2019 Kia Sorento
VIN KNAPS81BDKA541599
Outcome not recorded — whether the car sold, and for how much, is not in our data.
11 photographs on file.
- Fuel
- Diesel
- Mileage
- 229,915 km
- Displacement
- 2,200 cc
- Exterior colour
- —
- First registered
- —
- Factory price
- —
- Lot no.
- 22-E-79026
- End date
- 19 Oct 2022
What the VIN says
Identity · what the VIN itself says
Vehicle identification number: KNAPS81BDKA541599
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 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 — The New Sorento · Diesel · 2018–2020
The seller’s account
Machine-translated · original below
SK Rent a Car Sorento 7-seater 2.2 diesel 4WD Noblesse can be flooded, transferred, and both can be transferred (-) The photos before and after are different due to the removal of the receiver on the navigation side. Indemnity or damage, usage history engine, mission unconfirmed, and adjustments cannot be reversed after successful bid SK rent-a-car Sorento 7-seater 2.2 diesel 4WD Noblesse flood damage 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 Adjustments cannot be reversed after winning KNAPS81BDKA541599
“Indemnity or damage, history of use Engine, mission unconfirmed Adjustments cannot be reversed after winning KNAPS81BDKA541599”
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 · 2019 · 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
₩1,650만
Clean-market listings
Median mileage in market
105,475 km
Clean-market listings
Against the rest of the file
Kia Sorento · 5,923 records on file
Odometer standing
Odometer 229,915 km — lower than 6% 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 2019.
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 KNAPS81BDKA541599 · checked 26 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
Elsewhere on the block
Related records · relists excluded
The cohort — Sorento at auction
2018–2020 · 1637 records on file
Claim: same maker + model, year ±1 — this VIN excluded.
The same damage, elsewhere
침수 flood-class records, any make · 5485 on file
Claim: same extracted damage class, any make — a salvage buyer shops the damage before the badge.