2024 HYUNDAI KONA SEL

This 2024 Hyundai Kona is listed with a salvage certificate of title. The auction’s primary damage classification is FRONT END. Stage 1’s assessment states that the visible evidence supports this claim, citing extensive front-end damage and multiple missing or detached components. The front bumper cover, grille, and surrounding fascia are missing or detached, exposing the front cooling and support components. One headlamp assembly is missing, while the opposite headlamp is displaced from its normal position with exposed mounting areas. The radiator and condenser area appears bent or displaced, and wiring and connectors are hanging loose below the front-end components. The detached bumper assembly has broken mounting areas, separated plastic sections, exposed internal components, and loose wiring. Additional body damage includes severe deformation and creasing around the front-side fender and wheel-arch area, a large dent with multiple creases in the front side door, and minor scuffing and deformation along the rocker panel near the rear of the front door. The driver steering-wheel airbag is visibly deployed. The VIN decodes as a 2024 Hyundai Kona SEL sport utility vehicle built in South Korea, with front-wheel drive/4x2, a 2.0-liter gasoline MPI NU PE engine, and a five-door body configuration. Factory safety equipment listed by the decoder includes front, side, and first- and second-row curtain airbags, electronic stability control, lane-departure warning, lane-keep assistance, forward-collision warning, pedestrian automatic emergency braking, rear automatic emergency braking, blind-spot monitoring, rear cross-traffic alert, and a rear visibility system. The condition of these systems cannot be confirmed from the supplied findings. Three NHTSA recalls are listed for this make, model, and year. Recall 23V650000 concerns rear seat-belt retractors that may not function properly. Recall 23V901000 concerns 12-volt battery cables that may chafe against the engine control module bracket and short circuit during a crash, increasing fire risk. Recall 24V308000 concerns the EGR valve assembly, where an electrical short may cause loss of drive power. The listed remedies involve inspection or replacement, wiring protection, and EGR valve replacement as applicable; completion status for this vehicle is not provided. Because the vehicle has extensive front-end damage, a deployed airbag, exposed cooling components, loose wiring, and a salvage title, a complete inspection of the structural components, cooling system, lighting, electrical and restraint systems, engine-bay wiring, and related safety systems is required before repair or road use.