2023 MERCEDES-BENZ G 550 4MATIC

The auction lists the primary damage as Front & Rear. Stage 1 reports that the visible evidence supports this designation, with substantial missing and damaged components at both ends of the vehicle. At the front, the bumper cover and center grille assembly are missing, exposing the bumper reinforcement, radiator area, lower air openings, and mounting structures. Both main headlamp assemblies are absent, leaving open lamp cavities; the upper fender-mounted marker lamps remain installed. The lower front fascia sections are missing or displaced on both sides, with exposed internal components, broken edges, and damaged mounting areas. Detached bumper and grille pieces are visible on the ground and show separated sections, broken mounting points, and damaged plastic edges. At the rear, the bumper cover and lower valance are missing across the lower section. The bumper mounting areas, brackets, and other internal components are exposed below the tail lamps and spare-wheel carrier. The lower rear edge has irregular, distorted sections, and both lower rear corner bumper sections are absent. The VIN identifies this vehicle as a 2023 Mercedes-Benz G-Class G 550 SUV, built in Austria. It is equipped with a turbocharged 4.0-liter M176 gasoline V8 rated at 416 horsepower and paired with a nine-speed automatic transmission. The vehicle is identified with standard safety equipment including forward-collision warning, pedestrian automatic emergency braking, lane-departure warning, lane-keeping assistance, adaptive cruise control, and rear cross-traffic alert. Two NHTSA recall campaigns are listed for the 2023 G-Class/G 550. Recall 23V880000 concerns a fuel pump that may shut down and cause a loss of drive power; the remedy is fuel-pump replacement by Mercedes-Benz. Recall 24V659000 concerns the right-side rear door latch on certain 2019–2023 G 550 vehicles that received a replacement latch during service; the remedy is replacement of the affected latch. Recall completion should be verified for this specific vehicle before purchase.