2019 Kia Sorento
VIN KNAPH81BDLA596979
9 photographs on file.
- Fuel
- Diesel
- Mileage
- 33,543 km
- Displacement
- 2,200 cc
- Exterior colour
- —
- First registered
- —
- Factory price
- ₩3,413만₩34,127,212 new · 출고가격
- Lot no.
- 22-E-64648
- End date
- 7 Jul 2022
What the VIN says
Identity · what the VIN itself says
Vehicle identification number: KNAPH81BDLA596979
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 KNAPH81B 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 L reads 2020. 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 2019; the VIN reads 2020. 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
분손 또는 면책엔진 미션 미확인파손 부위 사진 참조침수 차량2021년 7월 검사당시 주행거리 33,543km신차가: 34,127,212 원쏘렌토 5인승 2.2 디젤 4WD 마스터KNAPH81BDLA596979 Engine mission unconfirmed See picture of damaged area flood damage vehicle 2021년 7월 검사당시 주행거리 33,543km New car: 34,127,212 won Sorento 5-seater 2.2 diesel 4WD master KNAPH81BDLA596979
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 · 5,935 records on file
Odometer standing
Odometer 33,543 km — lower than 87% 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 KNAPH81BDLA596979 · 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
Notified
Dec 2019
[Kia] Sorento - Multi-function camera recall
[기아] 쏘렌토 - 다기능 카메라 관련 리콜
2 campaigns on this VIN
The paper trail
Every filed appearance of KNAPH81BDLA596979 · 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 Jul 2022Odometer at listing: 33,543 km · 8 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
2018–2020 · 1641 records on file
Claim: same maker + model, year ±1 — this VIN excluded.
The same damage, elsewhere
침수 flood-class records, any make · 5487 on file
Claim: same extracted damage class, any make — a salvage buyer shops the damage before the badge.