2020 Nissan Armada SL | Gray | 5.6L V8 4WD | VIN: JN8AY2NC9L9621396

This page is the auction record for VIN JN8AY2NC9L9621396 — a 2020 Nissan Armada SL in gray. If you arrived after typing that seventeen-character number into a search box, this is the vehicle it belongs to: a full-size, body-on-frame SUV with the 5.6-litre direct-injection V8, automatic transmission and four-wheel drive, catalogued at IAAI Houston North under lot 45432422 and marked sold on 23 March 2026.

What the record states

The odometer read 104,928 miles, and the reading is marked actual. That flag matters more than the number: an actual reading is one the auction is prepared to stand behind, as opposed to the not-actual and exempt readings that appear on older or tampered cars. The Armada was catalogued in Run and Drive condition, meaning it started, moved under its own power and stopped while on the yard. Keys were present. The selling party was Texas Farm Bureau and the paperwork is a Texas salvage title.

What the record leaves blank — and why that matters

The primary damage field on JN8AY2NC9L9621396 is empty. No collision point, no secondary damage, nothing. On a vehicle that ran and drove, an insurer writing off a car without naming a damage point usually points at something other than a crash: hail, water, theft recovery, a fire in a neighbouring vehicle, or a repair bill that outgrew the car's book value. The record does not say which, and neither will we. The ten photographs on this page are the damage report — exterior panels, interior, engine bay and undercarriage as the vehicle stood at the yard.

The numbers

Estimated retail value was $14,696 and the estimated repair cost $12,596 — roughly 86% of what the SUV would be worth intact. That ratio is the whole story of a salvage listing: it is why an insurer stops paying and why the vehicle reaches an auction lane at all. The final bid is not part of the record we hold, so this page shows no sale price. That is an absent figure, not a zero.

Checking the VIN itself

JN8AY2NC9L9621396 reads the way every VIN does. The first three characters, JN8, are the world manufacturer identifier for Nissan's Japanese-built SUVs — the Armada of this generation is the Patrol platform assembled in Japan. The tenth character, L, is the model-year code for 2020, and the ninth is the check digit that makes a typo detectable. The last six digits, 621396, are the serial number of this specific vehicle.

Before you commit to anything on the strength of a listing, read the VIN off the car: the plate at the base of the windshield, the sticker in the driver's door jamb and the number on the title all have to agree with JN8AY2NC9L9621396, and with each other.