2024 HYUNDAI TUCSON SEL

The auction record lists the vehicle as having a salvage title and identifies the primary damage as side damage. Stage 1 reports that the visible extensive damage to the left-side doors and lower side sill supports the auction’s “SIDE” damage classification. Salvage-title status cannot be confirmed from exterior photographs. The 2024 Hyundai Tucson has severe collision damage concentrated along the left side. The left front door’s outer panel and lower edge are extensively crushed inward, with sharp creases and severely distorted contours. The left rear door also has extensive crushing and multiple deep creases across the outer panel, including distortion around the handle and lower section. The left lower side sill beneath both doors is deeply deformed and heavily creased, indicating that the damage extends beyond the door panels. Multiple restraint systems have deployed. White airbag fabric is visible from the left front seat side and the roof-side area above the left-side doors. A curtain airbag is also hanging from the left rear roof-side area beside the rear seating position. Replacement of the deployed airbags and related restraint-system components, along with inspection of the body structure, sill, door frames, sensors, wiring, and interior trim, should be expected. Mechanical, suspension, alignment, and safety-system checks are also recommended because the visible findings do not establish the full extent of the impact damage. According to the VIN decode, this is a U.S.-built 2024 Hyundai Tucson SEL SUV with four-wheel drive, a 2.5-liter four-cylinder gasoline engine, and a GDI Theta III engine. The decoded equipment includes curtain and side airbags for the first and second rows, forward-collision warning, pedestrian automatic emergency braking, lane-departure warning, lane-keep assistance, blind-spot monitoring and intervention, rear cross-traffic alert, and rear automatic emergency braking. The VIN decode does not provide transmission details. NHTSA records list the following recalls for this make, model, and year: recall 23V556000 concerning an incorrect tire-and-loading information label; recall 23V526000 concerning the Idle Stop & Go electric oil-pump controller, which may overheat; recall 24V412000 concerning a possible loss of electric power-steering assist; and recall 25V893000 concerning an optional trailer-hitch wiring harness that may allow moisture into the control module. Recall completion should be verified by VIN with Hyundai or NHTSA before the vehicle is operated.