2025 HYUNDAI SANTA FE SE

The auction record lists the vehicle as having a salvage title and identifies the primary damage as “PARTIAL REPAIR.” Stage 1’s assessment reports that the visible evidence supports the partial-repair claim, with multiple body, bumper, window, rocker, interior, and trim components missing or removed. Stage 1 also notes that a salvage-title designation cannot be confirmed from photographs. The vehicle has severe damage to the left rear side, where the left rear door is missing and the complete door opening is exposed. The left rear quarter-panel trim and wheel-arch cladding are absent, leaving mounting holes and unfinished panel edges visible. The fuel-filler door and surrounding trim are also missing, exposing the filler opening and internal components. At the rear, the left corner of the bumper cover is absent, exposing underlying bumper and exhaust-area components. The left rear quarter-window opening contains no glass. Lower rocker and side-sill trim are missing along the left rear door area, exposing attachment holes and the underlying sill. Inside the vehicle, lower trim panels are absent beside the steering column and driver’s footwell, with wiring and mounting areas visible. Multiple detached exterior and interior trim pieces, bumper sections, and panels have been removed and placed on the ground beside the vehicle. The supplied VIN decode identifies this vehicle as a 2025 Hyundai Santa Fe SE SUV/MPV with front-wheel drive (4x2), a 2.5-liter turbocharged gasoline T-GDI THETA III engine, and a U.S. manufacturing origin at Hyundai Motor Manufacturing Alabama in Montgomery, Alabama. Factory-listed safety equipment includes front, side, curtain, and driver-knee airbags, ABS, electronic stability control, traction control, forward-collision warning, lane-departure warning, lane-keeping assistance, adaptive cruise control, rear cross-traffic alert, rear automatic emergency braking, and a rearview camera system. Official NHTSA recall records supplied for the 2025 Santa Fe include campaigns 25V549000 for potentially improperly tightened connecting-rod bolts, 25V659000 for the starter-motor positive-terminal cover, 25V808000 for possible rearview-camera wiring damage, 25V809000 for side-curtain-airbag installation, and 26V218000 for front seat-belt anchorages that may detach. The listed remedies include engine replacement, starter-terminal-cover inspection or reinstallation, camera-harness replacement, curtain-airbag reinstallation, and seat-belt-anchor inspection or reinforcement or replacement, as applicable. Recall completion should be verified by VIN with Hyundai or NHTSA before purchase. The vehicle should undergo a comprehensive physical inspection to assess the condition of the exposed areas, wiring, restraint systems, mounting points, structural components, and any removed parts before repair or road use.