2022 HYUNDAI SANTA FE SEL

This 2022 Hyundai Santa Fe is listed by the auction with a Salvage condition and Front End as the primary damage classification. Stage 1 reports that the visible extensive front-end damage supports the Front End classification; however, the Salvage title status cannot be confirmed from photographs alone. The vehicle has severe collision damage concentrated at the front. The hood is heavily creased, buckled, and deformed across the front edge and central area. The front bumper cover, fascia, grille, and viewer-left headlamp are missing, exposing the bumper reinforcement, cooling components, wiring, and front-end supports. The metal bumper reinforcement has a pronounced downward V-shaped bend. Lower plastic panels and air-deflector components are displaced or hanging below the vehicle. The removed bumper cover is broken and heavily scuffed, with fractured plastic around the grille openings. A headlamp assembly is shown separately from the vehicle with detached mounting components. The viewer-right front fender leading edge is creased and displaced. The exposed radiator and condenser cooling fins show broad bowing and localized crushed sections, while the lower front panel and undertray are separated and hanging downward. Driver and front-passenger airbags are visibly deployed. The VIN decodes this vehicle as a U.S.-built 2022 Hyundai Santa Fe SUV with front-wheel drive, a 2.5-litre four-cylinder gasoline engine, automatic transmission, and SEL trim with Premium Package. Factory-listed equipment includes front and side airbags, curtain airbags for both seating rows, ABS, electronic stability control, lane-departure warning, lane-keeping assistance, blind-spot monitoring, adaptive cruise control, and a rear visibility system. The condition of these systems and their related sensors, wiring, control modules, and safety restraints should be verified during a full physical inspection and diagnostic scan. Five NHTSA recall campaigns are listed for this make, model, and year. They involve a potential high-pressure fuel-pipe leak on vehicles with 2.5-litre turbocharged engines, a turbocharger oil-supply pipe on certain 2022 vehicles, an automatic-transmission fail-safe function, certain tow-hitch harnesses, and a rearview-camera circuit-board defect. Applicability depends on the vehicle’s exact equipment and configuration, and completion status should be confirmed with Hyundai using the VIN. The decoded information identifies a 2.5-litre GDI engine but does not state that it is turbocharged. The extent of the visible structural-area, cooling-system, lighting, body-panel, restraint-system, and front-end component damage means that substantial replacement, repair, alignment, and safety-system calibration work should be expected. The photographs do not establish the condition of the engine, transmission, suspension, frame structure, or other concealed components. A comprehensive inspection is recommended before purchase.