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So far it has happened unplugged in a parking where nobody was around, and a few times in my driveway plugged in with no one around. I have exercised the Hood switch a number of times, in case it was the culprit, as I never open that hood... if it happens again, I will try increasing the GM...

My Spark EV 2014 Alarm has recently started to go off for no reason when the car is parked. Pressing open or close on the remote shuts it off I checked the 12V battery which is a t 12.2V I checked the remote battery which is at 3V Has anyone had that problem before and figured out what caused...

Thank you for keeping us posted on this!

Different cells...

Interesting to hear the spark could be worth that much (thinking of a Bolt lately...) May I ask how Edmund / Carmax would know to offer you money for your car? Did you contact them initially? Thanks

Sorry I was thinking 2014, you may be right

at 11.3 kWh you are definitely over 35% wear, you should apply for a warranty claim :)

Same question here: https://www.mychevysparkev.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=4516&start=110#p28285 Let me know if anyone answers :)

So here I am getting close to the end of my Battery Warranty (July 13th) on my Spark 2014. It is said to have a 21kWh battery, but an unknown Usable capacity value. I started with 16.1 kWh usable at 52,000 miles in Jan 2017, and after a steady decline over the years, I am now at 12.8 kWh at...

I don't think that the usable capacity of a 2014 is actually 21kWh, but no one knows for sure :) I think assuming 18.5kWh usable is safer and so waiting until it drops under 12kWh usable should be the way to go if time permits. Of course if your battery warranty is about to expire around...

Not using your car for a year in hopes of a few percent.... :roll:

When using the car console numbers, try to take the numbers when both the kWh and the % change at the same time. That will reduce the rounding errors. Also if possible take numbers when there is no conditioning value as this increases the magnitude of rounding errors by 50%

The energy screen does take the regen braking into account. If you go down a hill with a lot of regen, you will see the kWh and % go down together, so regen or not the extrapolated usable capacity calculated from these numbers will be the same regardless of how much regen you had. Regen has...

Thanks, but no the battery were installed right. I bought a new set of batteries, and these worked. The only difference is they were CR2032H instead of CR2032. No idea why the other ones did not work, especially as they were putting out 3,2V.

Just ran into a keyFob problem. I only have one Spark and 2 keyfobs for it. Keyfob did not open the car, so I went ahead and changed the battery, nothing Got the spare keyfob, put a brand new battery in (both batteries tested at 3.2V) nothing I can open and start the car with the key inserted...