VIN KNAPK81ABGA136237
28 photographs on file.
Identity · what the VIN itself says
Vehicle identification number: KNAPK81ABGA136237
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 KNAPK81A usually read as Kia Sorento.
The seller’s listing says Kia 528i; the VIN reads Kia Sorento. Both stay on file exactly as they came — we settle neither.
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 G reads 2016. 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 2015; the VIN reads 2016. 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 Sorento · Diesel · 2015–2017
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
No clean-market comparables are on file for this model yet. Price bands and statistics are matched model-by-model and year-by-year, and this one has no priced match — so the page shows nothing here rather than a bare guess.
The official databases were asked about KNAPK81ABGA136237 · checked 25 Jul 2026
Notified
Mar 2022
[Kia] Sorento and 2 other vehicles - Recall related to electric auxiliary heaters (PTC)
[기아] 쏘렌토 등 2차종 - 전기식 보조 히터(PTC) 관련 리콜
1 campaign on this VIN
Every filed appearance of KNAPK81ABGA136237 · 2 appearances
This VIN has appeared 2 times in our records. Odometer across the trail: 137,876 km (Dec 2024) → 37,337 km (Dec 2024) — -100,539 km in 1 day.
Relisted the next day · -100,539 km
Odometer discrepancy on record: this listing states 37,337 km; the listing of 2 Dec 2024 stated 137,876 km — 100,539 km more, 1 day earlier. Both readings are kept as they were filed; the record itself does not say which is true.
Listing ended2 Dec 2024Odometer at listing: 137,876 km · 14 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
2014–2016 · no other records on file
This is the only 528i on file.
Claim: same maker + model, year ±1 — this VIN excluded.
전손 total loss-class records, any make · 66463 on file
Claim: same extracted damage class, any make — a salvage buyer shops the damage before the badge.