VIN KNAPW81CBNK008169
34 photographs on file.
Identity · what the VIN itself says
Vehicle identification number: KNAPW81CBNK008169
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 KNAPW81C read as Kia Sportage.
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 N reads 2022. 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 — Sportage 5th Generation · Diesel · 2022–2024
Machine-translated · original below
Capital loss or indemnity Sportage 2.0 Diesel Noblesse 2WD A/T See photo - Front damage Engine mission unconfirmed Rental history New car: 32,779,342 won Option: Basic - DriveWise
Also stated in the listing
Damage · read from the seller’s listing
None
flagged
This listing has been machine-read, and none of the damage classes we stamp — total loss, flood, theft — appears in the seller’s text. No stamp is not a clean bill of health; only what the seller wrote is recorded here.
Also stated in the listing
Kia Sportage · 2022 · 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
₩1,450만
Clean-market listings
Median mileage in market
103,162 km
Clean-market listings
Kia Sportage · 4,812 records on file
Odometer standing
Odometer 69,438 km — lower than 65% of the Kia Sportage odometer readings on file.
The file
The Kia Sportage records on file span 2014–2027; this car is a 2022.
Counted across our own Kia Sportage 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 KNAPW81CBNK008169 · checked 25 Jul 2026
Notified
Oct 2022
[Kia] Sportage - Recall related to electrical wiring
[기아] 스포티지 - 전기배선 관련 리콜
1 campaign on this VIN · 1 open
Every filed appearance of KNAPW81CBNK008169 · 2 appearances
This VIN has appeared 2 times in our records. Odometer across the trail: 69,438 km (Jun 2023) → 69,438 km (Jun 2023) — no change in 1 day.
Filed the same day across the auction houses — one auction event, recorded more than once. We count it as one appearance.
Relisted the next day · odometer unchanged
Listing ended28 Jun 2023Odometer at listing: 69,438 km · 51 photographs filed전손 · Total lossOpen this listing →Filed the same day across the auction houses — one auction event, recorded more than once. We count it as one appearance.
Listing ended28 Jun 2023Odometer at listing: not stated · 33 photographs filed전손 · Total lossOpen this listing →Outcome not recorded — whether the car sold, and for how much, is not in our data.
Related records · relists excluded
2021–2023 · 1185 records on file
Claim: same maker + model, year ±1 — this VIN excluded.