2021 AUDI Q5 quattro Premium Plus

The 2021 Audi Q5 is listed with a salvage certificate, and the auction identifies the primary damage as “SIDE.” The visible extensive damage to the left-side doors and rocker area supports the auction’s SIDE damage classification; however, the salvage-certificate status cannot be confirmed from photographs. Both the left front and left rear doors have severe crushing, sharp creasing, inward deformation, and heavily distorted or torn lower sections. The left rocker panel below the doors is also severely crushed and deformed, with torn areas and exposed material. A long white exterior trim or molding piece is detached near the left rear wheel, with additional loose fragments visible on the ground. Side airbags have deployed along the roof-side area and from the side of a front seat. The vehicle should undergo a comprehensive inspection of the body structure, rocker and floor areas, door frames, hinges, locks, wiring, airbag system, seat-belt pretensioners, and restraint-control modules. Proper repairability, alignment, and safety-system functionality cannot be determined from these findings alone. According to the VIN decode, this is a gasoline-powered, all-wheel-drive Audi Q5 SUV with a 2.0-liter four-cylinder engine, seven-speed automatic transmission, and five seats. The vehicle was manufactured by Audi AG in Mexico. NHTSA records list several recalls applicable to the 2021 Audi Q5 model line, including recalls involving the middle-rear seat-belt locking retractor, rear axle trailing-arm hardware and alignment, gateway control-module protection, rearview-camera display software, possible engine connecting-rod-bearing damage, and, for applicable electrified vehicles, charging equipment and high-voltage battery concerns. Recall applicability and completion should be verified by the VIN with Audi before purchase, particularly because the decoded vehicle is identified as gasoline-powered.