2013 BMW X5 xDrive35i

This 2013 BMW X5 is listed with a SALVAGE CERTIFICATE and FRONT END as the auction’s primary-damage classification. Stage 1 reports that the visible evidence supports the stated front-end damage claim through extensive deformation, missing components, and deployed front airbags; the SALVAGE CERTIFICATE status itself cannot be confirmed from the photographs. The front end has sustained severe collision damage. The hood is extensively buckled, with deep depressions, sharp creases, displaced front edges, paint scuffing, and deformation around the BMW emblem and grille openings. The complete front bumper fascia and associated lower-fascia components are missing. Both front headlamp assemblies are absent, leaving the lamp cavities, wiring, mounting areas, radiator, and other front-end components exposed. The kidney grille components are displaced and damaged, while the front wheel-arch liner and trim are absent or detached. Loose front-end wiring and components hang below the vehicle, and detached bumper, grille, headlamp, trim, and underbody parts are visible on the ground. Both front airbags have deployed: the driver’s steering-wheel airbag and the front passenger dashboard airbag. The condition of the restraint-system control unit, seat-belt pretensioners, additional airbags, sensors, wiring, and structural components cannot be determined from the supplied findings. According to the VIN decode, this is a BMW X5 xDrive35i Sport Utility Vehicle with all-wheel drive, a 3.0-liter six-cylinder gasoline engine, and a listed output of 300 hp. It was manufactured by BMW North America in the United States. The decoded data does not provide transmission details. Official NHTSA recall records supplied for this vehicle line include several airbag inflator campaigns, including passenger-side campaigns 19V017000 and 18V030000 and driver-side campaign 20V017000. These recalls concern inflator rupture hazards and should be verified against the VIN and repair history. Campaign 12V267000 concerns a possible power-steering-fluid leak on certain 2013 X5 vehicles, and campaign 17V138000 concerns the front driveshaft universal joint on certain 2011–2013 X5 xDrive models. Campaign 18V336000 applies to diesel X5 xDrive35d vehicles and does not correspond to the decoded gasoline engine. Recall completion should be confirmed with BMW before any road use. The vehicle requires comprehensive collision repair and inspection, including front-end structural assessment, replacement of the missing exterior and lighting components, inspection of the cooling system and exposed wiring, restoration of the wheel-arch and underbody components, and replacement and programming of the deployed restraint-system components. Mechanical, electrical, alignment, and drivability condition are not established by these findings.