automatic transmission CHEVROLET SPARK 2020 Owner's Guide
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Technical Data 289
Engine Specifications
EngineVIN CodeTransmission Spark Plug Gap
1.4L L4 AAutomatic and Manual 0.80–0.90 mm (0.031–
0.035 in)
Spark plug gaps are preset by the manufacturer. Re-gapping the spark plug is not recommended and can damage
the spark plug.
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310 OnStar
security, or the operation of the
vehicle or the vehicle systems.
Software updates or changes may
affect or erase data or settings that
are stored in the vehicle, such as
saved navigation destinations or
pre-set radio stations. Neither
OnStar nor GM is responsible for
any affected or erased data or
settings. These updates or changes
may also collect personal
information. Such collection is
described in the OnStar privacy
statement or separately disclosed at
the time of installation. These
updates or changes may also cause
a system to automatically
communicate with GM servers to
collect information about vehicle
system status, identify whether
updates or changes are available,
or deliver updates or changes. An
active OnStar agreement constitutes
consent to these software updates
or changes and agreement that
either OnStar or GM may remotely
deliver them to the vehicle.Privacy
The complete OnStar Privacy
Statement may be found at
www.onstar.com (U.S.),
or www.onstar.ca (Canada). We
recommend that you review it. If you
have any questions, call
1-888-4ONSTAR (1-888-466-7827)
or press
Qto speak with an
Advisor. Users of wireless
communications are cautioned that
the privacy of any information sent
via wireless cellular communications
cannot be assured. Third parties
may unlawfully intercept or access
transmissions and private
communications without consent.
OnStar - Software
Acknowledgements
Certain OnStar components include
libcurl and unzip software and other
third party software. Below are the
notices and licenses associated with
libcurl and unzip and for other third
party software please see http://
opensource.lge.com/index
www.onstar.com/us/en/ libcurl:
COPYRIGHT AND PERMISSION
NOTICE
Copyright (c) 1996 - 2010, Daniel
Stenberg,
All rights reserved.
Permission to use, copy, modify,
and distribute this software for any
purpose with or without fee is
hereby granted, provided that the
above copyright notice and this
permission notice appear in all
copies.
THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED
“AS IS,”
WITHOUT WARRANTY OF
ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT
LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES
OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS
FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE
AND NONINFRINGEMENT OF
THIRD PARTY RIGHTS. IN NO
EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR
COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE
LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM,
DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY,
WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF
CONTRACT, TORT OR
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318 Index
Assistance Program,Roadside . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 295
Audio Bluetooth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Automatic Door Locks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Emergency Braking (AEB) . . . . 188
Headlamp System . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Transmission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171
Transmission Fluid . . . . . . . . . . . 205
Automatic Transmission
Shift Lock Control FunctionCheck . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217
Auxiliary Jack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Avoiding Untrusted Media Devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
B
Battery
Exterior Lighting BatterySaver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .115
Power Protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . .114
Battery - North America . . . . 215, 257
Blade Replacement, Wiper . . . . . 218
Bluetooth Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130, 131
Bluetooth Audio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127 Brake
System Warning Light . . . . . . . . . . 91
Brakes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213 Antilock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175
Assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176
Fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213
Parking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176
Braking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150 AutomaticEmergency (AEB) . . . . . . . . . . . 188
Break-In, New Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . 160
Bulb Replacement
Halogen Bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220
Headlamp Aiming . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220
Headlamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220
Headlamps, Front TurnSignal, Sidemarker, and
Parking Lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221
High Intensity Discharge (HID) Lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221
License Plate Lamps . . . . . . . . . 224
Taillamps, Turn Signal,
Stoplamps, and Back-up
Lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224
Buying New Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245
C
Calibration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82 California
Perchlorate Materials
Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198
California Proposition
65 Warning . . . . . . . . . .197, 215, 257, Back Cover
Camera Rear Vision (RVC) . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
Canadian Vehicle Owners . . . . . . . . 2
Capacities and Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 288
Carbon Monoxide Engine Exhaust . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170
Liftgate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Winter Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
Cargo Cover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Tie-Downs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Caution, Danger, and Warning . . . . 3
Chains, Tire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250
Charging System Light . . . . . . . . . . 89
Check Engine Light (MalfunctionIndicator) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Ignition Transmission Lock . . . 217
Child Restraints Infants and Young Children . . . . . 57
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Driving (cont'd)Drunk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150
Hill and Mountain Roads . . . . . . 153
If the Vehicle is Stuck . . . . . . . . . 155
Loss of Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
Off-Road Recovery . . . . . . . . . . . 152
Vehicle Load Limits . . . . . . . . . . . 156
Wet Roads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
Winter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
E
Electrical Equipment,
Add-On . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
Electrical System
Engine Compartment FuseBlock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226
Fuses and Circuit Breakers . . . 226
Instrument Panel Fuse Block . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229
Overload . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225
Emergency OnStar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 306
Engine Air Cleaner/Filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207
Check Light (Malfunction
Indicator) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Compartment Overview . . . . . . . 201 Engine (cont'd)
Coolant Temperature
Warning Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Cooling System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208
Drive Belt Routing . . . . . . . . . . . . 290
Exhaust . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170
Heater . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166
Oil Life System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204
Oil Pressure Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Overheating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .211
Power Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Reduced Power Light . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Running While Parked . . . . . . . . 171
Starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164
Entry Lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
Event Data Recorders . . . . . . . . . . 303
Exit Lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
Extended Parking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
Extender, Seat Belt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Exterior Lamp Controls . . . . . . . . . 109
Exterior Lamps Off Reminder . . . 110
Exterior Lighting Battery Saver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
F
Filter,
Engine Air Cleaner . . . . . . . . . . . 207
Flash-to-Pass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110 Flashers, Hazard Warning . . . . . . 112
Flat Tire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250
Changing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251
Floor Mats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 272
Fluid Automatic Transmission . . . . . . 205
Brakes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213
Washer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212
Fog Lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
Folding Mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Forward Collision Alert (FCA) System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
Frequency Statement Radio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 301
Front Fog Lamp Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Front Seat Armrest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Front Seats Adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Heated . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Fuel
Additives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192
Economy, Driving for Better . . . 149
Filling a Portable FuelContainer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194
Filling the Tank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192
Foreign Countries . . . . . . . . . . . . 192
Gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
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Fuel (cont'd)Low Fuel Warning Light . . . . . . . . . 96
Prohibited Fuels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192
Recommended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
Top Tier . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
Fuses Engine Compartment FuseBlock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226
Fuses and Circuit Breakers . . . 226
Instrument Panel Fuse
Block . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229
G
Gas Strut(s) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219
GaugesFuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Odometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Speedometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Tachometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Trip Odometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Warning Lights andIndicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
General Information Service and Maintenance . . . . . 273
Towing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
Vehicle Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
Glove Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76 GM Mobility Reimbursement
Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 295
H
Halogen Bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220
Hazard Warning Flashers . . . . . . . 112
Head Restraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Headlamps
Aiming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220
Automatic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Bulb Replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . 220
Daytime RunningLamps (DRL) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .110
Flash-to-Pass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .110
Headlamps, Front Turn Signal, Sidemarker, and
Parking Lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221
High Intensity Discharge (HID) Lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221
High-Beam On Light . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
High/Low Beam Changer . . . . . .110
Lamps On Reminder . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Heated Front Seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Heated Mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Heater Engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166
Heating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
High-Beam On Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97 Hill and Mountain Roads . . . . . . . . 153
Hill Start Assist (HSA) . . . . . . . . . . 177
Hood . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199
Hood Ajar Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Horn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
How to Wear Seat Belts
Properly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
HVAC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
Hydraulic Clutch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206
I
Ignition Positions . . . . . . . . . . 160, 162
Ignition Transmission Lock Check . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217
Immobilizer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Indicator
Owner Manual . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Vehicle Ahead . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Infants and Young Children, Restraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Information Publication Ordering . . . . . . . . . . 300
Instrument Cluster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Instrument Panel Overview . . . . . . . 5
Interior Rearview Mirrors . . . . . . . . . 25
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2, 116
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Retained AccessoryPower (RAP) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
Roads Driving, Wet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
Roadside Assistance Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 295
Roof
Sunroof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Roof Rack System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Rotation, Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243
Routing, Engine Drive Belt . . . . . . 290
Running the Vehicle While Parked . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171
S
Safety Defects ReportingCanadian Government . . . . . . . . 302
General Motors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 302
U.S. Government . . . . . . . . . . . . . 301
Safety Locks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Safety System Check . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Satellite Radio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Scheduling Appointments . . . . . . . 297
Seat Belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Extender . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
How to Wear Seat BeltsProperly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 Seat Belts (cont'd)
Lap-Shoulder Belt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Reminders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Replacing after a Crash . . . . . . . . 43
Use During Pregnancy . . . . . . . . . . 41
Seats Adjustment, Front . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Head Restraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Heated Front . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Rear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Reclining Seatbacks . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Securing Child Restraints . . . . 71, 73
Security OnStar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 307
Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Vehicle Alarm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147 Accessories and
Modifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198
Climate Control System . . . . . . . 143
Doing Your Own Work . . . . . . . . 198
Maintenance Records . . . . . . . . 286
Maintenance, General Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 273
Parts Identification . . . . . . . . . . . . 287
Scheduling Appointments . . . . . 297
Vehicle Soon Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91 Services
Special Application . . . . . . . . . . . 280
Servicing the Airbag . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
Shift Lock Control Function Check, Automatic
Transmission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217
Shifting Into Park . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
Out of Park . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
Signals, Turn and
Lane-Change . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
Spare Tire Compact . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 256
Special Application Services . . . . 280
Specifications and Capacities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 288
Speedometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
StabiliTrak OFF Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Start Assist, Hill . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
Starter Switch Check . . . . . . . . . . . 216
Starting the Engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164
Steering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151 Power, Warning Lights . . . . . . . . . . 93
Wheel Adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Wheel Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
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Stoplamps and Back-up LampsBulb Replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . 224
Storage Areas Cargo Cover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Glove Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Roof Rack System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Storage Compartments . . . . . . . . . . 76
Struts
Gas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219
Stuck Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
Sun Visors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Sunroof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Symbols . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
System Forward CollisionAlert (FCA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
Roof Rack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Systems Driver Assistance . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
T
Tachometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
TaillampsBulb Replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . 224
Text Telephone (TTY) Users . . . . 294
Theft-Deterrent Systems . . . . . 22, 23 Immobilizer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82 Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231
All-Season . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232
Buying New Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245
Chains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250
Changing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251
Compact Spare . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 256
Designations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235
Different Size . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247
If a Tire Goes Flat . . . . . . . . . . . . 250
Inspection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243
Pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 238
Pressure Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Pressure Monitor Operation . . 240
Pressure Monitor System . . . . . 239
Rotation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243
Sidewall Labeling . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233
Terminology and Definitions . . 235
Uniform Tire Quality
Grading . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247
Wheel Alignment and Tire Balance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249
Wheel Replacement . . . . . . . . . . 249
When It Is Time for New Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 244
Winter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232
Top Tier Fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
Towing General Information . . . . . . . . . . 195 Towing (cont'd)
Recreational Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . 261
Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 260
Traction
Control System(TCS)/StabiliTrak Light . . . . . . . . 94
Off Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Traction Control/Electronic Stability Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
Trademarks and License Agreements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
Transmission Automatic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171
Fluid, Automatic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
Fluid, Manual . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206
Transportation Program, Courtesy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 297
Trip Odometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Turn and Lane-Change
Signals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
Turn Signal Bulb Replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . 224
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Ultrasonic Parking SensorLight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Uniform Tire Quality Grading . . . 247
Up-Shift Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92