2025 HYUNDAI SANTA FE Limited

This 2025 Hyundai Santa Fe is listed by the auction with a salvage-title designation and “SIDE” as the primary damage classification. The auction’s side-damage claim is supported by the reported visible damage to the driver-side doors, quarter panel, wheel-arch area, and adjacent trim. However, the salvage-title status cannot be confirmed from exterior and interior photographs alone. The most significant damage is on the driver-side rear section. The rear door has extensive deep creases, sharp folds, displaced metal, and a missing exterior handle. The adjacent rear quarter panel is deeply crushed around the wheel arch and rear-door opening, with multiple missing or broken body and trim sections and exposed internal components. The lower side molding, rocker-panel trim, and wheel-arch trim are also damaged or missing, with exposed fasteners and irregular panel edges. The driver-side rear bumper corner has broken or missing plastic and irregular gaps. The driver-side front door shows longitudinal scrapes along with shallow-to-moderate dents and creases. The front lower grille has several broken or missing slats and surrounding plastic sections, leaving irregular openings in the lower bumper. Loose-looking broken plastic is also reported in the lower-right grille area. The VIN decodes as a 2025 Hyundai Santa Fe Limited SUV with four-wheel drive, a 2.5-liter turbocharged gasoline T-GDI THETA III engine, and manufacture in Montgomery, Alabama, by Hyundai Motor Manufacturing Alabama. NHTSA records list several recalls applicable to certain 2025 Santa Fe vehicles. Campaign 25V549000 concerns potentially improperly tightened connecting-rod bolts, with engine replacement as the remedy. Campaign 25V659000 concerns the starter-motor positive-terminal cover and a possible electrical short. Campaign 25V808000 concerns rearview-camera wiring that may prevent the image from displaying. Campaign 25V809000 concerns improperly installed side-curtain airbags, and campaign 26V218000 concerns front seat-belt anchors that may detach. Recall completion and applicability should be verified by VIN with Hyundai or NHTSA before purchase. Because of the severe structural-area body deformation and exposed components, a thorough inspection should include the quarter-panel and wheel-arch structure, door and bumper mounting points, suspension and wheel alignment, wiring, restraint systems, cameras and driver-assistance systems, and the vehicle’s complete mechanical and electrical operation.