2020 HYUNDAI SONATA

The 2020 Hyundai Sonata is listed with a Certificate of Destruction and the auction’s primary damage classification is Front End. Stage 1 reports that the visible evidence supports the Front End classification: the hood, bumper, grille, fender edge, and internal front-end components show extensive damage. The Certificate of Destruction status cannot be confirmed or contradicted from exterior photographs alone. The front end has severe collision damage. The hood is extensively crushed, with deep longitudinal and transverse creases, sharp folds, distorted edges, and deformation across the front and center sections. The front bumper cover is missing or detached across the central and lower areas, including a displaced bumper corner with broken attachment points. The grille and surrounding fascia are broken, displaced, and incomplete, while multiple lower trim and air-deflector pieces are broken, displaced, or hanging. The front fender edge is creased and deformed near the hood, headlamp, and bumper junction. The hood-to-fender gap is substantially open, exposing internal front-end components. The radiator and condenser area is visible, with surrounding plastic shrouding and radiator-support-area components fractured, displaced, or incomplete. The extent of the visible damage indicates that the vehicle requires substantial front-end repair and inspection of components that cannot be assessed from the available findings. The instrument cluster shows airbag, check-engine, traction-control, parking-brake, and general warning indicators. The available finding does not establish the cause of any of these warnings. VIN decoding identifies this vehicle as a 2020 Hyundai Sonata sedan manufactured in the United States by Hyundai Motor Manufacturing in Montgomery, Alabama. It is identified with a 2.5-liter gasoline GDI THETA III engine. Drive type and transmission details were not provided. NHTSA recall records list campaigns for certain vehicles of this make, model, and year, including Remote Smart Parking Assist software, incorrect tire-size information, the trunk-latch base, and a fuel-system check valve that may allow the fuel tank to contact hot exhaust components. Recall applicability and completion should be verified by VIN with Hyundai or NHTSA before purchase.