VIN KNAPL812HNK987589
15 photographs on file.
Identity · what the VIN itself says
Vehicle identification number: KNAPL812HNK987589
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 KNAPL812 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 The Bold · Diesel · 2019–2022
Machine-translated · original below
SK rent-a-car Transfers, transfers, and pedals are all possible (-) The before and after pictures are different due to the removal of the receiver on the navigation side. Indemnity or damage, history of use Engine, mission unconfirmed - 원부상 23년 06월 검사당시 주행거리 82,914 km Sportage 1.6 Diesel Trendy 4WD DCT *Price: 27,164,319 yuan*Option: Basic - Convenience/Navigation Pack *Price: 27,164,319 yuan *Option: Basic - Convenience/Navigation Pack Adjustments cannot be reversed after winning KNAPL812HNK987589
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 · 4,816 records on file
Odometer standing
Odometer 82,914 km — lower than 56% 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 KNAPL812HNK987589 · checked 26 Jul 2026
Notified
Oct 2025
[Kia] Two models including Seltos - Diesel smoke filter (DPF) related recall
[기아] 셀토스 등 2차종 - 디젤 매연포집필터(DPF) 관련 리콜
Notified
Oct 2025
[Kia] Seltos and 2 other vehicles - Fuel filter related recall
[기아] 셀토스 등 2차종 - 연료필터 관련 리콜
Notified
Jul 2022
[Kia] Seltos and 2 other vehicles - Fuel filter related recall
[기아] 셀토스 등 2차종 - 연료필터 관련 리콜
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
4 campaigns on this VIN · 3 open
Every filed appearance of KNAPL812HNK987589 · 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 ended7 Dec 2023Odometer at listing: 82,914 km · 15 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
2021–2023 · 1187 records on file
Claim: same maker + model, year ±1 — this VIN excluded.