2024 MERCEDES-BENZ GLE

The auction record lists the vehicle as having a salvage title and identifies the primary damage as “SIDE.” The provided Stage 1 assessment states that the visible evidence supports the side-damage classification: the left front and rear doors, left rocker area, side glass, and left-side curtain airbag all show visible damage. It also notes that the salvage-title status cannot be confirmed or contradicted from exterior and interior photographs alone. The 2024 Mercedes-Benz GLE has severe collision damage concentrated along the left side. The left front door outer panel is extensively crushed, with deep creases, folded metal, broad inward deformation, and distortion to the lower section, edges, and door shell. The left rear door also has severe inward deformation and deep creasing across the middle and lower areas, with irregular door gaps and perimeter alignment. The rocker panel beneath both left-side doors shows severe longitudinal deformation, sharp creasing, and scuffing. The left front and rear side-window glass has extensive crack-like fracture patterns and scattered light-colored fracture lines. A light-colored curtain-airbag fabric is hanging from the left roof-side area near the front door opening, indicating a deployed left-side curtain airbag. Multiple warning indicators are illuminated in the instrument cluster, including symbols associated with braking, restraints, ABS, tire pressure, engine, and stability systems. The photographs do not establish the cause of these warnings or whether the affected systems are operational. According to the VIN decode, this is a 2024 Mercedes-Benz GLE-Class SUV, specifically the GLE450 4MATIC trim, with all-wheel drive, a 3.0-liter turbocharged gasoline inline-six engine, and six cylinders. It was manufactured in the United States by Mercedes-Benz of North America. The transmission type and options are not specified in the supplied data. The visible damage warrants a comprehensive structural, body, glass, restraint-system, wiring, chassis, and diagnostic inspection before purchase. Particular attention should be given to the left rocker and surrounding body structure, door and window mechanisms, curtain-airbag and seat-belt restraint components, wheel alignment and suspension, and the cause of the multiple warning indicators.