ISSUE I SENT TO HERTZ WHICH I RENTED THE CAR FROM HELLO, AS A REOCCURRING HERTZ CUSTOMER, I WANTED TO MAKE HERTZ AWARE OF A SEVERE SAFETY ISSUE WITH A CHEVROLET SPARK THAT I RECENTLY RENTED. WHILE ON I-95 IN CONNECTICUT, THE CAR TURNED OFF COMPLETELY AND I LOST POWER STEERING AND POWER BRAKES. I WAS ABLE TO SAFELY PULL OVER AND RESTART THE CAR. IF I AS A DRIVER HAD ANYTHING TO DO WITH THE CAR TURNING OFF, THE ONLY LOGICAL EXPLANATION IS THAT MY KNEE TOUCHED THE KEYCHAIN WHICH CAUSED THE KEY IN THE IGNITION TO TURN OFF. SUCH A LIGHT TAP OF MY RIGHT KNEE WHILE I AM DRIVING TO POTENTIALLY BE THE REASON A CAR TURNS OFF IS OF GREAT CONCERN. I WOULD LIKE TO KEEP RENTING WITH HERTZ BUT THIS INCIDENT HAS DAMAGED MY RESPECT FOR HERTZ RENTED VEHICLES. BECAUSE OF THIS INCIDENT, I WOULD APPRECIATE HERTZ INSPECTING THIS VEHICLE AND PROVIDING REIMBURSEMENT AND OTHER RELIEF. BELOW IS THE INFORMATION ON THE RENTAL: SINCERELY, [XXX] RENTAL AGREEMENT NO:[XXX] INVOICE DATE: 03/30/2015 DOCUMENT: [XXX] RENTAL REFERENCE RENTAL AGREEMENT NO:[XXX] RESERVATION ID: [XXX] FREQUENT TRAVELER: ZE1 I.T. NO.: VSTATE VOUCHER: [XXX] RATE PLAN: IN: VSTATE [XXX] RENTED ON: [XXX] LA GUARDIA AP NY, NY RETURNED ON: 03/29/2015 17:15 LOC# 190110 LA GUARDIA AP NY, NY CAR DESCRIPTION: [XXX] VEH. NO.: [XXX] CAR CLASS CHARGED: A MILEAGE IN: 17,756 RENTED: A OUT: 16,895 RESERVED: A DRIVEN: 861 INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

VEHICLE LOSES POWER WHEN MERGING ON TO INTERSTATE OR TAKING OFF ALMOST HIT IN TAIL IN .AND STILL ACTS AS IF ITS HESITATE WHEN TAKING OFF .WAS TOLD BY CHEVY DEALERSHIP MECHANIC ITS BECAUSE ITS A FOUR CYLINDER ONLY HAD CAR A FEW MONTHS NOW AND SCARED TO GO FAR FROM HOME IN IT.TALKED TO OTHERS THAT HAVE THE SAME CAR AND THEY HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM JUST WOULD LIKE TO KNOW DOES IT TAKE SOMEONE GETTING HURT OR KILLED BEFORE THE PROBLEM IS FIXED. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 CHEVROLET SPARK. WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS AGGRESSIVELY DEPRESSED IN ORDER TO STOP THE VEHICLE. WHEN THE CLUTCH WAS DEPRESSED, THE ENGINE RPMS RAPIDLY INCREASED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 8,000.

WHEN ACCELERATING FROM A STOP, MAKING A LEFT TURN INTO CROSS TRAFFIC WITH PLENTY OF TIME, THE ENGINE WILL NOT ACCELERATE! EVEN WITH THE GAS COMPLETELY PRESSED IT STALLS FOR A GOOD FOUR SECONDS. I WOULD HAVE BEEN INVOLVED IN A MAJOR ACCIDENT IF IT TRAFFIC DID NOT SLOW DOWN FOR MY CAR TO FINALLY REV UP, SOUNDING LIKE IT'S RED LINING JUST TO GET WITH THE FLOW OF TRAFFIC. *TR