Chevrolet Spark Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada-9956101) -
2017 - crc - 4/25/16
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GM Mobility
Reimbursement Program
This program is available to
qualified applicants for cost
reimbursement of eligible
aftermarket adaptive equipment
required for the vehicle, such as
hand controls or a wheelchair/
scooter lift for the vehicle. For more information on the limited
offer, visit www.gmmobility.com or
call the GM Mobility Assistance
Center at 1-800-323-9935. Text
Telephone (TTY) users, call
1-800-833-9935.
General Motors of Canada also has
a Mobility Program. Visit www.gm.ca
or call 1-800-GM-DRIVE (463-7483)
for details. TTY users call
1-800-263-3830.
Roadside Assistance
Program
For U.S.-purchased vehicles, call
1-800-243-8872. (Text Telephone
(TTY): 1-888-889-2438.)
For Canadian-purchased vehicles,
call 1-800-268-6800.
Service is available 24 hours a day,
365 days a year.
Calling for Assistance
When calling Roadside Assistance,
have the following information
ready:
.
Your name, home address, and
home telephone number. .
Telephone number of your
location.
. Location of the vehicle.
. Model, year, color, and license
plate number of the vehicle.
. Odometer reading, Vehicle
Identification Number (VIN), and
delivery date of the vehicle.
. Description of the problem.
Coverage
Services are provided for the
duration of the vehicle’s powertrain
warranty.
In the U.S., anyone driving the
vehicle is covered. In Canada, a
person driving the vehicle without
permission from the owner is not
covered.
Roadside Assistance is not a part of
the New Vehicle Limited Warranty.
General Motors North America and
Chevrolet reserve the right to make
any changes or discontinue the
Roadside Assistance program at
any time without notification.
Chevrolet Spark Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada-9956101) -
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324 Index
Fuel (cont'd)Low Fuel Warning Light . . . . . . . .110
Requirements, California . . . . . 202
System Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Fuses Engine Compartment FuseBlock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236
Fuses and Circuit Breakers . . . 235
Instrument Panel Fuse Block . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 238
G
GaugesFuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Odometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Speedometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Tachometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Trip Odometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Warning Lights and
Indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
General Information Service and Maintenance . . . . . 280
Towing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
Vehicle Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208
Glove Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
GM Mobility Reimbursement Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 300
H
Halogen Bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230
Hands-Free Phone . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
Hazard Warning Flashers . . . . . . . 131
Head Restraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
HeadlampsAiming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229
Automatic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Bulb Replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . 230
Daytime RunningLamps (DRL) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Flash-to-Pass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Headlamps, Front Turn Signal, Sidemarker, and
Parking Lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230
High-Beam On Light . . . . . . . . . . . 111
High/Low Beam Changer . . . . . 130
Lamps On Reminder . . . . . . . . . . 111
Heated Front Seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Heated Mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Heater
Engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
Heating and Air Conditioning . . . 160
High-Beam On Light . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Hill and Mountain Roads . . . . . . . . 170
Hill Start Assist (HSA) . . . . . . . . . . 190
Home Page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
Hood . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210 Horn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
How to Wear Safety Belts
Properly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Hydraulic Clutch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217
I
Ignition Positions . . . . . . . . . . 176, 177
Ignition Transmission Lock Check . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228
Immobilizer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .110
Indicator
Owner Manual . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Vehicle Ahead . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Infants and Young Children, Restraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Infotainment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Instrument Cluster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Interior Rearview Mirrors . . . . . . . . . 41
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
J
Jump Starting - North
America . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 265
K
Key and Lock Messages . . . . . . . . 120
Keyless EntryRemote (RKE) System . . . . . 26, 28
Keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
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326 Index
Manual Mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Manual Transmission . . . . . . . . . . . 187Fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217
Manual Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Media Avoiding Untrusted Devices . . 143
Messages
Battery Voltage andCharging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .118
Brake System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .118
Compass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .118
Door Ajar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .118
Engine Cooling System . . . . . . . .119
Engine Oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .119
Engine Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Fuel System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Key and Lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Object Detection System . . . . . 121
Ride Control System . . . . . . . . . . 122
Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
Service Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
Tire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
Transmission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .116, 117
Vehicle Reminder . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123 Mirrors
Convex . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Folding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Heated . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Manual . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Manual Rearview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Mirrors, Interior Rearview . . . . . . . . 41
Monitor System, Tire Pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 248
Multi-band Antenna . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
N
Navigation
OnStar®. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 312
New Vehicle Break-In . . . . . . . . . . . 175
O
Object Detection System Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Odometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100 Trip . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Off-Road Recovery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
Oil Engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213
Engine Oil Life System . . . . . . . 215
Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .119
Pressure Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109 Older Children, Restraints . . . . . . . 71
Online Owner Center . . . . . . . . . . . 299
OnStar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 309
OnStar
®Additional
Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 315
OnStar
®Connections . . . . . . . . . . . 312
OnStar®Diagnostics . . . . . . . . . . . . 314
OnStar®Emergency . . . . . . . . . . . . 311
OnStar®Navigation . . . . . . . . . . . . . 312
OnStar®Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 310
OnStar®Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 311
Operate Pedal Light . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Operation Fog Lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Infotainment System . . . . . . . . . . 138
Ordering
Service Publications . . . . . . . . . . 305
Outlets Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Overheating, Engine . . . . . . . . . . . . 223
Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
Owner Manual Indicator . . . . . . . . 105
P
Park Shifting Into . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
Shifting Out of . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
Parking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184 Brake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
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Storage AreasCargo Cover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Glove Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Storage Compartments . . . . . . . . . . 90
Stuck Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172
Sun Visors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Sunroof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Symbols . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
System Forward CollisionAlert (FCA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198
Infotainment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
T
Tachometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Taillamps Bulb Replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . 233
Text Telephone (TTY) Users . . . . 299
Theft-Deterrent Systems . . . . . 38, 39 Immobilizer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240
All-Season . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241
Buying New Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . 254
Chains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 258
Changing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 260
Compact Spare . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 264
Designations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 244
Different Size . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255 Tires (cont'd)
If a Tire Goes Flat . . . . . . . . . . . . 259
Inspection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 252
Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
Pressure Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Pressure Monitor Operation . . 249
Pressure Monitor System . . . . . 248
Rotation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 252
Sidewall Labeling . . . . . . . . . . . . . 242
Terminology and Definitions . . 244
Uniform Tire Quality
Grading . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 256
Wheel Alignment and Tire Balance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 257
Wheel Replacement . . . . . . . . . . 258
When It Is Time for New Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253
Winter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241
Towing General Information . . . . . . . . . . 205
Recreational Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . 268
Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 268
Traction
Control System (TCS)/StabiliTrak
®Light . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Off Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Traction Control/Electronic Stability Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191 Trademarks and License
Agreements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
Transmission Automatic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
Fluid, Automatic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217
Fluid, Manual . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217
Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Transportation Program, Courtesy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 302
Trip Odometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Turn and Lane-Change Signals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Turn Signal Bulb Replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . 233
U
Ultrasonic Parking SensorLight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Uniform Tire Quality Grading . . . 256
Up-Shift Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
USB Port . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
Using This Manual . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
V
Vehicle Alarm System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Canadian Owners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
Identification Number (VIN) . . . 293