2020 HYUNDAI PALISADE SEL w/ Premium Pkg

This 2020 Hyundai Palisade is listed with a salvage certificate and “FRONT END” as the auction’s primary-damage classification. The visible evidence supports the front-end damage claim through extensive deformation and numerous missing components; the salvage-certificate status cannot be confirmed from photographs alone. The front end has severe collision damage. The hood is extensively crushed and buckled, while the front bumper, grille, both headlamp assemblies, and surrounding fascia are missing or broken. The radiator-support area contains broken and displaced plastic components, open mounting points, and detached brackets around the exposed cooling assembly. Multiple damaged front-end panels and trim pieces are visible below the vehicle and on the ground. The near-side front corner and fender are heavily deformed, with the wheel-arch liner and adjacent trim missing or detached and internal components exposed. The passenger compartment also shows severe restraint-system deployment. The driver airbag is deployed from the steering wheel, and airbags are deployed from the passenger-side dashboard, beside the front seats, and along the roof and side areas. Large sections of the upper interior trim and headliner are detached and hanging. The vehicle is factory-equipped with front, first-row side, and curtain airbags covering the first, second, and third rows, so the complete condition of the restraint system, sensors, seat belts, headliner, and related wiring requires thorough inspection and likely replacement. Factory decoding identifies the vehicle as a 2020 Hyundai Palisade SUV with four-wheel drive, a 3.8-liter gasoline GDI Lambda II engine, and the SEL with Premium Package trim. It was manufactured by Hyundai Motor Company in South Korea. NHTSA records list the following recalls for this model year: side-curtain-airbag mounting bolts that may damage the airbags during deployment; a windshield-wiper motor or arm issue that may cause wiper failure; a potential tow-hitch harness electrical short and fire risk on vehicles equipped with the affected harness; rear seat-belt buckles that may fail to latch; and a third-row side-curtain-airbag deployment issue. Recall completion should be verified by VIN with Hyundai or NHTSA before purchase, particularly because the vehicle has deployed airbags and substantial front-end damage. A complete inspection is also needed to assess structural damage, cooling-system components, lighting, steering and suspension, electrical systems, and drivability, none of which can be confirmed from these findings alone.