VIN KNAPL812GNK981833
23 photographs on file.
Identity · what the VIN itself says
Vehicle identification number: KNAPL812GNK981833
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 KNAPL812 read as Kia Sportage.
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 N reads 2022. 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 — Sportage The Bold · Diesel · 2019–2022
Machine-translated · original below
Hyundai scrapped car See photo - The vehicle was transferred after the collision Engine mission unconfirmed Mileage unknown
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
Kia Sportage · 2022 · 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
₩1,450만
Clean-market listings
Median mileage in market
103,162 km
Clean-market listings
Kia Sportage · 4,826 records on file
Odometer standing
This listing states no odometer reading, so it is not placed against the other Kia Sportage listings on file.
Damage mix
63% of the Kia Sportage records on file carry the Total loss stamp (전손) — this record is one of them.
The file
The Kia Sportage records on file span 2014–2027; this car is a 2022.
Counted across our own Kia Sportage 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 KNAPL812GNK981833 · checked 25 Jul 2026
Notified
Oct 2025
[Kia] Two models including Seltos - Diesel smoke filter (DPF) related recall
[기아] 셀토스 등 2차종 - 디젤 매연포집필터(DPF) 관련 리콜
Notified
Oct 2025
[Kia] Seltos and 2 other vehicles - Fuel filter related recall
[기아] 셀토스 등 2차종 - 연료필터 관련 리콜
Notified
Jul 2022
[Kia] Seltos and 2 other vehicles - Fuel filter related recall
[기아] 셀토스 등 2차종 - 연료필터 관련 리콜
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
4 campaigns on this VIN · 1 open
Every filed appearance of KNAPL812GNK981833 · 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 ended24 Aug 2023Odometer at listing: not stated · 23 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
2021–2023 · 1189 records on file
Claim: same maker + model, year ±1 — this VIN excluded.
전손 total loss-class records, any make · 67312 on file
Claim: same extracted damage class, any make — a salvage buyer shops the damage before the badge.