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NHTSA Safety Recalls

2017 Chevrolet Spark Recalls

The 2017 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 2017 Chevrolet Spark. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.

Recalls
1

NHTSA campaigns

Owner complaints
29

filed with NHTSA

Crashes reported
5

in complaints

NHTSA crash test
Not rated

On a 2017 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 2017 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 2016 Spark

17V307000: the defect, risk and fix in NHTSA's words →

2017 Chevrolet Spark complaints by year

NHTSA has received 29 owner complaints about the 2017 Chevrolet Spark, the newest on July 29, 2026. Of these, 5 describe a crash (17%); owners reported 6 injuries.

In complaints about the 2017 Chevrolet Spark, the component group named most often is the power train (31%), followed by the service brakes (28%) and the air bags (17%).

The 2017 Chevrolet Spark's only recall also concerns the air bags.

Where 2017 Chevrolet Spark owners gave the mileage (19 complaints), the median was 13,000 miles.

Component groups named in complaints

  • Power Train9
  • Service Brakes8
  • Air Bags5
  • Electrical System5
  • Engine4
  • Visibility/Wiper3

Complaints received, by year

Complaints about the 2017 Chevrolet Spark received by NHTSA, by calendar year
20178
20184
20192
20205
20222
20234
20241
20251
20262

Complaints about the 2017 Chevrolet Spark peaked in 2017, when NHTSA received 8. 66% arrived between 2016 and 2020, the model year's first years on the road.

Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2017 vehicles, the 2017 Chevrolet Spark drew 1.0× the complaints of the median Chevrolet Spark year in the same window: 5th highest of the 6 ranked years.

That makes 2017 one of the three best-measured Chevrolet Spark years.

Chevrolet Spark years to avoid →

The 29 complaints about the 2017 Chevrolet Spark are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.

Chevrolet Spark by model year

Other 2017 Chevrolet models

Newest record on this page: July 29, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted