2023 HYUNDAI TUCSON

The vehicle is listed as a salvage-title vehicle, with the auction’s primary damage classified as FRONT END. Stage 1 reports that the visible extensive front-end collision damage supports this primary-damage code; however, the salvage-title status cannot be verified from exterior photographs. The front end has severe damage across multiple areas. The hood is extensively creased, buckled, torn, and raised irregularly. The front bumper cover, grille, headlamp assemblies, and several lower front-end panels are missing, leaving internal components, wiring, brackets, and mounting areas exposed. The front fender and wheel-arch area are torn and deformed, with missing trim and exposed fastener locations. Additional plastic panels, brackets, and wiring are detached and hanging from the lower front corner. The exposed front bumper reinforcement beam is visibly bowed and deformed, and the radiator/condenser cooling module has compressed and irregular fins across the central front area. The visible headlamp and adjacent bumper-corner components are broken, displaced, or partially absent. The driver airbag is visibly deployed from the steering wheel. According to the VIN decode, this is a 2023 Hyundai Tucson SUV with front-wheel drive (4x2), a 2.5-liter four-cylinder gasoline engine, and an automatic transmission. The decoded trim is SEL with Convenience Package, and the vehicle was manufactured by Hyundai Motor Manufacturing Alabama in the United States. Two NHTSA recalls are listed for this vehicle’s make, model, and year. Recall 23V526000 concerns the Idle Stop & Go electric oil-pump controller, which may overheat and increase the risk of fire; the remedy involves dealer inspection and replacement of the controller as necessary. Recall 25V893000 concerns an optional Mobis trailer-hitch wiring harness that may allow moisture into the control module, potentially causing trailer-light failure or an electrical short; the listed remedy is removal of the harness and installation of a dust cap. Recall completion should be confirmed by VIN with Hyundai or an authorized dealer. The observed damage indicates a major front-end repair requiring replacement and inspection of structural, cooling, lighting, fascia, wiring, restraint, and related safety-system components. A complete physical inspection and diagnostic scan are recommended before purchase, including verification of the vehicle’s title status, airbag and restraint-system repairs, cooling-system condition, frame or unibody alignment, and recall completion.