2018 Hyundai Santa Fe
VIN KMHS281BDKU038661
Outcome not recorded — whether the car sold, and for how much, is not in our data.
7 photographs on file.
- Fuel
- Diesel
- Mileage
- —not stated in listing
- Displacement
- 1,995 cc
- Exterior colour
- —
- First registered
- —
- Factory price
- —
- Lot no.
- D26-0818081
- End date
- 19 Aug 2026
What the VIN says
Identity · what the VIN itself says
Vehicle identification number: KMHS281BDKU038661
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 KMHS281B 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 K reads 2019. Model-year codes repeat every 30 years, so the reading nearest the listing’s own year is the one shown.
The seller’s listing says 2018; the VIN reads 2019. Both stay on file exactly as they came — we settle neither.
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 — Santa Fe TM · Diesel · 2019–2020
The seller’s account
Machine-translated · original below
★ Rainwater (freshwater) flooded vehicle/Flooded while parked/Completely flooded ★ Vehicle buried in a landslide - total loss - Complete damage to the interior - Mileage: km (Standard - Provides information on waste management systems) - VIN: KMHS281BDKU038661 - Jurisdiction: Busan ★ Free products are not included. ★ Please be sure to check the actual condition of the engine, mission, and vehicle under the bidder's responsibility. ★ If there is anything wrong with the vehicle, please contact us before leaving. The successful bidder is responsible for vehicle issues after departure.
“★ Please be sure to check the actual condition of the engine, mission, and vehicle under the bidder's responsibility.”
Also stated in the listing
원문 — the seller's Korean original
Damage · as flagged in the seller’s listing
Flood
The listing writes this car off as flood‑immersed. Water is a class of damage, not a repair estimate — assume the wiring, electronics and interior are compromised until a teardown proves otherwise.
Also stated in the listing
- front
- engine
- left
- right
- roof
- interior
- airbag
- frame
- underbody
- rear
Where the market sits
Hyundai Santafe · 2018 · clean-market comparables
The band covers clean-market retail listings of the same model and year, as of 19 Jul 2026. Read the band as a ceiling for a clean, fully-restored example — not as an estimate for this lot.
Model median price
₩1,295만
Clean-market listings
Median mileage in market
106,804 km
Clean-market listings
Against the rest of the file
Hyundai Santafe · 6,657 records on file
Odometer standing
This listing states no odometer reading, so it is not placed against the other Hyundai Santafe listings on file.
Damage mix
7% of the Hyundai Santafe records on file carry the Flood stamp (침수) — this record is one of them.
The file
The Hyundai Santafe records on file span 2014–2027; this car is a 2018.
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
No answer on KMHS281BDKU038661 from the official databases yet
QueuedThis VIN is in line for the official databases. Results appear here with the date we checked and the source.
Elsewhere on the block
Related records · relists excluded
The cohort — Santa Fe at auction
2017–2019 · 2294 records on file
Claim: same maker + model, year ±1 — this VIN excluded.
The same damage, elsewhere
침수 flood-class records, any make · 5954 on file
Claim: same extracted damage class, any make — a salvage buyer shops the damage before the badge.