BUYER BEWARE OF THIS COMPANY! On April 20, 2011, I purchased a so called ""GM Certified"" vehicle from North Star through Autotrader on the internet. On May 3, 2011, and only 500 miles on the odometer later I took the vehicle to another GM dealer in my area because my wife said there was a noise coming from the front end. To my surprise, I was informed by the Service Manager at his other GM dealer that the vehicle was never registered as a ""GM Certified"" vehicle by North Star. To fix the vehicle it required new brakes all around which I understand never met GM certification standards, it required a new control arm and strut, a new shock, and an alignment. My call to North Star took me to a guy named Ron Carello who said he was the owner of North Star GMC and he made $500 per hour (I later learned from the Service Manager that Ron was the Manager and Ron Dakan is the owner). The manager explained to me that North Star gave me such a great deal on the vehicle and hey....""what should I expect"" I only paid $20,650.00 for the vehicle. Also, if I wanted to get it covered under warranty I should return the vehicle to them so their service department could verify that the repair work ""really"" had to be done. Why trust another GM dealership when you can inconvenience the customer. Unfortunately my family and I live some 400 miles away and driving to see the $500.00 per hour guy just wasn't feasible....so much for the ""bumper to bumper"" nationwide GM Certified warranty as my salesperson Mr. Bellissimo from North Star promised me and I thought I paid for. DO NOT BUY ANYTHING FROM THIS DEALERSHIP OR THIS MANAGER WHO SAID HE WAS THE OWNER. HE IS EVERYTHING THAT MAKES YOU CRINGE WHEN YOU TALK TO A CAR SALESMAN.
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