2023 HYUNDAI ELANTRA SEL

The auction record lists the vehicle as having a salvage title (“CERT OF TITLE-SALVAGE”) with “FRONT END” as the primary damage classification. The Stage 1 photo review found that the visible evidence supports the unverified front-end damage claim; however, the salvage-title status cannot be confirmed from photographs. The 2023 Hyundai Elantra has extensive severe damage concentrated at the left front corner. The front bumper cover and grille are missing or broken into multiple fractured pieces, exposing the radiator and other front-end components. The left front bumper area, headlamp area, and surrounding support components are open, with wiring, mounting structures, and internal parts exposed or displaced. The left headlamp assembly is broken or absent. The hood is heavily creased and deformed along the front and left front edge, with an irregular gap above the left headlamp. The left front fender is crushed and torn around the wheel opening and front corner. Metal and plastic components at the left front engine-bay edge and radiator support area are visibly crushed, bent, fractured, or displaced. The available findings do not establish the condition of concealed mechanical, structural, cooling, suspension, or drivetrain components. Inside the passenger compartment, the driver’s steering-wheel airbag is deployed and hanging from the steering-wheel center. Lower center-dashboard and center-console trim panels are missing or broken, leaving wiring and internal components exposed. The windshield has extensive spiderweb cracking and impact-pattern fractures across a broad area, including the driver-side section. According to the NHTSA VIN decode, this is a 2023 Hyundai Elantra SEL sedan built in South Korea. It is equipped with front-wheel drive, a 2.0-liter four-cylinder gasoline engine, and a continuously variable transmission (CVT). The decoded VIN is KMHLM4AG0PU613898. Two NHTSA recalls are listed for this vehicle’s make, model, and year range. Recall 22V632000 concerns the driver’s frontal airbag cover emblem, which may detach during deployment and increase the risk of occupant injury; the stated remedy is free airbag replacement by a dealer. Recall 23V526000 concerns the Idle Stop & Go oil-pump controller, which may overheat and increase the risk of vehicle fire; the stated remedy is dealer inspection and replacement of the controller as necessary, with instructions to park the vehicle outdoors and away from structures until the repair is completed. The repair status of these recalls is not provided.