NHTSA Safety Recalls
2013 Chevrolet Spark Recalls
The 2013 Chevrolet Spark has 5 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on August 25, 2022.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2013 Chevrolet Spark. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 5
- Owner complaints
- 146
- Crashes reported
- 10
- NHTSA crash test
- Not rated
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
1 fires
On a 2013 Chevrolet Spark, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
5 recalls on the 2013 Chevrolet Spark
Latches/locks/linkages: hood: latch
- Campaign
- 22V640000
- Reported
- August 25, 2022
- Vehicles affected
- up to 120,688
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2014–2015 Spark, 1 other model
Electrical system: software
- Campaign
- 16V422000
- Reported
- June 10, 2016
- Vehicles affected
- up to 18,780
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Federal standard
- FMVSS 114, theft protection and rollaway prevention
- Same campaign
- also 2014–2015 Spark, 2 other models
Equipment: electrical: radio/tape deck/cd etc.
- Campaign
- 16V257000
- Reported
- April 28, 2016
- Vehicles affected
- up to 317,572
- Federal standard
- FMVSS 114, theft protection and rollaway prevention
- Same campaign
- also 2014–2015 Spark, 2 other models
Latches/locks/linkages: hood: latch
- Campaign
- 14V593000
- Reported
- September 24, 2014
- Vehicles affected
- up to 89,294
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2014–2015 Spark
Air bags
- Campaign
- 14V298000
- Reported
- June 6, 2014
- Vehicles affected
- up to 61
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Same campaign
- also 1 other model
2013 Chevrolet Spark complaints by year
NHTSA has received 146 owner complaints about the 2013 Chevrolet Spark, the newest on June 16, 2025. Of these, 10 describe a crash (7%) and 1 a fire; owners reported 4 injuries.
In complaints about the 2013 Chevrolet Spark, the component group named most often is the engine (24%), followed by the electrical system (23%) and the power train (23%).
1 of the 2013 Chevrolet Spark's 5 recalls also concerns the electrical system.
Where 2013 Chevrolet Spark owners gave the mileage (112 complaints), the median was 28,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Engine35
- Electrical System34
- Power Train34
- Unknown Or Other20
- Vehicle Speed Control14
- Air Bags13
Complaints received, by year
| 2013 | 20 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 39 | |
| 2015 | 19 | |
| 2016 | 18 | |
| 2017 | 12 | |
| 2018 | 12 | |
| 2019 | 5 | |
| 2020 | 4 | |
| 2021 | 3 | |
| 2022 | 1 | |
| 2023 | 6 | |
| 2024 | 5 | |
| 2025 | 2 |
Complaints about the 2013 Chevrolet Spark peaked in 2014, when NHTSA received 39. 66% arrived between 2012 and 2016, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2013 vehicles, the 2013 Chevrolet Spark drew 4.8× the complaints of the median Chevrolet Spark year in the same window: 1st highest of the 6 ranked years.
That makes 2013 one of the Chevrolet Spark years to avoid by our method.
The 146 complaints about the 2013 Chevrolet Spark are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Chevrolet Spark by model year
Other 2013 Chevrolet models
Newest record on this page: June 16, 2025. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted