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CurtisA

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  1. The sad part is I really loved the Spark and was an avid owner in talking about it and praising it. With in one year I had way to many issues to justify keeping it. I bought it thinking if it survived some of the countries it's been in then it SHOULD be very dependable. I was let down, I still went with Chevy, not because GM haha, but because my dealer is really awesome. I think one of the big issues with the Spark is many Chevy dealers have NO idea what their working on or the issues that are going on. Hard to fix problems when you don't even know the exists. I really hope the Spark improves
  2. I traded my Spark in today for a Sonic RS. I'm checking out. I wish everyone good luck with their Spark's!
  3. Got it on the highway today. Everything sounded normal. Now lets see how much oil it burns over the next few miles...
  4. I believe the build date is 11/12. Can't look right now as my car is covered in 8 inches of snow. I'm not going to drive it like I stole it until I find out if I'm trading it or not. I want it to sound nice and normal when they check it out to value it. If that doesn't pan out I'll take it to the dealers lot and do my best to replicate a Nascar race at Daytona around their lot.
  5. Got the car back from the dealer. Want me to drive is 500 miles and see how much oil I lose. I'll keep you guys updated on it, that is if it doesn't find it's self traded in.
  6. Yeah I will never understand how a engine with no oil could NOT throw a code. It's nuts, sounds like I'm at the beginning of a really long road since my cars doing this now. Still waiting on a response from my dealer. Getting a completely new engine will probably take forever. Took 3 weeks to get a Valve Cover Gasket from South Korea for me. An engine from South Korea would probably take 2 months. Unless GM has got smart enough to actually have parts here in the US for them.
  7. My plan, at least at this point, is to hope the dealer gets the engine running some what decent. Once they do I'm trading it. I understand that cars have issues here and there, it's part of owning a car. BUT I will have this car a year in 10 days and I've had; Valve Cover Gasket leak, a tire with a flat spot that they wouldn't replace, A/C not working or blowing warm air, recirculate flap not engaging correctly, engine knocking, engine completely running out of oil, and transmission losing power in mid drive. I can't imagine how much this car will cost me once it gets out of warranty. If this
  8. Dealer kept it, they gave me a Sonic as a rental. Already regretting that I got a Spark over a Sonic. I'll play the waiting game for now...
  9. I uploaded the video to YouTube so I could post it for everyone:
  10. I hope it doesn't mess up my warranty by putting oil in but it ate/lost all of its oil in 3000 miles. Theres some SERIOUS issues! I have a video of what the engine was doing before more oil was put in it, may not be evidence enough but have to get the car to them and avoid the engine locking up or creating more damage. I'm starting to seriously consider trading it and taking the loss.
  11. I went out and bought Castrol EDGE 5W-20 Synthetic oil thats Dexos approved. Couldn't find dexos 5W-20 synthetic blend anywhere. The car took 3.5 quartz of oil. I'm beyond irritated and pissed with this car right now. I had to put oil in it just the avoid the engine locking up. No oil light...no CEL...no anything. Just the motor knocking insane. This is 3000 mile since my last oil change. Taking it to the dealer tomorrow, beyond pissed.
  12. We'll the problem might be there's no oil in the damn thing. Pulled the dip stick out and there's almost no oil now.
  13. I'll get a vid posted for you guys. It does it in park and in drive. I can see it pulse at night when driving in my rear view mirror. I witnessed it many time as my girlfriend pulls out of the drive way. It becomes annoying to people behind me at fast food drive thrus, every time I let off the break and press it again its starts pulsing. lol
  14. On the oil I'm not 100% sure as the dealer it the one who did the oil change, should be whats recommended. So just think, you rev the engine and it sounds like a card in a fan that speeds up with the engine. It doesn't do it all the time, when I go to record it doesn't do it. Damn thing sounds like a go kart after getting of the highway some days.
  15. The noise is constant and speeds up with acceleration and decreases when letting off. Just came in from checking the oil on the dip stick. Oil only goes to the middle dot. So it's not full. My gage says 58% oil life. Feel like I'm burning/losing oil here...hmmm
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