Chevrolet Spark Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada-9956101) -
2017 - crc - 4/25/16
14 In Brief
Exterior Lighting
The exterior lamp control is on the
instrument panel to the outboard
side of the steering column.
O:Briefly turn to this position to
turn the automatic light control off or
on again.
AUTO : If equipped, it turns the
headlamps on automatically at
normal brightness, together with the
following:
. Parking Lamps
. Taillamps
. License Plate Lamps
. Instrument Panel Lights
. Sidemarker Lamps
;:Turns on the parking lamps
including all lamps except the
headlamps.
5: Turns the headlamps on
together with the parking lamps and
instrument panel lights. A warning
chime sounds if the driver door is
opened when the ignition switch is
off and the headlamps are on.
#: If equipped, press to turn the
fog lamps on or off.
See:
. Exterior Lamp Controls 0129.
. Fog Lamps 0132.
Windshield Wiper/Washer
The windshield wiper/washer lever
is on the right side of the steering
column. Move the lever to one of the
following positions:
HI :
Use for fast wipes.
LO : Use for slow wipes.
INT : Move the lever up to INT for
intermittent wipes, then turn the
x
INT band up for more frequent
wipes or down for less frequent
wipes.
OFF : Use to turn the wipers off.
1X : For a single wipe, briefly move
the wiper lever down. For several
wipes, hold the wiper lever down.
Windshield Washer
Pull the windshield wiper lever
toward you to spray windshield
washer fluid and activate the wipers.
Chevrolet Spark Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada-9956101) -
2017 - crc - 4/25/16
92 Instruments and Controls
Instruments and
Controls
Controls
Steering Wheel Adjustment . . . . 93
Steering Wheel Controls . . . . . . . 93
Horn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Windshield Wiper/Washer . . . . . . 94
Rear Window Wiper/Washer . . . 95
Compass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Clock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Power Outlets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Warning Lights, Gauges, and
Indicators
Warning Lights, Gauges, andIndicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Instrument Cluster . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Speedometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Odometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Trip Odometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Tachometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Fuel Gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Safety Belt Reminders . . . . . . . . 101
Airbag Readiness Light . . . . . . . 101
Passenger Airbag Status Indicator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Charging System Light . . . . . . . 103 Malfunction Indicator Lamp
(Check Engine Light) . . . . . . . . 103
Service Vehicle Soon Light . . . 105
Owner Manual Indicator . . . . . . 105
Brake System Warning Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Antilock Brake System (ABS) Warning Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Operate Pedal Light . . . . . . . . . . 106
Up-Shift Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Power Steering Warning Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Lane Departure Warning (LDW) Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Vehicle Ahead Indicator . . . . . . 107
Ultrasonic Parking Sensor Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Traction Off Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
StabiliTrak®OFF Light . . . . . . . . 108
Traction Control System (TCS)/ StabiliTrak
®Light . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Engine Coolant Temperature Warning Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Tire Pressure Light . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Engine Oil Pressure Light . . . . 109
Low Fuel Warning Light . . . . . . . 110
Immobilizer Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
Reduced Engine Power Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
High-Beam On Light . . . . . . . . . . 111
Front Fog Lamp Light . . . . . . . . . 111 Lamps On Reminder . . . . . . . . . . 111
Cruise Control Light . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Door Ajar Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Information Displays
Driver Information
Center (DIC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
Vehicle Messages
Vehicle Messages (BaseLevel) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
Vehicle Messages (Uplevel) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
Battery Voltage and Charging Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
Brake System Messages . . . . . 118
Compass Messages . . . . . . . . . . 118
Cruise Control Messages . . . . . 118
Door Ajar Messages . . . . . . . . . . 118
Engine Cooling System Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
Engine Oil Messages . . . . . . . . . 119
Engine Power Messages . . . . . 120
Fuel System Messages . . . . . . . 120
Key and Lock Messages . . . . . 120
Lamp Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Object Detection System Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Ride Control System
Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
Security Messages . . . . . . . . . . . 122
Chevrolet Spark Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada-9956101) -
2017 - crc - 4/25/16
Lighting 129
Lighting
Exterior Lighting
Exterior Lamp Controls . . . . . . . 129
Exterior Lamps OffReminder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Headlamp High/Low-Beam Changer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Flash-to-Pass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Daytime Running Lamps (DRL) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Automatic Headlamp System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Hazard Warning Flashers . . . . . 131
Turn and Lane-Change Signals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Fog Lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Interior Lighting
Instrument Panel Illumination Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
Courtesy Lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
Dome Lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
Reading Lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
Lighting Features
Entry Lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
Exit Lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
Battery Power Protection . . . . . 134
Exterior Lighting
Exterior Lamp Controls
The exterior lamp control is on the
instrument panel to the outboard
side of the steering column.
There are four positions:
O: Briefly turn to this position to
turn the automatic light control off or
on again.
AUTO : If equipped, turns the
headlamps on automatically at
normal brightness, together with the
following:
. Parking Lamps
. Taillamps
. License Plate Lamps .
Instrument Panel Lights
. Sidemarker Lamps
;:Turns on the parking lamps
including all lamps except the
headlamps.
5: Turns the headlamps on
together with the parking lamps and
instrument panel lights. A warning
chime sounds if the driver door is
opened when the ignition switch is
off and the headlamps are on.
#: If equipped, press to turn the
fog lamps on or off.
See Fog Lamps 0132.
When the lights are on,
;will be
lit. See Lamps On Reminder 0111.
Exterior Lamps Off
Reminder
A reminder chime will sound when
the headlamps or parking lamps are
manually turned on when the
ignition is off and a door is open. To
disable the chime, turn the light off.
Chevrolet Spark Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada-9956101) -
2017 - crc - 4/25/16
Index 325
L
Labeling, Tire Sidewall . . . . . . . . . . 242
LampsCourtesy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
Daytime Running (DRL) . . . . . . 130
Dome . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
Exterior Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Exterior Lamps OffReminder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
License Plate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234
Malfunction Indicator . . . . . . . . . 103
Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
On Reminder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Reading . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
Lane Departure Warning (LDW) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200
Lane Departure Warning Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Lap-Shoulder Belt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
LATCH System
Replacing Parts after aCrash . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
LATCH, Lower Anchors and Tethers for Children . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Liftgate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Lighting Entry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
Exit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134 Lighting (cont'd)
Illumination Control . . . . . . . . . . . 133
Lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107 Airbag Readiness . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Antilock Brake System
(ABS) Warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Brake System Warning . . . . . . . 105
Charging System . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Cruise Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Door Ajar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Engine Coolant Temperature Warning . . . . . . . 108
Engine Oil Pressure . . . . . . . . . . 109
Flash-to-Pass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Front Fog Lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
High-Beam On . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
High/Low Beam Changer . . . . . 130
Immobilizer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .110
Lane Departure Warning . . . . . . 107
Low Fuel Warning . . . . . . . . . . . . .110
Operate Pedal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Reduced Engine Power . . . . . . .110
Safety Belt Reminders . . . . . . . . 101
Service Vehicle Soon . . . . . . . . . 105
StabiliTrak
®OFF . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Tire Pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Traction Control System (TCS)/StabiliTrak
®. . . . . . . . . . 108 Lights (cont'd)
Traction Off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Ultrasonic Parking Sensor . . . . 107
Up-Shift . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Warning, Power Steering . . . . . 106
Locks Automatic Door . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Delayed Locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Door . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Lockout Protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Power Door . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Loss of Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
Low Fuel Warning Light . . . . . . . . . 110
Lower Anchors and Tethers for Children (LATCH
System) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
M
MaintenanceAir Conditioning RegularOperation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164
Records . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 292
Maintenance and Care
Additional . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 287
Maintenance Schedule . . . . . . . . . 281 Recommended Fluids andLubricants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 290
Malfunction Indicator Lamp . . . . . 103