# 1998 OLDSMOBILE INTRIGUE — UNKNOWN OR OTHER
> NHTSA complaint `1284646` · 2016-05-23 · General Motors, LLC
## Severity
- **Deaths:** 0
- **Injured:** 0
- **Fire:** Yes
- **Crash:** No
- **Police report:** No
- **Medical attention:** No
- **Vehicle towed:** No
## Vehicle
- **Make:** OLDSMOBILE
- **Model:** INTRIGUE
- **Year:** 1998
- **Manufacturer:** General Motors, LLC
- **Component:** UNKNOWN OR OTHER
- **Miles at failure:** 160,000
- **Speed:** 5 mph
## Narrative
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
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