2024 HYUNDAI SONATA SEL

The vehicle is a 2024 Hyundai Sonata SEL sedan with a salvage-title designation. The auction lists the primary damage as “SIDE.” Stage 1 reports that the visible evidence supports this claim because extensive deformation is present on the right rear door, right rear quarter panel, and lower side sill. The salvage-title status itself cannot be confirmed or contradicted from photographs alone. The right rear passenger door has severe damage, including deep inward crushing, sharp creases, and irregular deformation extending from the handle area toward the lower door edge. The adjacent right rear quarter panel and wheel-arch area are also severely creased and deformed, particularly around the wheel opening and rear-door seam. Moderate waviness, a longitudinal crease, and an uneven contour are visible along the right lower rocker panel beneath the rear door. The provided findings document exterior body damage only. The condition of the door structure, hinges, latch, window mechanism, wheel and suspension components, inner quarter-panel structure, rocker reinforcement, airbag system, alignment, and other mechanical or safety systems requires physical inspection and functional testing. VIN decoding identifies a gasoline-powered 2.5-liter GDI Theta III engine, manufactured by Hyundai Motor Co. in South Korea. Listed standard equipment includes adaptive cruise control, forward-collision warning, lane-departure warning, lane-keeping assistance, blind-spot monitoring, rear cross-traffic alert, rear automatic emergency braking, and curtain and side airbags for the first and second rows. One NHTSA recall is listed for this vehicle: campaign 24V583000, concerning brake-light software that may cause the lights to flash or fail to illuminate properly. Hyundai’s remedy is a free software update, available through a dealer and by over-the-air update. Recall completion should be verified before purchase or road use.