2020 HYUNDAI PALISADE SEL

The 2020 Hyundai Palisade carries a salvage-title designation, according to the auction record. The auction’s primary damage code is “SIDE.” Stage 1 reports that the visible damage to the left-side doors, rocker area, and front fender supports the “SIDE” classification. The salvage-title status cannot be confirmed or contradicted from exterior photographs alone. The main damage is concentrated along the left side. Both the left front and left rear doors have severe crushing, deep creasing, and irregular deformation extending into the lower door areas. The left rocker molding and lower rocker panel are moderately deformed, with an uneven exterior contour. The left front fender is also moderately creased and deformed behind and above the front wheel opening. The right side of the rear bumper cover has a pronounced vertical crack or split near the right rear corner, with an uneven gap in the bumper surface. White curtain-airbag fabric is visible hanging from both the left and right roof-side interior areas, indicating deployment of the curtain airbags. The restraint-system components, airbag modules, sensors, wiring, headliner, and surrounding structural areas require thorough inspection and proper replacement or reset before the vehicle can be considered safe for road use. Hidden damage to the side structure, rocker reinforcement, doors, suspension, and alignment cannot be determined from these findings alone. VIN decoding identifies this vehicle as a South Korea-built 2020 Hyundai Palisade SEL SUV with front-wheel drive (4x2), a 3.8-liter gasoline GDI Lambda II engine, and an eight-speed automatic transmission. It is configured with three seating rows and seven seats. NHTSA records list the following recalls for the 2020 Palisade: a side-curtain-airbag mounting-bolt issue (19V802000), a windshield-wiper issue (22V627000), a tow-hitch harness fire-risk issue on vehicles equipped with the applicable harness (22V633000), rear seat-belt buckle issues (25V607000), and a third-row side-curtain-airbag deployment issue (26V034000). Recall completion should be verified by VIN with Hyundai or NHTSA, particularly because the vehicle shows deployed curtain-airbag fabric. All repairs should be documented, and an independent structural, mechanical, electrical, and safety-system inspection is strongly recommended before purchase.