2017 Kia Sorento 4WD
VIN KNAPS81BDJA412424
9 photographs on file.
- Fuel
- Diesel
- Mileage
- 205,287 km
- Displacement
- 2,199 cc
- Exterior colour
- Navyextracted from listing
- First registered
- 2017-11최초등록일, per listing
- Factory price
- ₩3,890만₩38,900,000 new · 출고가격
- Lot no.
- 2025-081087
- End date
- 17 Sep 2025
What the VIN says
Identity · what the VIN itself says
Vehicle identification number: KNAPS81BDJA412424
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 KNAPS81B usually read as Kia Sorento.
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.
The seller’s listing says 2017; the VIN reads 2018. 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 — The New Sorento · Diesel · 2018–2020
The seller’s account
Machine-translated · original below
※ In accordance with Article 26 (2) of the Motor Vehicle Management Act, the export of flooded vehicles is prohibited. ※ ** Our company is in the process of scrapping!! Area: Anseong transit conditions** - Flooded vehicle - Request a photo announcement of the sale - Fast movement measures Car name: Sorento 5-seater 2.2 diesel 4WD Noblesse Factory price: 38,900,000 won VIN: KNAPS81BDJA Model Number:UM5BDF-P-9 Format year: 2018 Date of first registration:2017-11-29 Color: blue (navy blue, navy) Mileage: 179,261km Performance check validity period: 2023-11-29 ~ 2025-11-28
“※ In accordance with Article 26 (2) of the Motor Vehicle Management Act, the export of flooded vehicles is prohibited.”
Also stated in the listing
원문 — the seller's Korean original
Damage · as flagged in the seller’s listing
Flood
The listing writes this car off as flood‑immersed. Water is a class of damage, not a repair estimate — assume the wiring, electronics and interior are compromised until a teardown proves otherwise.
Also stated in the listing
- front
- engine
- left
- right
- roof
- interior
- airbag
- frame
- underbody
- rear
Where the market sits
Kia Sorento · 2017 · 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
₩1,295만
Clean-market listings
Median mileage in market
118,594 km
Clean-market listings
Against the rest of the file
Kia Sorento · 5,853 records on file
Odometer standing
Odometer 205,287 km — lower than 8% of the Kia Sorento odometer readings on file.
Damage mix
7% of the Kia Sorento records on file carry the Flood stamp (침수) — this record is one of them.
The file
The Kia Sorento records on file span 2014–2027; this car is a 2017.
Counted across our own Kia Sorento 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 KNAPS81BDJA412424 · checked 24 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
The paper trail
Every filed appearance of KNAPS81BDJA412424 · 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 ended17 Sep 2025Odometer at listing: 205,287 km · 9 photographs filed침수 · FloodOpen 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 — Sorento at auction
2016–2018 · 2034 records on file
Claim: same maker + model, year ±1 — this VIN excluded.
The same damage, elsewhere
침수 flood-class records, any make · 5439 on file
Claim: same extracted damage class, any make — a salvage buyer shops the damage before the badge.