I had my Spark EV for 2 weeks and had driven 350 miles when it died suddenly on the freeway. Fortunately it was (last) Sunday and there was light traffic so I was able to put it in neutral and coast to the shoulder. (Otherwise it could have been a dangerous - even life threatening - situation.) The weather was cool - approx 65 degrees, and I had plenty of range (30+ miles). I was travelling about 60 mph. Suddenly, the car just lost power to the engine. The dash still lit up and the radio (along with Onstar Emergency!) worked: just no power to the engine. The range showed only 4 miles by the time I got stopped on the shoulder - compared to 30 when it died.
I had the car towed to Boardwalk Chevrolet, where I leased it. They've had it a week now, and I can't get a straight answer as to what happened or what exactly they're doing to fix it. They give vague answers about contacting the engineers at Chevrolet and getting a new battery installed --- but are very opaque about everything. (I think they haven't had much problem with servicing the vehicles - so have no doubt they don't know for sure what's going on. Probably talking to the engineers over the phone..."Now what do I do?")
I'm a little scared that this will happen again - suddenly without warning - and I'll be stranded in the middle of a busy freeway. I'm also worried that since no one at the local Chevy dealer really seems to be familiar with fixing these cars, that the fix - if it happens - will be sub par.
This is a sad situation for me, because before this happened, I absolutely loved the car, which fit my needs exactly. Now I don't know if I can trust it - even if they can fix it....
There don't seem to be other similar stories, so maybe I just got a lemon ... but I'm throwing it out for discussion.
I had the car towed to Boardwalk Chevrolet, where I leased it. They've had it a week now, and I can't get a straight answer as to what happened or what exactly they're doing to fix it. They give vague answers about contacting the engineers at Chevrolet and getting a new battery installed --- but are very opaque about everything. (I think they haven't had much problem with servicing the vehicles - so have no doubt they don't know for sure what's going on. Probably talking to the engineers over the phone..."Now what do I do?")
I'm a little scared that this will happen again - suddenly without warning - and I'll be stranded in the middle of a busy freeway. I'm also worried that since no one at the local Chevy dealer really seems to be familiar with fixing these cars, that the fix - if it happens - will be sub par.
This is a sad situation for me, because before this happened, I absolutely loved the car, which fit my needs exactly. Now I don't know if I can trust it - even if they can fix it....
There don't seem to be other similar stories, so maybe I just got a lemon ... but I'm throwing it out for discussion.