2017 CHEVROLET SPARK cooling

Chevrolet Spark Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada-9956101) -
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Service and Maintenance 283
Maintenance Schedule
Additional Required
Services - Normal12 000 km/7,500 mi
24 000 km/15,000 mi
36 000 km/22,500 mi
48 000 km/30,000 mi
60 000 km/37,500 mi
72 000 km/45,000 mi
84 000 km/52,500 mi
96 000 km/60,000 mi
108 000 km/67,500 mi
120 000 km/75,000 mi
132 000 km/82,500 mi
144 000 km/90,000 mi
156 000 km/97,500 mi
168 000 km/105,000 mi 180 000 km/112,500 mi
192 000 km/120,000 mi
204 000 km/127,500 mi
216 000 km/135,000 mi
228 000 km/142,500 mi
240 000 km/150,000 mi
Rotate tires and perform Required Services.
Check engine oil level and oil life percentage.
Change engine oil and filter, if needed.@ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @
Replace passenger compartment air filter. (1)@ @@@@@
Inspect evaporative control system. (2)@ @@
Replace engine air cleaner filter. (3)@@@
Replace spark plugs. Inspect spark plug wires.@
Change manual transmission fluid.@
Drain and fill engine cooling system. (4)@
Check water pump/generator belt for proper
tension and wear. (5)(6)@
Check A/C compressor belt for wear. (5)@
Replace brake/clutch fluid. (7)

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284 Service and Maintenance
Footnotes—Maintenance
Schedule Additional Required
Services - Normal
(1) Or every two years, whichever
comes first. More frequent
passenger compartment air filter
replacement may be needed if
driving in areas with heavy traffic,
poor air quality, high dust levels,
or environmental allergens.
Passenger compartment air filter
replacement may also be needed if
there is reduced airflow, window
fogging, or odors. Your GM dealer
can help determine when to replace
the filter.
(2) Visually check all fuel and vapor
lines and hoses for proper
attachment, connection, routing, and
condition.
(3) Or every four years, whichever
comes first. If driving in dusty
conditions, inspect the filter at each
oil change or more often as needed.
(4) Or every five years, whichever
comes first. See Cooling
System 0219. (5)
Inspect for fraying, excessive
cracking, or damage.
(6) Inspect for fraying, excessive
cracking, or damage. Check belt
tension and replace if needed. See
your dealer.
(7) Replace brake fluid every three
years. See Brake Fluid 0225.

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Service and Maintenance 285
Maintenance Schedule
Additional Required
Services - Severe12 000 km/7,500 mi
24 000 km/15,000 mi
36 000 km/22,500 mi
48 000 km/30,000 mi
60 000 km/37,500 mi
72 000 km/45,000 mi
84 000 km/52,500 mi
96 000 km/60,000 mi
108 000 km/67,500 mi
120 000 km/75,000 mi
132 000 km/82,500 mi
144 000 km/90,000 mi
156 000 km/97,500 mi
168 000 km/105,000 mi 180 000 km/112,500 mi
192 000 km/120,000 mi
204 000 km/127,500 mi
216 000 km/135,000 mi
228 000 km/142,500 mi
240 000 km/150,000 mi
Rotate tires and perform Required Services.
Check engine oil level and oil life percentage.
Change engine oil and filter, if needed.@ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @
Replace passenger compartment air filter. (1)@ @@@@@
Inspect evaporative control system. (2)@ @@
Replace engine air cleaner filter. (3)@@@
Replace spark plugs. Inspect spark plug wires.@
Change automatic transmission fluid.@@@
Change manual transmission fluid, if equipped.@@@
Drain and fill engine cooling system. (4)@
Check water pump/generator belt for proper
tension and wear. (5)(6)@
Check A/C compressor belt for wear. (5)@
Replace brake/clutch fluid. (7)

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286 Service and Maintenance
Footnotes—Maintenance
Schedule Additional Required
Services - Severe
(1) Or every two years, whichever
comes first. More frequent
passenger compartment air filter
replacement may be needed if
driving in areas with heavy traffic,
poor air quality, high dust levels,
or environmental allergens.
Passenger compartment air filter
replacement may also be needed if
there is reduced airflow, window
fogging, or odors. Your GM dealer
can help determine when to replace
the filter.
(2) Visually check all fuel and vapor
lines and hoses for proper
attachment, connection, routing, and
condition.
(3) Or every four years, whichever
comes first. If driving in dusty
conditions, inspect the filter at each
oil change or more often as needed.
(4) Or every five years, whichever
comes first. See Cooling
System 0219. (5)
Inspect for fraying, excessive
cracking, or damage.
(6) Inspect for fraying, excessive
cracking, or damage. Check belt
tension and replace if needed. See
your dealer.
(7) Replace brake fluid every three
years. See Brake Fluid 0225.Special Application
Services
.
Severe Commercial Use
Vehicles Only: Lubricate chassis
components every oil change.
. Have underbody flushing service
performed. See "Underbody
Maintenance" in Exterior
Care 0271.

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294 Technical Data
Vehicle Data
Capacities and Specifications
The following approximate capacities are given in metric and English conversions. SeeRecommended Fluids and
Lubricants 0290 for more information.
Application Capacities
Metric English
Air Conditioning Refrigerant For the air conditioning system refrigerant type and charge amount, see the refrigerant label under thehood. See your dealer for more information.
Cooling System 4.8 L 5.0 qt
Engine Oil with Filter 4.0 L 4.2 qt
Fuel Tank 35 L 9 gal
Wheel Nut Torque 140 Y100 lb ft
All capacities are approximate. When adding, be sure to fill to the approximate level, as recommended in this
manual. Recheck fluid level after filling.
Engine Specifications
Engine VIN CodeTransmission Spark Plug Gap
1.4L L4 AAutomatic and Manual 0.80–0.90 mm (0.031–
0.035 in)

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322 Index
Child Restraints (cont'd)Lower Anchors and Tethers
for Children . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Older Children . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Securing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84, 86
Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Circuit Breakers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235
Cleaning Exterior Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 271
Interior Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 276
Climate Control Systems . . . . . . . 160 Air Conditioning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
Heating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
Clock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Cluster, Instrument . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Clutch, Hydraulic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217
Collision Damage Repair . . . . . . . 303
Compact Spare Tire . . . . . . . . . . . . 264
Compartments
Storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Compass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95 Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .118
Connections
OnStar
®. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 312
Control Traction and ElectronicStability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
Control of a Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167 Convex Mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Coolant
Engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219
Engine TemperatureWarning Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Cooling System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219 Engine Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . .119
Courtesy Lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
Courtesy Transportation Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 302
Cover
Cargo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Covers Wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 256
Cruise Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193 Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .118
Customer Assistance . . . . . . . . . . . 299 Offices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 298
Text Telephone (TTY)Users . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 299
Customer Information Service PublicationsOrdering Information . . . . . . . . 305
Customer Satisfaction
Procedure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 296
D
Damage Repair, Collision . . . . . . . 303
Danger, Warning, and Caution . . . . 2
Data CollectionOnStar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 309
Data Recorders, Event . . . . . . . . . 308
Daytime Running Lamps (DRL) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Defensive Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166
Delayed Locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Devices Auxiliary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
Diagnostics OnStar
®. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 314
Distracted Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166
Dome Lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
Door Ajar Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Ajar Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .118
Delayed Locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Locks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Power Locks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Drive Belt Routing, Engine . . . . . . 295
Driver Information Center (DIC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
Driving Defensive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166
Drunk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167

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Index 323
Driving (cont'd)For Better Fuel Economy . . . . . . . 21
Hill and Mountain Roads . . . . . . 170
If the Vehicle is Stuck . . . . . . . . . 172
Loss of Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
Off-Road Recovery . . . . . . . . . . . 168
Vehicle Load Limits . . . . . . . . . . . 172
Wet Roads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
Winter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170
E
Electrical Equipment,
Add-On . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
Electrical System
Engine Compartment FuseBlock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236
Fuses and Circuit Breakers . . . 235
Instrument Panel Fuse Block . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 238
Overload . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235
Emergency OnStar
®. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .311
Engine Air Cleaner/Filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218
Check and Service Engine
Soon Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Compartment Overview . . . . . . . 212
Coolant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219 Engine (cont'd)
Coolant Temperature
Warning Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Cooling System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219
Cooling System Messages . . . .119
Drive Belt Routing . . . . . . . . . . . . 295
Exhaust . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
Heater . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
Oil Life System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215
Oil Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .119
Oil Pressure Light . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Overheating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223
Power Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Reduced Power Light . . . . . . . . . .110
Running While Parked . . . . . . . . 185
Starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
Entry Lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
Event Data Recorders . . . . . . . . . . 308
Exit Lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
Extender, Safety Belt . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Exterior Lamp Controls . . . . . . . . . 129
Exterior Lamps Off Reminder . . . 129
F
Filter, Engine Air Cleaner . . . . . . . . . . . 218
Flash-to-Pass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Flashers, Hazard Warning . . . . . . 131
Flat Tire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 259 Flat Tire (cont'd)
Changing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 260
Floor Mats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 279
Fluid Automatic Transmission . . . . . . 217
Brakes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225
Washer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224
Fog Lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132 Bulb Replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . 232
Folding Mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Forward Collision Alert (FCA) System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198
Frequency Statement Radio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 306
Front Fog Lamp Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Front Seat Armrest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Front Seats Adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Heated . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201 Additives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202
Economy Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Filling a Portable FuelContainer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204
Filling the Tank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203
Foreign Countries . . . . . . . . . . . . 202
Gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100

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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