2018 Hyundai Santa Fe
VIN KMHS281BBKU031054
Outcome not recorded — whether the car sold, and for how much, is not in our data.
31 photographs on file.
- Fuel
- Diesel
- Mileage
- 149,270 km
- Displacement
- 1,995 cc
- Exterior colour
- —
- First registered
- —
- Factory price
- —
- Lot no.
- D25-0814086
- End date
- 18 Aug 2025
What the VIN says
Identity · what the VIN itself says
Vehicle identification number: KMHS281BBKU031054
From the seller’s listing
Positions 1–3 — the world-manufacturer code.
In our data, VINs starting KMH belong to Hyundai.
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 KMHS281B read as Hyundai Santafe.
Agrees with the listing — the two names differ, but they name the same model line.
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 K reads 2019. 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 2018; the VIN reads 2019. 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 — Santa Fe TM · Diesel · 2019–2020
The seller’s account
Machine-translated · original below
★ Rainwater (freshwater) flooded vehicle/flooded while driving/completely flood damage ★★ Please bid from a company that can leave on the same day. - total loss - Mileage: 149,270 km (as of 2024.05.09 - Provides information on the scrapped vehicle management system) - VIN: KMHS281BBKU031054 - Jurisdiction: Gyeonggi ★ Free products are not included. ★ Please be sure to check the actual condition of the engine, mission, and vehicle under the bidder's responsibility. ★ If there is anything wrong with the vehicle, please contact us before leaving. The successful bidder is responsible for vehicle issues after departure.
“★ Rainwater (freshwater) flooded vehicle/flooded while driving/completely flood damage ★★ Please bid from a company that can leave on the same day.”
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
Hyundai Santafe · 2018 · 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
₩1,295만
Clean-market listings
Median mileage in market
106,804 km
Clean-market listings
Against the rest of the file
Hyundai Santafe · 6,876 records on file
Odometer standing
Odometer 149,270 km — lower than 23% of the Hyundai Santafe odometer readings on file.
Damage mix
7% of the Hyundai Santafe records on file carry the Flood stamp (침수) — this record is one of them.
The file
The Hyundai Santafe records on file span 2014–2027; this car is a 2018.
Counted across our own Hyundai Santafe 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 KMHS281BBKU031054 · checked 25 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.
Elsewhere on the block
Related records · relists excluded
The cohort — Santa Fe at auction
2017–2019 · 2367 records on file
Claim: same maker + model, year ±1 — this VIN excluded.
The same damage, elsewhere
침수 flood-class records, any make · 6240 on file
Claim: same extracted damage class, any make — a salvage buyer shops the damage before the badge.