2021 HYUNDAI VENUE SEL & Denim

The vehicle is listed with a salvage title and a FRONT END primary-damage classification. The visible extensive front-end collision damage supports the stated FRONT END claim; however, the salvage-title status cannot be confirmed from photographs alone. The front end has severe damage. The hood is heavily crushed, with multiple sharp creases, deep depressions, and a deformed front edge. The front bumper cover, grille, and both headlamp assemblies are missing, leaving the radiator assembly, support components, wiring, and other parts exposed. The front reinforcement and lower support components are displaced, including a long lower component hanging forward and downward. Electrical wiring and connectors are exposed, with one loose cable extending onto the ground. Both front corners are extensively deformed. The front-left fender is crushed and folded around the wheel opening, with missing outer material and exposed inner components. The front-right fender is also folded and crushed above and behind the wheel. Additional damage is visible around the suspension-area components and front fascia. The radiator and condenser area is exposed and displaced, with bent support pieces and damaged lower mounting areas. The windshield has multiple fracture lines in the lower driver-side area. Damage is also present along the side and rear of the vehicle. The visible doors and lower rocker area have broad dents and paint scuffing. A rear corner and quarter panel are heavily crushed, with sharp creases, torn edges, displaced trim, and an irregular wheel-arch opening. The rear bumper is torn and displaced in that area. The liftgate has dents and creases across its lower and right-side sections, while the rear bumper and right corner are deformed, pulled away, and have irregular panel gaps. The driver and front-passenger airbags are visibly deployed, including an open passenger-side dashboard deployment panel. The vehicle should be considered non-roadworthy until the complete body, structural, cooling, lighting, wiring, restraint, and airbag systems have been professionally inspected and repaired. The photographs do not establish the condition of hidden components, mechanical systems, alignment, or the full extent of structural damage. According to the VIN decode, this is a 2021 Hyundai Venue wagon with front-wheel drive, a 1.6-liter gasoline engine, and a continuously variable transmission. The decoded vehicle was manufactured by Hyundai Motor Co. in South Korea and is identified as the SEL & Denim trim. Factory-listed equipment includes front and side airbags, curtain airbags for the first and second rows, ABS, electronic stability control, forward collision warning, lane-departure warning, pedestrian automatic emergency braking, rear cross-traffic alert, and a rear visibility system. The condition of these systems after the collision is not confirmed. Two NHTSA recalls are listed for the vehicle model and year concerning the front seat-belt pretensioners. The recalls state that the driver-side and/or passenger-side pretensioners may explode during deployment and project metal fragments into the cabin. Recall 22V458000 replaced and expanded recall 21V796000 for 2020–2022 Venue vehicles; the stated remedy was to secure the pretensioners with a cap at no charge. The vehicle’s repair status should be verified with Hyundai or an authorized dealer, particularly because the front airbags have deployed.