Almost no power from the engine
CHEVROLET SPARK Box Body / Hatchback (M200, M250)

Hi all,

I have a 2011 Spark + that has just developed a strange problem.

It was working fine and I left it in a car park for 30 mins.

When I came back, it started okay, although it did seem to take a little longer to start than normal.

Upon leaving the car park the power seemed to be really down, and even with the accelerator pushed fully it really laboured to move. Luckily I managed to get it to drag itself round the block and back to the car park.

This is a video showing the problem – you can see that about half way through the video the accelerator was held down and you can see the engine ‘pulsing’ at very low revs.

At no point did the Engine Management light display!

I got the vehicle recovered as it was not drivable. I have since started the engine and it seems be back to normal again! I don’t want to take it anywhere in case it happens again.

Any advice would be gratefully appreciated.

Many thanks,

James