NHTSA Complaint #10574010 — 2014 CHEVROLET SPARK

I TEST DROVE A 2014 SPARK ON 3-6-14 AT VOSS CHEVY DEALERSHIP, THE CAR THAT I TEST DROVE "CHECK ENGINE" LIGHT CAME ON. I DID NOT PURCHASE THE CAR THAT I TEST DROVE...THE SALESPERSON SAID THAT BECAUSE IT WAS A BRAND NEW CAR THERE WAS PROBABLY A MINOR GLITCH. I WAS INFORMED THAT A NEW BATCH OF 2014 SPARKS WAS COMING IN, SO I ORDERED A 2014 SPARK, I PURCHASED THE CAR ON 2-14-14, IT ONLY HAD 11 MILES ON IT. I DROVE MY CAR FOR ABOUT 4 WEEKS WHEN, ON MY MAY HOME FROM WORK, THE "CHECK ENGINE" LIGHT CAME ON AND IT BEGAN TO SMOKE PROFUSELY. THE SPARK HAD TO BE TOWED BACK TO THE DEALERSHIP, I WAS INFORMED THAT A WHOLE NEW MOTOR HAD TO BE PUT IN THE CAR. I DO NOT KNOW IF THESE ENGINE PROBLEMS ARE A "KNOWN PROBLEM" WITH THE 2014 SPARK OR IF THE 1ST SPARK THAT I TEST DROVE AND THE 2ND SPARK THAT I BOUGHT WERE JUST FROM A BAD BATCH. *TR