VIN KMHS281BBLU232398
12 photographs on file.
Identity · what the VIN itself says
Vehicle identification number: KMHS281BBLU232398
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 L reads 2020. 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 — Santa Fe TM · Diesel · 2019–2020
Machine-translated · original below
See picture of damaged area- - This is an accident where the car fell off a forest path and leaned to the left - The damage was on the entire side of the driver's seat and the interior airbag exploded - However, the oil was checked because it could flow back to the engine side, but the oil did not decrease. - Please check the actual vehicle. - Engine and mission unconfirmed - It was an accident where the car fell off a forest path and leaned to the left - The damage was on the entire side of the driver's seat and the interior airbag exploded - However, the oil was inspected because it conducted sideways and the oil could flow back to the engine side, but the oil did not decrease. - Please check the actual vehicle - Engine, mission unconfirmed *Santa Fe TM Diesel 2.0 2WD EXCLUSIVE 5-seater auto 19MY*New car price 35,550,000 won *SANTA FE TM DIESEL 2.0 2WD EXCLUSIVE 5 SEATER AUTO 19MY *The price of a new car is 35,550,000 won KMHS281BBLU232398
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
Hyundai Santafe · 2020 · 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
₩1,890만
Clean-market listings
Median mileage in market
87,997 km
Clean-market listings
Hyundai Santafe · 6,626 records on file
Odometer standing
Odometer 20,900 km — lower than 94% of the Hyundai Santafe odometer readings on file.
The file
The Hyundai Santafe records on file span 2014–2027; this car is a 2020.
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.
The official databases were asked about KMHS281BBLU232398 · checked 24 Jul 2026
Notified
Jun 2020
[Hyundai] Santa Fe - Vehicle Stability Control (ESC) Related Recall
[현대] 싼타페 - 자동차안정성제어장치(ESC) 관련 리콜
1 campaign on this VIN
Every filed appearance of KMHS281BBLU232398 · 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 ended31 Aug 2022Odometer at listing: 20,900 km · 12 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
2019–2021 · 2161 records on file
Claim: same maker + model, year ±1 — this VIN excluded.