2023 HYUNDAI ELANTRA SEL

The auction record lists the vehicle as having a salvage certificate with damage exceeding 75% of its value and identifies the primary damage as FRONT END. Stage 1 reports that the visible evidence supports the front-end damage classification: the hood, bumper, grille, headlamp, and related front-end components are severely damaged. However, the available photos cannot confirm whether the total damage exceeds 75% of the vehicle’s value. The 2023 Hyundai Elantra has severe damage concentrated at the front. The hood is heavily creased and deformed at one corner, with a large uneven gap beside the fender and headlamp. The front bumper cover is torn and displaced, the grille has multiple broken and detached sections, and the right-front headlamp assembly is shattered with internal components exposed. Additional broken plastic and other exposed components are visible behind the bumper and headlamp, while a detached blue-and-black bumper piece is lying in front of the vehicle. The driver’s steering-wheel airbag has deployed, with white airbag fabric protruding from the center of the steering wheel. The left rear quarter panel and wheel-arch area have a large dent, creasing, scrape marks, and disturbed paint. The left rear door also has dents and horizontal scraping along its lower and middle sections. Factory data identifies this vehicle by VIN KMHLM4AG0PU417105 as a South Korea-built 2023 Hyundai Elantra SEL sedan with front-wheel drive, a 2.0-liter four-cylinder gasoline engine, and a continuously variable transmission. The decoded equipment includes front and side airbags, curtain airbags for the first and second rows, blind-spot monitoring, lane-keeping and lane-departure systems, forward-collision warning, pedestrian automatic emergency braking, and rear cross-traffic alert. The condition of these systems and any underlying structural, cooling, electrical, steering, suspension, or powertrain components cannot be determined from the listed findings and should be verified through a thorough physical inspection and diagnostic assessment. Two NHTSA recalls are listed for this model year. Recall 22V632000 concerns the driver’s frontal airbag cover emblem, which may detach during deployment; the remedy is replacement of the airbag. Recall 23V526000 concerns the Idle Stop & Go electric oil-pump controller, which may overheat and increase fire risk; the remedy involves inspection and, if necessary, replacement of the controller. Recall repair completion for this specific vehicle is not provided.