Chevrolet Spark Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada-11348464) -
2018 - crc - 9/19/17
316 OnStar
Security
If equipped, OnStar provides these
services:
.With Stolen Vehicle Assistance,
OnStar Advisors can use GPS to
pinpoint the vehicle and help
authorities quickly recover it.
. With Remote Ignition Block,
if equipped, OnStar can block
the engine from being restarted.
. With Stolen Vehicle Slowdown,
if equipped, OnStar can work
with law enforcement to
gradually slow the vehicle down.
Theft Alarm Notification
If equipped, if the doors are locked
and the vehicle alarm sounds, a
notification by text, e-mail, or phone
call will be sent. If the vehicle is
stolen, an OnStar Advisor can work
with authorities to recover the
vehicle.
Navigation
OnStar navigation requires a
specific OnStar service plan. Press
Qto receive Turn-by-Turn
directions or have them sent to the
vehicle’s navigation screen,
if equipped.
Turn-by-Turn Navigation
1. PressQto connect to an
Advisor.
2. Request directions to be downloaded to the vehicle.
3. Follow the voice-guided commands.
Using Voice Commands
During a Planned Route
Functionality of the Voice Command
button may vary by vehicle and
region. For some vehicles, press
=
to open the OnStar app on the
infotainment display. For other
vehicles press
=as follows.
Cancel Route
1. Press
=. System responds:
“OnStar ready,” then a tone. 2. Say
“Cancel route.” System
responds: “Do you want to
cancel directions?”
3. Say “Yes.”System responds:
“OK, request completed, thank
you, goodbye.”
Route Preview
1. Press
=. System responds:
“OnStar ready,” then a tone.
2. Say “Route preview.” System
responds with the next three
maneuvers.
Repeat
1. Press
=. System responds:
“OnStar ready,” then a tone.
2. Say “Repeat.” System
responds with the last direction
given, then responds with
“OnStar ready,” then a tone.
Get My Destination
1. Press
=. System responds:
“OnStar ready,” then a tone.
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326 Index
IndexA
Accessories andModifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211
Accessory Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
Add-On Electrical Equipment . . . 207
Additional Information OnStar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 320
Additional Maintenance and Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 291
Agreements
Trademarks and License . . . . . 158
Air Cleaner/Filter, Engine . . . . . . . 219
Air Conditioning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
Air Conditioning Regular Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164
Air Filter, Passenger Compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
Air Intake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
Air Vents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162
Airbag System Check . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
How Does an AirbagRestrain? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Passenger Sensing System . . . . 66
What Makes an Airbag
Inflate? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
What Will You See after an Airbag Inflates? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64 Airbag System (cont'd)
When Should an Airbag
Inflate? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Where Are the Airbags? . . . . . . . . 61
Airbags Adding Equipment to theVehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Passenger Status Indicator . . . 104
Readiness Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Servicing Airbag-Equipped Vehicles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
System Check . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Alarm Vehicle Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
All-Season Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 242
AM-FM Radio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
Antenna Multi-band . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
Antilock Brake System (ABS) . . . 190 Warning Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Appearance Care Exterior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 274
Interior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 279
Apple CarPlay and Android Auto . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
Armrest Front Seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
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Running the Vehicle WhileParked . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
S
Safety Defects Reporting
Canadian Government . . . . . . . . .311
General Motors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .311
U.S. Government . . . . . . . . . . . . . .311
Safety Locks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Safety System Check . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Satellite Radio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
Scheduling Appointments . . . . . . . 306
Seat Belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54 Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Extender . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
How to Wear Seat BeltsProperly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Lap-Shoulder Belt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Reminders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Replacing after a Crash . . . . . . . . 59
Use During Pregnancy . . . . . . . . . . 58
Seats Adjustment, Front . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Head Restraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Heated Front . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Rear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Reclining Seatbacks . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Securing Child Restraints . . . . 86, 88 Security
OnStar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 316
Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Vehicle Alarm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164 Accessories andModifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .211
Climate Control System . . . . . . . 160
Doing Your Own Work . . . . . . . . .211
Maintenance Records . . . . . . . . 296
Maintenance, General Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 284
Parts Identification Label . . . . . 297
Publications Ordering Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 309
Scheduling Appointments . . . . . 306
Vehicle Soon Light . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Services Special Application . . . . . . . . . . . 291
Servicing the Airbag . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Shift Lock Control Function Check, Automatic
Transmission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229
Shifting Into Park . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
Out of Park . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
Signals, Turn and Lane-Change . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130 Software Updates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
Spare Tire
Compact . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 267
Special Application Services . . . . 291
Specifications and Capacities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 298
Speedometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
StabiliTrak
OFF Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .110
Start Assist, Hill . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192
Starter Switch Check . . . . . . . . . . . 228
Starting the Engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
Steering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167 Power, Warning Lights . . . . . . . . 109
Wheel Adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Wheel Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Stoplamps and Back-up Lamps Bulb Replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . 235
Storage Areas Cargo Cover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Glove Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Roof Rack System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Storage Compartments . . . . . . . . . . 91
Struts Gas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231
Stuck Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172
Sun Visors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Sunroof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
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Index 335
Symbols . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
SystemForward CollisionAlert (FCA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200
Infotainment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
Roof Rack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
T
Tachometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Taillamps Bulb Replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . 235
Text Telephone (TTY) Users . . . . 303
Theft-Deterrent Systems . . . . . 40, 41
Immobilizer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 242 All-Season . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 242
Buying New Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . 256
Chains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 260
Changing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 262
Compact Spare . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 267
Designations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245
Different Size . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 257
If a Tire Goes Flat . . . . . . . . . . . . 261
Inspection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 254
Pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249
Pressure Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Pressure Monitor Operation . . 251 Tires (cont'd)
Pressure Monitor System . . . . . 250
Rotation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 254
Sidewall Labeling . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243
Terminology and Definitions . . 246
Uniform Tire Quality
Grading . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 258
Wheel Alignment and Tire Balance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 259
Wheel Replacement . . . . . . . . . . 260
When It Is Time for New Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255
Winter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243
Towing
General Information . . . . . . . . . . 207
Recreational Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . 271
Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 271
Traction
Control System (TCS)/StabiliTrak Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . .110
Off Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .110
Traction Control/Electronic Stability Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193
Trademarks and License Agreements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
Transmission Automatic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
Fluid, Automatic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218 Transmission (cont'd)
Fluid, Manual . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219
Transportation Program, Courtesy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 306
Trip Odometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Turn and Lane-Change Signals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Turn Signal Bulb Replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . 235
U
Ultrasonic Parking Sensor
Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Uniform Tire Quality Grading . . . 258
Up-Shift Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Updates
Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
USB Port . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
Using This Manual . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
V
Vehicle Alarm System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Canadian Owners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
Identification Number (VIN) . . . 297
Load Limits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172
Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119, 120
Personalization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121