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Just an update on my logs, as our 2016 Spark just turned 81k this morning on the odometer. Since November 2020, I've been holding a steady "calculated average" of 13.079 kW or 70.7% of the initial 18.5 kW capacity. Not sure what my chances of battery replacement is at this rate. This...

My 2016 has been holding steady at a "calculated" average of 13.07 kW since 11/16/2020. Assuming 2016 capacity is 18.5 kW, that average would be 70.6%. I have right now about 70k miles on it, so I'd guess that on 11/16/20 my odometer was between 55k-60k ish given my total commute each weekday...

Thanks SparkE. Yes, you have a lot of great advice there. I've tried to do most of things you've mentioned; asking invoice, pointing out the rebates and credits and discounts, trying to affirm the final price, but I think in the end the dealer just didn't want to sell the car badly enough...

So, I did go test drive the Leaf S Plus yesterday. The car itself, does look more modern then the Spark, felt a little cramp in the back seat even though it's a 5 seater, does have a larger trunk space, makes these weird whirling swooshing noises upon initial acceleration and braking, likely...

Ak...I'm not getting any warm and fuzzies now on GM/Chevrolet. I think this weekend I'm going to go check out a new 2020 Leaf S Plus. With 225 miles range and a heat pump for the cabin heat, is this the way to go? There's still a $7500 federal credit available on them, so after that, the Leaf...

I took an average of my readings per year between 2018 and 2020 and did a line prediction for 2021-2024, and at 2024 I could expect to be at 8.09 usable capacity for 36.03 miles when the warranty should be 11.04 kWh for a range of 49.2 miles (40% of 18.2kWh). I'm going to show this summary and...

Thanks, good to know on the Bolt. Ideally I can find a used one at under 30k miles for around 13k and I'll buy. Or a new one at 20k. In any case, I've just scheduled an appointment with the dealership to diagnose the battery capacity. There's a $150 diagnosis fee and if they find the battery...

LondonBroiler, looking at your signature got me curious on my own lifetime efficiency, and at 60,426 miles on the Chevrolet app its at a dismal 4.0 mi/kWh. I don't know what I'm expecting, just hate this sudden drop of capacity in the last year. If the capacity stayed within about .5kWh per...

Still no major improvements on my side. I pumped up the tires to 40PSI 5 days ago and still average 13.26 kWh capacity since then. I have been parking the car outside since last September 2019 due to an addition of a Fiat Abarth 500 taking up that garage space now, so I think as a test, for...

It seems like almost EVERYONE has had a sudden drop of capacity this year. Could this just be due to faster driving, due to less traffic? It's not like GM can send a mass update to all the cars that can slowly retard battery capacity. I'm stumped.

13.7 kW? That does seem low for only 32k miles. At 32k miles I was still getting about 16-17 kW approximately. I wonder why the sudden drop off for you. For me, I think there could be a few factors that I'm trying to consider: 1) I am "unfortunately" not working remotely anymore, so I...

So, battery degradation has hit a low point yesterday, at 13.16 kW for 71.12% (below). I'm right at 60k miles now on the 2016 model; outside temperature this morning was at 35F in Portland. I'm not usingTorquePro, just taking snaps from the main display. Don't mind the sporadic date logging...

Phule1969, I'm up in Portland/Clackamas. Congrats on the purchase!

So an (unproductive) update on this.... I went into Autozone and picked up the spindle axle nut socket set and a 250 ft/lbs 1/2" drive torque wrench. Pulled the middle cap off the wheel and discovered the axle nut on there was actually 36mm. I couldn't get the socket through the wheel center...

Ah, interesting if it's just the axle nut. Tonight I will try to get a 32mm socket and see if this is indeed torqued less then the specified 185 ft/lbs. Reading the Volt threads, it appears the common fix has been 1) re-torquing the nut to 185 ft/lbs, and/or 2) replacing the nut with a...

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I've recently developed a creaking/popping noises from the front of the car. It's usually 2 or 3 faint "pops" at acceleration from a top and the same "pops" when braking. Didn't find anything on this forum, but on some Volt and Bolt forums, owners have had similar issues and fixes (or just...

Bought new in April 2016, now with 41k as my daily commuter with about 40 miles driven each day. Slight capacity degradation; was getting ~16.5 kWh last year; now between 15-16 kWh. Would like to keep it...but for how long? At what number of miles before no-one buys it?

I installed a Rockford Fosgate P300 powered sub 2 summers ago and can honestly say it's my favorite modification on the Spark. Nice to rock out and feel the sub on my daily 45 minute commute. Install was super easy; just tap power and pull line level inputs from the rear speakers. And it's...

I got about 26k miles before actually replacing the front tires (though probably about 4k of that was on some Yoko S's). I originally bought some General Altimax's but never installed them after reading so many reviews on these Antares tires from Walmart...