2021 Kia Sportage
VIN KNAPL812GNK981833
30 photographs on file.
- Fuel
- Diesel
- Mileage
- 15,767 km
- Displacement
- 1,600 cc
- Exterior colour
- Creamextracted from listing
- First registered
- 2021-06최초등록일, per listing
- Factory price
- ₩2,683만₩26,830,000 new · 출고가격
- Lot no.
- 2023-049162
- End date
- 24 Aug 2023
What the VIN says
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.
The seller’s listing says 2021; the VIN reads 2022. 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 — Sportage The Bold · Diesel · 2019–2022
The seller’s account
Machine-translated · original below
** Our company is in the process of scrapping!! Area: Anseong transit conditions** - The vehicle was transferred after the collision - 비용 총 50만원 (보관소20만원, 구난비 30만원) Vehicle name:QL Sportage 1.6 Diesel Trendy 2WD DCT Shipping price: 26,830,000 won Model Number:QL52GJ-L-7-H1N Format year: 2022 Date of first registration: 2021-06-03 Color: off-white Performance check validity period: 2021-06-03 ~ 2025-06-02
“** Our company is in the process of scrapping!!”
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 Sportage · 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
₩1,670만
Clean-market listings
Median mileage in market
82,216 km
Clean-market listings
Against the rest of the file
Kia Sportage · 4,815 records on file
Odometer standing
Odometer 15,767 km — lower than 91% of the Kia Sportage odometer readings 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 2021.
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.
Recall notices
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
The paper trail
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 →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.
Elsewhere on the block
Related records · relists excluded
The cohort — Sportage at auction
2021–2022 · 1045 records on file
Claim: same maker + model, year ±1 — this VIN excluded.
The same damage, elsewhere
전손 total loss-class records, any make · 67196 on file
Claim: same extracted damage class, any make — a salvage buyer shops the damage before the badge.