VIN KNARK81BHNA116251
Outcome not recorded — whether the car sold, and for how much, is not in our data.
17 photographs on file.
Identity · what the VIN itself says
Vehicle identification number: KNARK81BHNA116251
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 KNARK81B 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 N reads 2022. 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 2021; the VIN reads 2022. 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 — Sorento 4th Generation · Signature · Diesel · 2021–2023
Machine-translated · original below
★ There is indoor rainwater inflow ★ - total loss - An accident where a fire occurred in the passenger seat when the engine was turned off due to smoke after remote starting/engine mission damage - Mileage: 16,456 km (as of 2022.07.07) - VIN: KNARK81BHNA116251 - Jurisdiction: Gyeonggi ★ Free products are not included. ★ Please be sure to check the actual condition of the engine, mission, and vehicle under the bidder's responsibility. ★ If there is anything wrong with the vehicle, please contact us before leaving. The successful bidder is responsible for vehicle issues after departure.
“★ Please be sure to check the actual condition of the engine, mission, and vehicle under the bidder's responsibility.”
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
Kia Sorento · 2021 · 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
₩2,430만
Clean-market listings
Median mileage in market
87,396 km
Clean-market listings
Kia Sorento · 5,838 records on file
Odometer standing
Odometer 16,456 km — lower than 93% of the Kia Sorento odometer readings on file.
Damage mix
63% of the Kia Sorento records on file carry the Total loss stamp (전손) — this record is one of them.
The file
The Kia Sorento records on file span 2014–2027; this car is a 2021.
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.
The official databases were asked about KNARK81BHNA116251 · checked 26 Jul 2026
Notified
Oct 2022
[Kia] Sorento - Transmission Control Unit (TCU) related recall
[기아] 쏘렌토 - 변속기 제어장치(TCU) 관련 리콜
1 campaign on this VIN
Related records · relists excluded
2020–2022 · 1742 records on file
Claim: same maker + model, year ±1 — this VIN excluded.
전손 total loss-class records, any make · 67021 on file
Claim: same extracted damage class, any make — a salvage buyer shops the damage before the badge.