2020 HYUNDAI ACCENT SE and SEL

The 2020 Hyundai Accent is listed with a salvage-recovered-theft title (“CERT OF TITLE-SALVAGE REC THFT”) and an auction primary-damage classification of “FRONT END.” Stage 1 reports that the visible severe front-end damage supports the stated FRONT END classification; however, the salvage-recovered-theft title claim cannot be confirmed from the available photos. The front end has extensive collision damage. The hood is severely crushed, with sharp folds and deep deformations across the left and center sections. It is raised above the surrounding body panels, leaving a large, uneven opening along the front edge. The left front fender and corner are crushed and folded around the headlamp area, with exposed components and irregular gaps. The left headlamp assembly is missing, leaving wiring and other internal front-end components exposed. The left front bumper cover is separated and displaced, and the left side of the grille is broken with missing sections. A branching crack is visible in the lower-left portion of the windshield. The driver’s steering-wheel airbag has deployed. The VIN decodes this vehicle as a 2020 Hyundai Accent sedan manufactured in Mexico. It has a 1.6-liter, four-cylinder gasoline engine with dual overhead camshafts and multipoint fuel injection. The decoded trim is SE and SEL. The VIN decoder identifies the vehicle as a passenger car and reports a clean VIN check-digit validation. NHTSA records show recalls for this model and year. Recall 21V619000 concerns the trunk-latch base, which may become damaged and prevent the trunk from being opened from inside; the remedy is replacement of the latch base. Recalls 22V069000, 22V218000, and 22V354000 concern the front seat-belt pretensioners, which may explode during deployment and project metal fragments into the cabin. Recall 22V354000 expands and replaces the earlier seat-belt recalls, with a remedy requiring the pretensioners to be secured with a cap. Recall completion should be verified by VIN with Hyundai or an authorized dealer. The visible damage indicates that substantial front-end structural, lighting, body-panel, windshield, restraint-system, and safety-system inspection and repair will be required. Mechanical, electrical, cooling-system, steering, suspension, and hidden structural conditions cannot be determined from these findings and should be physically inspected before purchase.