VIN KMHS281BDKU149001
17 photographs on file.
Identity · what the VIN itself says
Vehicle identification number: KMHS281BDKU149001
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 K reads 2019. 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
Total loss progress There appears to be no damage to the left, right, and curtain airbags on the front of the vehicle's front and rear panels. There appears to be no damage to the left and right engine or the exterior of the mission, but it is necessary to inspect the front of the vehicle It's a car copy The entire outer plate is damaged Seat airbag, left, right, curtain airbag. left/right Lower body damage There appears to be no damage to the engine or the exterior of the mission, but inspection is required with a vehicle overturning gun KMHS281BDKU149001
“Total loss progress There appears to be no damage to the left, right, and curtain airbags on the front of the vehicle's front and rear panels.”
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
Hyundai Santafe · 2019 · 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
₩1,770만
Clean-market listings
Median mileage in market
100,952 km
Clean-market listings
Hyundai Santafe · 6,626 records on file
Odometer standing
Odometer 40,386 km — lower than 86% of the Hyundai Santafe odometer readings on file.
Damage mix
62% of the Hyundai Santafe records on file carry the Total loss stamp (전손) — this record is one of them.
The file
The Hyundai Santafe records on file span 2014–2027; this car is a 2019.
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 KMHS281BDKU149001 · 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 KMHS281BDKU149001 · 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 ended8 Sep 2022Odometer at listing: 40,386 km · 17 photographs filed전손 · Total lossOpen 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
2018–2020 · 2401 records on file
Claim: same maker + model, year ±1 — this VIN excluded.
전손 total loss-class records, any make · 69843 on file
Claim: same extracted damage class, any make — a salvage buyer shops the damage before the badge.