2022 HYUNDAI PALISADE Caligraphy

The vehicle is a 2022 Hyundai Palisade listed by the auction with a salvage-title designation and “FRONT END” as the primary damage classification. The auction classification is an unverified record; Stage 1 reports that the visible evidence supports the stated FRONT END code, with extensive front-end collision damage. Salvage-title status cannot be confirmed from photographs. The front bumper cover and grille are missing, leaving the radiator and other front-end components exposed. The hood is severely creased and deformed along its front edge and does not align with the surrounding body panels. Plastic panels, supports, and wiring at the front center and right side are broken, displaced, or absent. The front fender at the damaged corner is crushed and torn around the wheel opening, and the headlamp assembly is detached from its normal mounting position. Several airbags are visibly deployed, including the driver frontal airbag, the driver knee airbag, and side-curtain airbags along the left roofline and side-window areas, including the rear side window. The vehicle will require extensive structural, body, lighting, electrical, restraint-system, and safety-system inspection and repair. Mechanical condition, frame alignment, cooling-system integrity, and the operation of the repaired airbag and driver-assistance systems are not established by these findings. According to the VIN decode, this is a South Korean-built 2022 Hyundai Palisade SUV with four-wheel drive, a 3.8-litre gasoline GDI Lambda II engine, and an eight-speed automatic transmission. The decoded equipment includes three rows and seven seats, along with standard curtain airbags for the first, second, and third rows, a driver knee airbag, adaptive cruise control, blind-spot monitoring, lane-departure warning, lane-keeping assistance, forward-collision warning, and related safety systems. The availability and condition of these features after repair must be verified. NHTSA records list recalls for this model year involving the instrument-cluster display, certain tow-hitch harnesses, the windshield-wiper system, rear seat-belt buckles, and third-row side-curtain-airbag deployment. Recall completion should be confirmed by VIN with Hyundai or NHTSA before purchase, and any outstanding remedies should be completed.