2018 Hyundai Kona
VIN KMHK5816GJU259493
21 photographs on file.
- Fuel
- Diesel
- Mileage
- 44,134 km
- Displacement
- 1,600 cc
- Exterior colour
- —
- First registered
- —
- Factory price
- —
- Lot no.
- 23-E-94425
- End date
- 15 Feb 2023
What the VIN says
Identity · what the VIN itself says
Vehicle identification number: KMHK5816GJU259493
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 KMHK5816 read as Hyundai Kona.
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 J reads 2018. 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 — Kona · Diesel 1.6 2WD, Premiums · Diesel · 2018
The seller’s account
Machine-translated · original below
Before Hanasonbo (front damage) //See photo of the damaged area of the scrapped car while driving in the second lane on the expressway, accident engine mission that collided with the vehicle and the center guardrail of the truck. Unconfirmed adjustment reversed after successful bid. Bulgakona Diesel 1.6 Premium 2WD Auto Launch (2-tone) KMHK5816GJU259493
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 Kona · 2018 · 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
₩1,250만
Clean-market listings
Median mileage in market
90,400 km
Clean-market listings
Against the rest of the file
Hyundai Kona · 2,963 records on file
Odometer standing
Odometer 44,134 km — lower than 73% of the Hyundai Kona odometer readings on file.
Damage mix
63% of the Hyundai Kona records on file carry the Total loss stamp (전손) — this record is one of them.
The file
The Hyundai Kona records on file span 2017–2026; this car is a 2018.
Counted across our own Hyundai Kona 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 KMHK5816GJU259493 · 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 KMHK5816GJU259493 · 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 ended15 Feb 2023Odometer at listing: 44,134 km · 20 photographs filed전손 · Total lossOpen 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.
Elsewhere on the block
Related records · relists excluded
The cohort — Kona at auction
2017–2019 · 1607 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.