2021 HYUNDAI SONATA SEL Plus

The vehicle is listed by the auction with a salvage-title condition and “FRONT END” as the primary-damage classification. Stage 1 reports that the visible evidence supports the unverified front-end damage claim, citing severe hood and front-fascia damage with multiple missing or deformed components. The salvage-title status itself cannot be confirmed from exterior photographs. The front end has extensive collision damage. The hood is severely crushed, with sharp creasing, buckling, and multiple folded areas across the front and center sections. The front bumper cover, grille, and lower fascia are missing, exposing the reinforcement beam, cooling components, brackets, wiring, and other internal parts. Additional front-end plastics, trim pieces, brackets, and lower components are broken, detached, or absent, with loose wiring visible. The radiator and condenser fins are visibly compressed and bent in the center and lower front area. The support and mounting area behind the missing bumper also contains crushed and irregular metal and plastic sections. The front fender edge beside the headlamp is deformed, with an uneven gap at the damaged corner. Additional damage includes multiple branching cracks in the upper-left area of the windshield, dark scuffing and localized paint discoloration on the left front door, and a small tear in the outer lower bolster of the front passenger seat. No other findings are provided. The extent of the visible front-end damage means that structural components, cooling-system integrity, wiring, sensors, lighting, restraint systems, steering, suspension, and mechanical operation should all be thoroughly inspected before purchase or repair. The VIN decodes as a 2021 Hyundai Sonata SEL Plus sedan with front-wheel drive, a gasoline 1.6-litre turbocharged T-GDI Gamma II engine, and an eight-speed automatic transmission. It was manufactured by Hyundai Motor Manufacturing Alabama in the United States. The supplied NHTSA recall records list four campaigns for 2021 Sonata vehicles or applicable vehicle groups. These include a windshield-bonding recall, an automatic-transmission fail-safe and drive-power recall, and a 2020–2023 Sonata fuel-tank check-valve recall. A separate fuel-pipe recall applies to certain Sonatas equipped with 2.5-litre turbocharged engines; the decoded vehicle has a 1.6-litre engine, so applicability should be confirmed by VIN. Recall completion and any required repairs should be verified with Hyundai or an authorized dealer.