2017 AUDI A4 Premium, Ultra Premium

The vehicle is listed with a salvage certificate of title and an auction primary-damage designation of “SIDE.” Stage 1 reports that the visible evidence supports the SIDE designation, based on extensive damage to the left-side doors, rocker area, quarter panel, mirror, windows, and visible curtain-airbag deployment. The salvage-title status itself cannot be confirmed from exterior photographs. The left front and left rear doors are severely crushed, with extensive inward deformation, deep creasing, scraped paint, and displaced exterior surfaces. The left rocker panel below the doors is also severely deformed and scraped. The left rear quarter panel is creased and deformed around the rear door edge and wheel arch, with additional scraped paint and damage near the fuel-filler area. The fuel-filler door is missing. The left exterior mirror is broken and displaced from its normal position. Intact glass is missing from both the left front and left rear door windows. Curtain-airbag material is visibly hanging from the left roof and side-window area, indicating deployment. The extent of the side-impact damage and airbag deployment suggests that thorough structural, restraint-system, electrical, and mechanical inspections will be necessary before repair or road use. One NHTSA safety recall is listed for this vehicle: campaign 21V874000, concerning a possible contact fault in the seat-heater cable connected to the Passenger Occupant Detection System. The fault may cause the system to misdiagnose a malfunction and disable the passenger airbag. Audi’s stated remedy is replacement of the connecting cable and either the heating mat or the complete seat cover, free of charge. Recall completion should be verified with Audi using the vehicle identification number.