NHTSA Complaint #10257390 — 1997 CADILLAC DEVILLE

I BOUGHT A USED 1997 CADILLAC FROM A CADILLAC DEALERSHIP, BEFORE I BOUGHT THE CAR I TOOK IT FOR A TEST DRIVE, IT DROVE LIKE A DREAM, THEN ON THE WAY BACK TO THE DEALERSHIP THE OIL LIGHT CAME ON. I TOLD THE SALESMAN ABOUT IT, AND HE SAID HE WOULD HAVE IT CHECKED OUT, HE ASKED WHAT I THOUGHT ABOUT THE CAR OTHER THAN THE OIL LIGHT COMING ON , I TOLD HIM OTHER THAN THAT I COULDN,T FIND NOTHING ELSE WRONG WITH IT. A COUPLE OF DAYS LATTER I DROVE BY THE DEALERSHIP AND NOTICED THE CAR WAS GONE, I PULLED IN AND PRECEDED TO LOOK AT OTHER CARS, WHEN THE SAME SALESMAN CAME OUT TO WAIT ON ME AND I ASKED ABOUT THE 97 CADILLAC AND HE TOLD ME THAT THEY HAD FOUND THE PROBLEM AND IT WAS A BLOWN HEAD GASKET, AND IF THEY WERE TO FIX IT, WOULD I STILL BE INTERESTED IN THE CAR IF THE PRICE WAS RIGHT, I SAID YES,....( I THOUGHT TO MYSELF A CADILLAC BEING REPAIRED AT A CADILLAC DEALERSHIP BY A CADILLAC MECHANIC, WHY NOT, HOW COULD I GO WRONG)...SO AFTER TALKING A WHILE I LEFT AND CAME BACK ABOUT A WEEK LATER AND ACCORDING TO THE SALESMAN IT HAD BEEN FIXED, SO I PRECEDED TO TEST DRIVE IT AGAIN DIDN,T FIND ANY THING WRONG AND BOUGHT THE CAR, DROVE GREAT, COULD,NT ASK FOR A NICER CAR, UNTIL 5 MONTHS. AND JUST UNDER 4000 MI. LATTER SAME PROBLEM BLOWN HEAD GASKET, WELL I BOUGHT THE CAR AS IS, AND I KNOW WHAT AS IS MEANS' I LIVE ON A DISABILITY CHECK, AND YOU CAN IMAGINE THE REPAIR COST, SO IT SITS IN THE DRIVEWAY, AND I,M OUT A CAR....MY PROBLEM IS WITH GENERAL MOTORS I HAVE CHECKED UNDER COMPLAINTS AT NHTSA AND OTHER SITES AND THIS HAS BEEN HAPPENING EVER SINCE THEY CAME OUT WITH THE NORTHSTAR ENGINE BUT UNTIL THEIR IS A RECALL THEY DON'T HAVE TO DO ANYTHING ABOUT THE PROBLEM, MY QUESTION IS WHY HAS THEIR NOT BEEN A RECALL...BUT YET THEY GET BAILOUT MONEY WHILE PEOPLE LIKE ME ARE FORCED TO WALK. LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING FROM YOU ON THIS MATTER BEFORE I HAVE TO SEND MY CAR TO THE JUNKYARD BECAUSE I SURE CAN,T AFFORD TO FIX IT LIVING ON $849.00 AMONTH.... *TR