As i was driving on the highway my car lost all power in the transmission, i stepped on the gas and nothing happened but the car still revved. it's as if it slipped out of gear while going 65mph and would not kick back into gear. i was afraid of getting into an accident due to the sudden loss in speed. i've read that 2013-2015 sparks are known for having bad transmissions and i believe my problem was caused by a faulty tcm.
My car has been squealing and lurching at speeds over 30mph for about a week and today the transmission lost power on the highway.
Transmission failure on highway
Bearing initially went at apprx 40k miles.. replacing same bearing at over $440 out of pocket (1) yr later as exceeded the 12k miles warranty. service at dealership states "bearings are not meant to last".. i have never had to replace a bearing in any vehicle, ever. to have my bearing fail ear year is a problem.
The traction control light, stability light and check engine light came on while driving on a city street. according to the dealership it is having random misfires. the dealership is wanting me to pay around $350 to have the carbon cleaned out but they can't guarantee that will fix it. they said my warranty doesn't cover it. then i asked if i go that route and it doesn't fix it, what the next step is. they said to take the engine out and clean it by hand, roughly $1000, and the warranty doesn't cover that either. i am not satisfied with their response and after reading pages and pages of the same issue in forums and no one mentioning they had to go through these steps has lead me to believe it is only putting a bandaid on the issue. i didn't buy the extended warranty just to have to dole out hundreds if not thousands.
Transmission has failed twice since purchase. both times while driving on the interstate. the original transmission was replaced at 65k miles and now it needs a 3rd transmission after only 50k miles on the 2nd transmission. vehicle has 115k miles currently. this vehicle is all highway miles & both failures were while driving on the interstate.
12 trips to dealership, 70 days in shop, 5 dealerships, 3 states. the car cannot accelerate to safe speeds from a complete stop. our ramps are metered and the car just won't go, have to have the car shimmy before it will go and the foot all the way down to the floor. gm states that this is normal. it's worse when the ac or heater was on, gm recommendation is to not drive with ac or heater on as it makes the car seem like it's under a heavy load. also smell emits from vent that is making people sick. took to fire station as the symptoms present like carbon monoxide. dealerships have confirmed it's some sort of chemical but they don't know what it is. doesn't matter if car is being driven or running while sitting still. fire department said no co so now looking at having it tested at a air quality lab.
Traction control light came on after starting car which the weather wasn't a factor at all, dry warm day, but the transmission gear did not. car wouldn't move. turned car off and restarted, got gear notification back but the transmission wouldn't go in gear. car has 8,000 miles on it. finally car moved but wouldn't go past 10 mph. onstar states 3 different codes popped up and to take car in within 7 days. had to have car towed because the car wouldn't go into gear at all. called chevy customer service and they said this is the first time they have heard of this happening and the open recall is for rough shifting which i had an apt set up for feb. 22, 2016 to get the open recall fixed. car was not able to be driven and was towed to dealership. not for what my car is doing. after car moved, the check engine light finally came on but has a different code than the previous two codes. onstar said that code has to do with the transmission and emissions. a new car shouldn't have these kind of issues especially 6 months of buying the vehicle new. the consumer stated the vehicle was leaking a chemical causing the driver and passengers to became ill. the consumer was advised the illness could be caused ethanol glycol poisoning. *js