2021 Kia Sorento
VIN KNARK81BHMA010781
14 photographs on file.
- Fuel
- Diesel
- Mileage
- 50,000 km
- Displacement
- —not stated in listing
- Exterior colour
- —
- First registered
- —
- Factory price
- —
- Lot no.
- 22-E-74790
- End date
- 15 Sep 2022
What the VIN says
Identity · what the VIN itself says
Vehicle identification number: KNARK81BHMA010781
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 M reads 2021. 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 — Sorento 4th Generation · Signature · Diesel · 2021–2023
The seller’s account
Machine-translated · original below
Engine room flood damage, engine mission unconfirmed Wrecked Car Carrot Request
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 · 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
Against the rest of the file
Kia Sorento · 5,923 records on file
Odometer standing
Odometer 50,000 km — lower than 80% 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 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.
Recall notices
The official databases were asked about KNARK81BHMA010781 · checked 25 Jul 2026
Notified
Oct 2020
[Kia] 2 models including Bongo 3 - Engine Control Unit (ECU) related recalls
[기아] 봉고3 등 2차종 - 엔진 제어 장치(ECU) 관련 리콜
Notified
Oct 2022
[Kia] Sorento - Transmission Control Unit (TCU) related recall
[기아] 쏘렌토 - 변속기 제어장치(TCU) 관련 리콜
Notified
Mar 2022
[Kia] Carnival and 2 other vehicles - Recall related to fuel supply hose clamps
[기아] 카니발 등 2차종 - 연료공급호스 클램프 관련 리콜
Notified
Sep 2020
[Kia] K5 and 2 other models - ESC module related recall
[기아] K5 등 2차종 - ESC 모듈 관련 리콜
4 campaigns on this VIN · 1 open
The paper trail
Every filed appearance of KNARK81BHMA010781 · 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 ended15 Sep 2022Odometer at listing: 50,000 km · 14 photographs filed침수 · FloodOpen this listing →Listing ended15 Sep 2022Odometer at listing: 50,000 km · 2 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
2020–2022 · 1756 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.