2023 Hyundai Santa Fe
VIN KMHS281LGPU456940
14 photographs on file.
- Fuel
- Petrol
- Mileage
- 2,530 km
- Displacement
- —not stated in listing
- Exterior colour
- —
- First registered
- —
- Factory price
- —
- Lot no.
- 22-E-85110
- End date
- 8 Dec 2022
What the VIN says
Identity · what the VIN itself says
Vehicle identification number: KMHS281LGPU456940
From the seller’s listing
Positions 1–3 — the world-manufacturer code.
In our data, VINs starting KMH belong to Hyundai.
Agrees with the listing.
Positions 4–8 — the descriptor. Here the maker encodes what the car is: the model, body and equipment.
In our data, VINs starting KMHS281L read as Hyundai Santafe.
Agrees with the listing — the two names differ, but they name the same model line.
Position 9 — the check digit.
Shown exactly as the listing published it — we do not verify the check digit.
Position 10 — the model-year code.
Code P reads 2023. Model-year codes repeat every 30 years, so the reading nearest the listing’s own year is the one shown.
Agrees with the listing.
Position 11 — the assembly-plant code.
Plant codes are each maker’s own. We hold no list of them, so this character is shown, not decoded.
Positions 12–17 — the serial number.
Nothing is decoded from it. It is what makes this VIN one car rather than a model.
What the VIN encodes — The New Santa Fe · Petrol · 2021–2023
The seller’s account
Machine-translated · original below
Meritz fire total loss//can be scrapped See picture of damaged area - An accident where the insured car turned away from another vehicle and impacted the rear end of the damage - Engine mission unconfirmed Adjustments cannot be reversed after winning KMHS281LGPU456940
Also stated in the listing
원문 — the seller's Korean original
Damage · as flagged in the seller’s listing
Total loss
The stamp is the seller’s own word for the damage, printed as the listing filed it — the seller’s classification, never our assessment.
Also stated in the listing
- front
- engine
- left
- right
- roof
- interior
- airbag
- frame
- underbody
- rear
Where the market sits
Hyundai Santafe · 2023 · clean-market comparables
The band covers clean-market retail listings of the same model and year, as of 19 Aug 2026. Read the band as a ceiling for a clean, fully-restored example — not as an estimate for this lot.
Model median price
₩2,599만
Clean-market listings
Median mileage in market
60,266 km
Clean-market listings
Against the rest of the file
Hyundai Santafe · 6,818 records on file
Odometer standing
Odometer 2,530 km — lower than 99% of the Hyundai Santafe odometer readings on file.
Damage mix
62% of the Hyundai Santafe records on file carry the Total loss stamp (전손) — this record is one of them.
The file
The Hyundai Santafe records on file span 2014–2027; this car is a 2023.
Counted across our own Hyundai Santafe records. A VIN that comes back to the block is filed again, so these are listings on file, not cars.
Recall notices
The official databases were asked about KMHS281LGPU456940 · checked 26 Jul 2026
None on recordThe official databases returned no open or past campaigns for this VIN — it is their answer on the date above. A clean check is not a promise.
The paper trail
Every filed appearance of KMHS281LGPU456940 · 2 appearances
This VIN has appeared 2 times in our records. Odometer across the trail: 2,530 km (Dec 2022) → 2,530 km (Dec 2022) — no change in 1 day.
Relisted the next day · odometer unchanged
Listing ended7 Dec 2022Odometer at listing: 2,530 km · 18 photographs filed전손 · Total lossOpen this listing →Outcome not recorded — whether the car sold, and for how much, is not in our data.
Elsewhere on the block
Related records · relists excluded
The cohort — Santa Fe at auction
2022–2024 · 818 records on file
Claim: same maker + model, year ±1 — this VIN excluded.
The same damage, elsewhere
전손 total loss-class records, any make · 71414 on file
Claim: same extracted damage class, any make — a salvage buyer shops the damage before the badge.