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Thanks, NORTON, for your reply. The alarms usually do clear, but it's a bother. I did a little web research on codes, wondering if I could look at them and clear them myself. By buying an OBD scanner (On Board Diagnostics) I could look at the codes. Clearing them might be a different matter, and...

I took my 2015 Spark EV to the dealer yesterday having gotten "Unable to Charge," "Propulsion Power is Reduced," and Service Soon light. OF COURSE the alarms were gone by the time I got it into the dealership. They found nothing wrong with the car, but said "It had a lot of codes stored, and we...

Well, that didn't last long. Service Vehicle Soon light came on again this morning, no other alarms. Does anyone have any ideas?

Edmunds sends you an email saying they are buying cars in your area, then you answer a detailed questionnaire online about the car. Then they make you a formal offer that is good for 7 days. They have you make an appointment with a local Carmax office. I made an appointment with the Tolleson, AZ...

"Service Vehicle Soon" light was coming on intermittently, driving me crazy. No other alarms, but I noticed the high-voltage coolant level was a little low, maybe 1/8" below the horizontal line. I filled it up just above the horizontal line. No change--still the light would come on and then go...

Several persistent emails from Edmunds have offered me $$$ for my 2015 Spark Ev. The most recent offered $10,100. I made an appointment to take it to the nearest Carmax location with the printed offer, title, keys, etc. Can this be real? I paid only $11,000 for it in 2018. I'm nervous about...

Infinion: I read through your post again. You asked for data on battery voltage levels, and car year: mine is 2015. It is an LT, having the fast-charge capacity, which I have used only a few times (it seemed to cause range loss). Note that I didn't have the car in Accessory mode or didn't...

Sorry, meant to say "Infinion" not the other contributor.

Smilies: Thank you for your super-useful post. Evident that you put plenty of work into documenting and organizing it. I don't use Accessory mode, but had the same symptoms of the 12V battery death after charging the car at home. This was last January 2021. I use a regular 120vac wall plug. AAA...

From reading elsewere on this forum, I gather my 2015 lithium ion battery guaranteed is for 8 years, to 65% capacity. If it's rated to 82 miles, then the guarantee would kick in when range gets into the low 50's. Mine started to lose range this year. It now charges to 72 miles pretty...

I did locate the AC Delco LN1AGM 12V battery for my 2015 Spark EV. Installed it and the car is working well, no alarms. AAA supposedly is going to come and pick up the battery they installed and refund me what I paid for it. I've spent hours on the phone with AAA getting this straightened out...

Bingo. Thank you. I just found that same Delco LN1AGM elsewhere on the forum. I could put that in myself, right? Doesn't seem like it would require anything special.

Checked battery again, it now reads 12.45V. Anyway, I called AAA, who replaced the battery 2 months ago. They sent a tech who tells me the previous tech put the wrong battery in. The previous tech put in a 121R-C, which is not an AGM battery. This new tech looked up my 2015 Spark EV in his...

Today the 12V battery is down to 8.5 V. I called my repair shop to ask whether it's likely the new 12V battery (just put in a month ago) is defective, or if it's more likely something in the car is draining the battery. They haven't called back yet. Will update.

Yesterday, driving my 2015 Spark EV, the "Propulsion Power Is Reduced" alarm came on, with the yellow "Service Vehicle Soon" light. Pulled over, read the manual. It says: "The vehicle may be driven at a reduced speed while this message is on, but maximum acceleration and speed may be reduced...

I just look at my electric meter every morning about the same time, and know how many KWh I typically use on days when I'm NOT charging the car. Then on a day when I have been charging the car all night I know about how many more KWh were used to charge the car. I pay $0.11 per KWh here in...

Thank you for the notification. I will try to make it to the meeting (Unexpected Gallery, last SAT of month). I see very few EV's in my area (Surprise, Sun City West, El Mirage), and would like to know about others.

That blue one was a beautiful car. Perfect tires, low mileage, everything clean. Congrats to your daughter too!

P.S. Glad you bought the blue one--blue is the best color in the Spark EVs, and there aren't many of them.

I didn't buy the Carvana one, I bought a white one at Red Rock Automotive in Scottsdale. I never would have driven a Spark, but they recommended I test-drive one. Red Rock is the only dealer in the area that knows anything about electrics--they post good photos of the charge port, the cable, all...