2025 HYUNDAI SANTA FE Limited

The auction record lists this 2025 Hyundai Santa Fe as “CERT OF SALVAGE < 75% DAMAGE” with “SIDE” as the primary damage classification. Stage 1 reports that the visible evidence supports the SIDE classification, based on substantial damage to the left-side doors, fender, and rocker area. However, the photographs could not confirm the claimed damage-percentage threshold. The left front door has severe collision damage, including sharp creases, deep dents, crushed sections, and missing portions of the lower outer covering. Blue fasteners or mounting points are exposed. The rear portion of the left front fender, near the door-jamb area, is moderately crushed and heavily creased. The left rocker and lower side-sill area show severe irregular deformation, scraping, and additional exposed blue mounting points. The left rear door has multiple moderate dents and horizontal creases across its middle and lower sections. A side-curtain airbag is deployed, with white airbag fabric hanging from the left roof edge above the side windows. This indicates that the restraint system will require inspection and likely repair or replacement, along with evaluation of related sensors, wiring, trim, and other safety-system components. The full extent of structural, suspension, door-frame, and mechanical damage cannot be determined from the listed findings alone and should be confirmed through a physical inspection. According to the VIN decode, this is a 2025 Hyundai Santa Fe Limited SUV with four-wheel drive, a 1.6-liter turbocharged T-GDI Gamma II gasoline engine, and United States production by Hyundai Motor Manufacturing Alabama in Montgomery, Alabama. The decoded vehicle equipment includes standard ABS, electronic stability and traction control, forward-collision warning, lane-departure warning, lane-keeping assistance, adaptive cruise control, front and rear automatic emergency braking, blind-spot monitoring, rear cross-traffic alert, rear visibility equipment, and curtain airbags for the first, second, and third rows. NHTSA recall records provided for the 2025 Santa Fe include five campaigns: 25V549000 for potentially improperly tightened connecting-rod bolts, which may cause engine damage, loss of drive power, or an oil leak; 25V659000 for an improperly installed starter-motor positive-terminal cover that may cause an electrical short during a crash; 25V808000 for rearview-camera wiring that may prevent the camera image from displaying; 25V809000 concerning side-curtain airbags that may not deploy as intended; and 26V218000 concerning front seat-belt anchors that may detach. Recall applicability and completion should be verified for this specific VIN with Hyundai or NHTSA before purchase.