NHTSA Safety Recalls
2016 Chevrolet Spark Recalls
The 2016 Chevrolet Spark has 1 NHTSA safety recall on file, the newest reported on May 9, 2017.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2016 Chevrolet Spark. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 1
- Owner complaints
- 28
- Crashes reported
- 1
- NHTSA crash test
- Not rated
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
1 fires
On a 2016 Chevrolet Spark, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
1 recall on the 2016 Chevrolet Spark
Air bags: frontal: passenger side: inflator module
- Campaign
- 17V307000
- Reported
- May 9, 2017
- Vehicles affected
- up to 55,068
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Federal standard
- FMVSS 208, occupant crash protection
- Same campaign
- also 2017 Spark
2016 Chevrolet Spark complaints by year
NHTSA has received 28 owner complaints about the 2016 Chevrolet Spark, the newest on December 10, 2025. Of these, 1 describe a crash (4%) and 1 a fire; owners reported 1 injury.
In complaints about the 2016 Chevrolet Spark, the component group named most often is the service brakes (36%), followed by the electrical system (18%) and the power train (14%).
The 2016 Chevrolet Spark's only recall does not concern the service brakes.
Where 2016 Chevrolet Spark owners gave the mileage (22 complaints), the median was 36,569 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Service Brakes10
- Electrical System5
- Unknown Or Other5
- Power Train4
- Air Bags2
- Engine2
Complaints received, by year
| 2016 | 3 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 3 | |
| 2018 | 2 | |
| 2019 | 6 | |
| 2020 | 5 | |
| 2021 | 2 | |
| 2022 | 3 | |
| 2023 | 2 | |
| 2025 | 2 |
Complaints about the 2016 Chevrolet Spark peaked in 2019, when NHTSA received 6. 50% arrived between 2015 and 2019, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2016 vehicles, the 2016 Chevrolet Spark drew 0.7× the complaints of the median Chevrolet Spark year in the same window: 6th highest of the 6 ranked years.
That makes 2016 one of the three best-measured Chevrolet Spark years.
The 28 complaints about the 2016 Chevrolet Spark are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Chevrolet Spark by model year
Other 2016 Chevrolet models
Newest record on this page: December 10, 2025. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted