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dealer called -- it was the onboard charger module. they have it on order but don't expect to have it back in time for me to take the car back (lease turn in is in 6 days). dealer was super nice and apologetic but if they can't get the part, then they can't get the part! I'll really miss...

I will I promise. I dropped it off at the dealership on wed; they said that they'd look at it this week. IDK what type of issue it is (I'd guess probably that it is the onboard charging module). as soon as I know, I'll let you know too. I have to turn it in off lease in 9 days so there...

yes, I did disconnect 12v battery, wait 20 mins, and touch pos to neg. (I had disconnected and reconnected 12v battery yesterday, but I just did that again this morning and no change). I'm going to tow it to the dealer today

ok so it wasn't the 12v battery. i put a full charge on it (charger was green, and when disconnected it was showing 13.1 v). same result - orange light for 4 secs and then no light at all and no charging. i think it might be the on board charger too. going to try to take it to the...

first report back to you guys. battery is at 12.23 v according to my multimeter. I have a Schumacher intelligent battery charger which I just hooked up (has setting for AGM battery charging). 12.23 is low, so I'll charge it for 3 hrs or so and see if it comes up to 12.5-12.8 (which I...

hey fellas. I've not had a single issue with my 2015 Spark EV in 38-1/2 months and 32,300 miles of ownership! but yesterday I had an issue with charging it and I'm out of ideas (final idea is tow it to the dealership). here's what happened: I had used it all day and arrived back home...

I think it might be fairly easy to see how much power it takes for the Spark EV to run at 90 mph; go to a straight stretch of road and run her up to 90, and watch the power meter and see what it's reading (on my cluster I keep the range meter on the left and the power meter configured to the...

first pair your phone to your spark ev on bluetooth. then in the multimedia screen, touch the pulldown near the top and select bluetooth. then open the music player app on your phone and play a song. it should come through the speakers on the Spark and also show up on the touchscreen as...

hi! yes that's totally normal; mine makes all sorts of 'glug glug glug' and whirring noises after shutting down; that is the cooling system continuing to circulate after the fact.

hi. very interesting reading! I have two road race cars (Lotus Super Seven and Honda Civic) and one classic vehicle (C4 ZR-1 Corvette) which all sit for extended periods of time (especially during the winter months). I keep a battery tender on all three of them. my typical battery life is...

I definitely see your same lower efficiency due to low temps; if it's 35 deg outside when I leave for work, I'll struggle to see 4.4 mi/kw on the gauge (that's with zero heat turned on, no seat heaters, etc). the capacity readings on those days will be in the 17.2 kwh range. when it's 80 deg...

hmmmm that's puzzling; mine most definitely does vary with temps. maybe it's the temp range? my low temps here in the winter are teens/20s. the battery capacity definitely (on mine) is lower when it's around ambient 40 (or lower). capacity noticably goes up when ambient is 60s or above...

i've been keeping an even closer eye on this the last 6 weeks now. i'm convinced that ambient temp has a significant impact on the actual battery capacity of our Spark EVs (mine is a 2015 with 20k miles). the last week or two it has been very nice weather here (70s-80s during the day, high...

I've been keeping an eye on my battery capacity the last couple of months. it's staying fairly steady between 17.4 and 17.5 kwh. mine's a 2015 with 19,400 miles on it currently. so far I'm very pleased with the (very slight) battery degradation of my car.

hi Scirocco. I don't have specific info on the Direzza ZII Star Spec on our Spark EVs, but I do have lots of experience with that exact tire on a fleet of E30 BMW 325s that we race in the AER road race series here on the East Coast. the Star Specs have great dry grip (not quite as good as the...

i drove my spark quite a bit last winter. snow kills the range. there is a TON of drag on the tires pushing it through snow (i'd say that my range dropped about 35% when it was snowing). normally I only use the seat heaters during winter, but in the snow I had to have the front defroster on...

hi. I haven't graphed mine (I have a 2015), but I drive mine as a commuter and have had it for 19 months. in that time, I've driven it 17k miles, and my commute is very similar every week. I've noticed zero degradation in the range of my car so far (all things being equal). by that, I mean...

I'd be a buyer for that immediately.

every car, regardless of make/model etc should have the brake fluid flushed every 2 years. the brake fluid draws moisture out of the air, and the moisture promotes rust in the calipers and MC which is damaging. I try to do this service to all my cars every 2-3 years (my road race cars get it...

hi. my 2015 you MUST have your foot on the brake pedal to start it.