2018 Kia Carnivals
VIN KNAMC81ABKS506538
10 photographs on file.
- Fuel
- Diesel
- Mileage
- 130,173 km
- Displacement
- —not stated in listing
- Exterior colour
- —
- First registered
- —
- Factory price
- —
- Lot no.
- 2023-033489
- End date
- 20 Jun 2023
What the VIN says
Identity · what the VIN itself says
Vehicle identification number: KNAMC81ABKS506538
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 KNAMC81A usually read as Kia Canival.
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 — All New Carnival · Diesel · 2015–2018
The seller’s account
Machine-translated · original below
** Our company is in the process of scrapping!! Area: Anseong transit conditions** See photos. Fast progress required. □ Be sure to check information such as the requirements, requests, and KASA for the vehicle workshop
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
Kia Canival · 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
₩1,200만
Clean-market listings
Median mileage in market
130,258 km
Clean-market listings
Against the rest of the file
Kia Canival · 5,649 records on file
Odometer standing
Odometer 130,173 km — lower than 40% of the Kia Canival odometer readings on file.
Damage mix
57% of the Kia Canival records on file carry the Total loss stamp (전손) — this record is one of them.
The file
The Kia Canival records on file span 2014–2027; this car is a 2018.
Counted across our own Kia Canival 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 KNAMC81ABKS506538 · checked 25 Jul 2026
Notified
Feb 2022
[Kia] 5 models including Carnival - Airbag controller related recall
[기아] 카니발 등 5차종 - 에어백 제어기 관련 리콜
Notified
Nov 2021
[Kia] Carnival and 2 other vehicles - Recall related to electronic water pumps
[기아] 카니발 등 2차종 - 전자식 워터 펌프 관련 리콜
2 campaigns on this VIN
The paper trail
Every filed appearance of KNAMC81ABKS506538 · 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.
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 — Carnival at auction
2017–2019 · 1913 records on file
Claim: same maker + model, year ±1 — this VIN excluded.
The same damage, elsewhere
전손 total loss-class records, any make · 67350 on file
Claim: same extracted damage class, any make — a salvage buyer shops the damage before the badge.