2025 HYUNDAI SANTA FE Calligraphy

The auction record lists this 2025 Hyundai Santa Fe as having a salvage certificate with “FRONT END” as the primary damage. Stage 1 reports that the visible missing and damaged front-end components support the stated front-end damage claim; however, the salvage-certificate status cannot be confirmed from photographs alone. The vehicle has extensive collision damage at both the front and rear. The front bumper cover, lower fascia, lower grille, and air-management components are missing, exposing the bumper reinforcement, cooling components, brackets, wiring, connectors, and other internal front-end parts. The front-left fender and headlamp assembly are also absent, with the inner fender area, suspension-side components, mounting points, and wiring exposed. A large group of detached front-end panels, trim pieces, wiring, and plastic components is visible on the ground beside the vehicle. At the rear, the left quarter panel is extensively crushed, with sharp creasing behind and above the wheel. The left-rear wheel-arch trim and bumper-corner components are missing, exposing deformed metal, mounting points, and internal body structures. The right-rear wheel-arch molding and bumper corner cover are also absent, leaving mounting holes, brackets, metal, and other internal components visible. Multiple warning indicators are illuminated in the instrument cluster, including ABS/EPB-related warnings, a brake warning, and a message stating, “Check Parking Distance Warning system.” The visible findings indicate that substantial body, electrical, safety-system, and possibly structural repairs will be required. The vehicle should not be considered roadworthy without a comprehensive inspection and repair, including checks of the body structure, cooling system, suspension, steering, wiring, braking and ABS/EPB systems, parking sensors, airbag system, and vehicle diagnostics. The VIN decode identifies the vehicle as a 2025 Hyundai Santa Fe Calligraphy SUV, built by Hyundai Motor Manufacturing Alabama in the United States. The decoded information lists a 1.6-liter T-GDI Gamma II turbocharged engine, gasoline fuel, 4x2 drive, and standard equipment including ABS, electronic stability control, forward-collision warning, lane-keeping and lane-departure systems, rear cross-traffic alert, rear automatic emergency braking, parking assist, and a rearview camera. Official recall records provided for the 2025 Santa Fe include campaign 25V549000 for potentially improperly tightened engine connecting-rod bolts; campaign 25V659000 concerning the starter motor positive-terminal cover; campaign 25V808000 involving rearview-camera wiring; campaign 25V809000 concerning side-curtain airbag installation; and campaign 26V218000 concerning front seat-belt anchors. The listed remedies include engine replacement, starter-terminal-cover inspection or reinstallation, camera-harness replacement, side-curtain-airbag reinstallation, and inspection or reinforcement/replacement of the seat-belt anchors, as applicable. Recall completion should be verified by VIN with Hyundai or NHTSA before purchase and again after repairs.