2023 Kia Sorento
VIN KNARL81BHPA229081
29 photographs on file.
- Fuel
- Diesel
- Mileage
- 13,971 km
- Displacement
- 2,200 cc
- Exterior colour
- —
- First registered
- —
- Factory price
- ₩4,043만₩40,430,000 new · 출고가격
- Lot no.
- 24-E-136869
- End date
- 4 Apr 2024
What the VIN says
Identity · what the VIN itself says
Vehicle identification number: KNARL81BHPA229081
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 KNARL81B 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 P reads 2023. 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 · Diesel · 2021–2023
The seller’s account
Machine-translated · original below
Meritz fire scrapped car **2차재공매 See picture of damaged area - Engine mission unconfirmed Adjustments cannot be reversed after winning KNARL81BHPA229081 Car model name Sorento 5-seater diesel 2.2 Prestige 4WD DCT price 40,430,000 won included optional basic model - drivewise style navigation
Also stated in the listing
원문 — the seller's Korean original
Damage · as flagged in the seller’s listing
Total loss
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
- front
- engine
- left
- right
- roof
- interior
- airbag
- frame
- underbody
- rear
Where the market sits
Kia Sorento · 2023 · 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
₩2,990만
Clean-market listings
Median mileage in market
58,916 km
Clean-market listings
Against the rest of the file
Kia Sorento · 5,753 records on file
Odometer standing
Odometer 13,971 km — lower than 94% of the Kia Sorento odometer readings on file.
Damage mix
63% of the Kia Sorento records on file carry the Total loss stamp (전손) — this record is one of them.
The file
The Kia Sorento records on file span 2014–2026; this car is a 2023.
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 KNARL81BHPA229081 · checked 23 Jul 2026
None on recordThe official databases returned no open or past campaigns for this VIN — it is their answer on the date above. A clean check is not a promise.
The paper trail
Every filed appearance of KNARL81BHPA229081 · 2 appearances
This VIN has appeared 2 times in our records. Odometer across the trail: 13,971 km (Apr 2024) → 13,971 km (Apr 2024) — no change in 1 day.
Filed the same day across the auction houses — one auction event, recorded more than once. We count it as one appearance.
Listing ended4 Apr 2024Odometer at listing: 13,971 km · 29 photographs filedOpen this listing →Relisted the next day · odometer unchanged
Listing ended3 Apr 2024Odometer at listing: 13,971 km · 29 photographs filedOpen this listing →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
2022–2024 · 1007 records on file
Claim: same maker + model, year ±1 — this VIN excluded.
The same damage, elsewhere
전손 total loss-class records, any make · 66428 on file
Claim: same extracted damage class, any make — a salvage buyer shops the damage before the badge.