VIN KNARK81GBMA031286
32 photographs on file.
Identity · what the VIN itself says
Vehicle identification number: KNARK81GBMA031286
From the seller’s listing
Positions 1–3 — the world-manufacturer code.
In our data, VINs starting KNA belong to Kia.
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 KNARK81G usually read as Kia Sorento.
Agrees with the listing.
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 M reads 2021. 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 — Sorento 4th Generation · Noblesse · Hybrid · 2021–2023
Machine-translated · original below
Samsung total loss Side damage *Estimated repair cost: 30,000,000 won *Vehicle price: 29,894,400 won sole proprietor New car price: 43,730,000 won Included options: DriveWise KNARK81GBMA031286
Also stated in the listing
Damage · as flagged in the seller’s listing
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
Kia Sorento · 2021 · 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
₩2,450만
Clean-market listings
Median mileage in market
84,805 km
Clean-market listings
Kia Sorento · 5,753 records on file
Odometer standing
Odometer 45,198 km — lower than 83% of the Kia Sorento odometer readings on file.
Damage mix
63% of the Kia Sorento records on file carry the Total loss stamp (전손) — this record is one of them.
The file
The Kia Sorento records on file span 2014–2026; this car is a 2021.
Counted across our own Kia Sorento records. A VIN that comes back to the block is filed again, so these are listings on file, not cars.
The official databases were asked about KNARK81GBMA031286 · checked 23 Jul 2026
Notified
Aug 2023
[Kia] Sorento Hybrid - Recall related to front seat belt adjuster
[기아] 쏘렌토 하이브리드 - 앞좌석 안전띠 조절장치 관련 리콜
1 campaign on this VIN
Every filed appearance of KNARK81GBMA031286 · 1 appearance
This VIN has appeared 1 time in our records.
Filed the same day across the auction houses — one auction event, recorded more than once. We count it as one appearance.
Listing ended18 May 2023Odometer at listing: 46,198 km · 32 photographs filedOpen this listing →This is the first time this VIN appears in our records. If it returns to auction, every appearance will be listed here.
Outcome not recorded — whether the car sold, and for how much, is not in our data.
Related records · relists excluded
2020–2022 · 1720 records on file
Claim: same maker + model, year ±1 — this VIN excluded.
전손 total loss-class records, any make · 66431 on file
Claim: same extracted damage class, any make — a salvage buyer shops the damage before the badge.