2018 CHEVROLET SPARK automatic transmission

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Recommended Fluids, Lubricants, and Parts
Recommended Fluids and Lubricants
Fluids and lubricants identified below by name, part number, or specification can be obtained from your dealer.Usage Fluid/Lubricant
Brake/Clutch Hydraulic System DOT 4 Hydraulic Brake Fluid (GM Part No. 19299570, in Canada 19299571).
Engine Coolant 50/50 mixture of clean, drinkable water and use only DEX-COOL Coolant.
See Cooling System 0220.
Engine Oil Engine oil meeting the dexos1 specification of the proper SAE viscosity
grade. ACDelco dexos1 is recommended. See Engine Oil0215.
Hood Latch Assembly, Secondary Latch, Pivots, Spring Anchor, and Release Pawl Lubriplate Lubricant Aerosol (GM Part No. 89021668, in Canada 89021674)
or lubricant meeting requirements of NLGI #2, Category LB or GC-LB.
Key Lock Cylinders, Hood and Door Hinges Multi-Purpose Lubricant, Superlube (GM Part No. 12346241, in
Canada 10953474).
Transmission - Automatic ACDelco CVT Fluid (Part No. 19260800, in Canada 19299096). Transmission - Manual Manual Transmission Fluid (GM Part No. 19351859, in Canada 19351860).
Weatherstrip Conditioning Weatherstrip Lubricant (GM Part No. 3634770, in Canada 10953518) or Dielectric Silicone Grease (GM Part No. 12345579, in Canada 10953481).
Windshield Washer Automotive windshield washer fluid that meets regional freeze protection requirements.

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Vehicle Data
Capacities and Specifications
The following approximate capacities are given in metric and English conversions. SeeRecommended Fluids and
Lubricants 0294 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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Assistance Program,Roadside . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 304
Audio Theft-Deterrent Feature . . . . . . . 135
Automatic Door Locks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Headlamp System . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Transmission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
Transmission Fluid . . . . . . . . . . . 218
Automatic Transmission Shift Lock Control Function
Check . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229
Auxiliary Devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
Avoiding Untrusted Media Devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
B
Battery
Exterior Lighting BatterySaver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Power Protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Battery - North America . . . . 228, 268
Blade Replacement, Wiper . . . . . 230
Bluetooth Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149, 151
Brake System Warning Light . . . . . . . . 107 Brakes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226
Antilock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
Assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192
Fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226
Parking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
Braking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
Break-In, New Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . 176
Bulb Replacement Halogen Bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233
Headlamp Aiming . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232
Headlamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233
Headlamps, Front TurnSignal, Sidemarker, and
Parking Lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233
License Plate Lamps . . . . . . . . . 235
Taillamps, Turn Signal, Stoplamps, and Back-up
Lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235
Buying New Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 256
C
Calibration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
California Fuel Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . 204 California (cont'd)
Perchlorate Materials
Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .211
California
Proposition
65 Warning . . . . . . . . . .210, 228, 268, Back Cover
Camera Rear Vision (RVC) . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
Canadian Vehicle Owners . . . . . . . . 2
Capacities and Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 298
Carbon Monoxide Engine Exhaust . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
Liftgate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Winter Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170
Cargo Cover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Tie-Downs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Caution, Danger, and Warning . . . . 2
Chains, Tire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 260
Charging System Light . . . . . . . . . 105
Check Engine Light (MalfunctionIndicator) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Ignition Transmission Lock . . . 229
Child Restraints Infants and Young Children . . . . . 73

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Driving (cont'd)Off-Road Recovery . . . . . . . . . . . 168
Vehicle Load Limits . . . . . . . . . . . 172
Wet Roads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
Winter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170
E
Electrical Equipment,
Add-On . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207
Electrical System
Engine Compartment FuseBlock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237
Fuses and Circuit Breakers . . . 237
Instrument Panel Fuse Block . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239
Overload . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236
Emergency OnStar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 315
Engine
Air Cleaner/Filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219
Check Light (MalfunctionIndicator) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Compartment Overview . . . . . . . 214
Coolant Temperature Warning Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Cooling System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220
Drive Belt Routing . . . . . . . . . . . . 299
Exhaust . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185 Engine (cont'd)
Heater . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
Oil Life System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217
Oil Pressure Light . . . . . . . . . . . . .112
Overheating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224
Power Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Reduced Power Light . . . . . . . . . .113
Running While Parked . . . . . . . . 186
Starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
Entry Lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Event Data Recorders . . . . . . . . . . 312
Exit Lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Extended Parking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
Extender, Seat Belt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Exterior Lamp Controls . . . . . . . . . 127
Exterior Lamps Off Reminder . . . 128
Exterior Lighting Battery Saver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
F
Filter,
Engine Air Cleaner . . . . . . . . . . . 219
Flash-to-Pass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
Flashers, Hazard Warning . . . . . . 130
Flat Tire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 261 Changing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 262
Floor Mats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 282 Fluid
Automatic Transmission . . . . . . 218
Brakes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226
Washer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225
Fog Lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Folding Mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Forward Collision Alert (FCA) System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200
Frequency Statement Radio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 310
Front Fog Lamp
Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .113
Front Seat Armrest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Front Seats Adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Heated . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203 Additives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204
Economy Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Filling a Portable FuelContainer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206
Filling the Tank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
Foreign Countries . . . . . . . . . . . . 204
Gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Low Fuel Warning Light . . . . . . . .112
Requirements, California . . . . . 204

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FusesEngine Compartment Fuse
Block . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237
Fuses and Circuit Breakers . . . 237
Instrument Panel Fuse Block . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239
G
Gas Strut(s) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231
GaugesFuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Odometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Speedometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Tachometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Trip Odometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Warning Lights andIndicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
General Information Service and Maintenance . . . . . 284
Towing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207
Vehicle Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210
Glove Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
GM Mobility Reimbursement Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 304
H
Halogen Bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233
Hands-Free Phone . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156
Hazard Warning Flashers . . . . . . . 130
Head Restraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
HeadlampsAiming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232
Automatic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Bulb Replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . 233
Daytime RunningLamps (DRL) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
Flash-to-Pass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
Headlamps, Front Turn Signal, Sidemarker, and
Parking Lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233
High-Beam On Light . . . . . . . . . . .113
High/Low Beam Changer . . . . . 128
Lamps On Reminder . . . . . . . . . .113
Heated Front Seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Heated Mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Heater
Engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
Heating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
High-Beam On Light . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
Hill and Mountain Roads . . . . . . . . 170
Hill Start Assist (HSA) . . . . . . . . . . 192
Home Page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
Hood . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212 Hood Ajar Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
Horn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
How to Wear Seat Belts
Properly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
HVAC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
Hydraulic Clutch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219
I
Ignition Positions . . . . . . . . . . 176, 178
Ignition Transmission Lock Check . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229
Immobilizer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .112
Indicator Owner Manual . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Vehicle Ahead . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Infants and Young Children,
Restraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Infotainment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
Instrument Cluster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Interior Rearview Mirrors . . . . . . . . . 43
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
J
Jump Starting - North America . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 268

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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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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