NHTSA Complaint #10870430 — 1998 OLDSMOBILE INTRIGUE

CAR WENT TO A MEINEKE SHOP NOV2015. IN BOLINGBROOK, IL AT 1330 W BOUGHTON RD. NOT TOLD THE CAR WAS UNDER RECALL AT TIME OF REPAIR WORK-SHOULD I BE COMPENSATED?!? OR AT LEAST THE $$ RETURNED FOR THE ORIGINAL WORK DONE AT THE MEINEKE SHOP NOV2015? I HAVE RECEIPT. SEE BELOW FOR DETAILS. BACKGROUND: THE 1998 OLDSMOBILE INTRIGUE THE WHEEL DID NOT TURN, CAR SEEMED TO BE READY TO DIE OUT-DROVE IT TO A PARKING LOT AT LOCAL PARK A FEW BLOCKS AWAY; CALLED PERSONS WHO KNEW SOMETHING ABOUT CARS; DECIDED TO DRIVE IT DRIVE SLOWLY-WITH FLASHERS ON TO A LOCAL REPAIR SHOP (MEINEKE) IN BOLINGBROOK, IL; THEY TOOK A LOOK; SAID A PULLEY BROKE/A NEW SERPENTINE BELT WAS NEEDED. NEVER WAS THERE A MENTION UP THAT THIS CAR WAS UNDER RECALL! ALL THEY SAID WAS-"IT IS AN OLDER CAR. " I PAID $350-$400 IN REPAIR WORK; DROVE THE CAR 1-2 DAYS. IT KEPT DYING OUT WHILE DRIVING. I WENT BACK TO THE SAME MEINEKE SHOP; AGAIN NO MENTION CAME UP THAT THE CAR WAS UNDER RECALL! THEY JUST SAID"WHAT CAN WE SAY, IIT IS AN OLDER CAR. UNLESS YOU WANT TO PAY MORE $$$, WE CAN'T (OR WON'T) DO ANYTHING MORE FOR YOU" NO MORE WORK WAS DONE BY THEM; I DECIDED TO SLOWLY DRIVE THE CAR BACK TO THE HOUSE, AND LEAVE IT ON THE DRIVE WAY, WHERE IT HAS BEEN PARKED SINCE THAT TIME. IN LATE DECEMBER/2015 I FOUND OUT THE CAR WAS IN RECALL VIA A LETTER FROM GM; IT IS UNSAFE; DO NOT DRIVE IT & PARTS WOULD NOT BE IN UNTIL FEB2016 -LAST WEEK IT WAS SOLD FOR PARTS & TOWED AWAY SHOULD SOMETHING MORE BE DONE? SOME SORT OF RESPONSIBLY TAKEN BY THE REPAIR SHOP SINCE IT WAS UNDER RECALL? ALSO, SHOULD GM HAVE PAID FOR ANY DAMAGE DONE BY DRIVING THE CAR NOT KNOWING IT WAS IN RECALL? THE CAR DID START ON FIRE A FEW MONTHS LATER-ONE LAST TRY AT DECIDING WHAT TO DO TO HAVE IT BEFORE IT WAS "JUNKED" ; NOTE: VIN # GIVEN HERE IS ACTUALLY THE RECALL # ON VEHICLE FROM GM