2021 HYUNDAI ELANTRA Blue

The vehicle is listed with a salvage certificate of title, and the auction’s primary-damage classification is “SIDE.” Stage 1 reports that the visible evidence supports the side-damage classification: severe deformation and abrasion are clearly visible on the driver-side rear door, rear quarter panel, and rocker panel. The salvage-title status cannot be confirmed from the available photos alone. The driver-side rear door has large irregular dents, deep creases, scraped paint, and extensive deformation across the outer panel. Damage continues into the rear quarter panel and wheel-arch area, which show sharp creasing, crumpling, scraped paint, and deformation around the rear wheel opening. The rocker panel below the rear door is also sharply creased and crushed, with paint abrasion. The steering-wheel center cover is torn open, exposing light-colored internal material. The restraint system, airbags, steering components, and surrounding structure should be professionally inspected before purchase or road use. According to the VIN decode, this is a 2021 Hyundai Elantra sedan with front-wheel drive, a 2.0-liter four-cylinder gasoline engine, and a factory rating of 147 horsepower. It was manufactured by Hyundai Motor Company in South Korea and is identified as the Blue trim. The decoded equipment includes front, side, and curtain airbags, electronic stability control, traction control, forward-collision warning, lane-departure warning, lane-keep assistance, blind-spot monitoring, pedestrian automatic emergency braking, and a rear-visibility system. The transmission type was not provided in the decode. NHTSA records show recalls affecting this 2021 Elantra model year. These include recalls concerning the front seat-belt pretensioners, windshield bonding, front seat-back recliners, and the rearview camera. The seat-belt pretensioner campaigns were superseded and expanded by recall 22V354000, which calls for securing the pretensioners with caps. Recall 24V879000 concerns possible rearview-camera failure and calls for camera replacement. Recall completion should be verified by VIN with Hyundai or an authorized dealer before purchase.