2021 HYUNDAI SONATA SEL

The vehicle is recorded as a 2021 Hyundai Sonata with a SALVAGE CERTIFICATE and FRONT END listed as the auction’s primary damage. These are auction records; the salvage title status cannot be verified from photos. Stage 1 reports that visible front-end collision damage—including the deformed hood and missing or broken bumper and grille components—supports the unverified FRONT END damage claim. The front end has extensive collision damage. The hood is severely creased and deformed at the left-front section, with a raised, uneven leading edge and a large area of scraped or missing paint. The front bumper cover, center grille, and much of the surrounding fascia are missing. Multiple lower fascia and corner components are broken, displaced, or absent, exposing the bumper reinforcement, radiator area, and other internal front-end components. Detached bumper and grille sections shown separately have broken mounting points and fragmented plastic. Loose or broken pieces are also present around the right-front wheel-arch area. The driver airbag is deployed from the steering-wheel center. The available findings do not establish the condition of the passenger-restraint system, structural components, cooling system, engine, transmission, suspension, steering, or electrical systems. A complete physical inspection and diagnostic scan are recommended before purchase or road use, including inspection of the front structure and all airbag and restraint-system components. The VIN decode identifies a left-hand-drive, front-wheel-drive sedan assembled in South Korea by Hyundai Motor Co. It has a 2.5-liter, four-cylinder gasoline engine, an eight-speed automatic transmission, and SEL trim. Listed factory safety equipment includes front, side, curtain, and driver-knee airbags; forward-collision warning, pedestrian automatic emergency braking, lane-keeping and lane-departure systems, blind-spot monitoring, rear cross-traffic alert, and rear visibility equipment. NHTSA records list four recalls for the 2021 Sonata range: campaign 21V524000 concerns a possible high-pressure fuel-pipe leak on vehicles equipped with the 2.5-liter turbocharged engine; campaign 21V00M000 concerns windshield bonding; campaign 22V746000 concerns automatic-transmission fail-safe operation and possible loss of drive power; and campaign 25V796000 concerns a fuel-tank check valve that may allow fuel-tank damage and leakage. Applicability should be confirmed by VIN and completed-repair records, and recall repairs should not be assumed to have been performed.