2021 Hyundai Santa Fe
VIN KMHS281HHMU402078
15 photographs on file.
- Fuel
- Diesel
- Mileage
- —not stated in listing
- Displacement
- 2,200 cc
- Exterior colour
- —
- First registered
- —
- Factory price
- ₩3,600만₩36,000,000 new · 출고가격
- Lot no.
- 23-E-115161
- End date
- 28 Aug 2023
What the VIN says
Identity · what the VIN itself says
Vehicle identification number: KMHS281HHMU402078
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 KMHS281H 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 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 — The New Santa Fe · Diesel · 2021–2023
The seller’s account
Machine-translated · original below
*3rd progression* Meritz fire total loss//can be scrapped See picture of damaged area The car fell into a ditch while reversing - Engine mission unconfirmed Mileage unknown Adjustments cannot be reversed after winning KMHS281HHMU402078 Car model name Santa Fe TM F/L diesel 2.2 4WD 5 seater PREMIUM. Vehicle price 36,000,000 included optional multimedia navigation plus built-in cam
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
Hyundai Santafe · 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
₩2,150만
Clean-market listings
Median mileage in market
83,800 km
Clean-market listings
Against the rest of the file
Hyundai Santafe · 6,742 records on file
Odometer standing
This listing states no odometer reading, so it is not placed against the other Hyundai Santafe listings on file.
Damage mix
62% of the Hyundai Santafe records on file carry the Total loss stamp (전손) — this record is one of them.
The file
The Hyundai Santafe records on file span 2014–2027; this car is a 2021.
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 KMHS281HHMU402078 · checked 26 Jul 2026
Notified
Oct 2022
[Hyundai] 5 models including Avante N - Transmission Control Unit (TCU) related recall
[현대] 아반떼 N 등 5차종 - 변속기제어장치(TCU) 관련 리콜
Notified
Oct 2022
[Hyundai] 3 models including Santa Fe - Recall related to front seat belts
[현대] 싼타페 등 3차종 - 앞좌석 안전띠 관련 리콜
2 campaigns on this VIN
The paper trail
Every filed appearance of KMHS281HHMU402078 · 3 appearances
This VIN has appeared 3 times in our records. Odometer across the trail: 30,000 km (Aug 2023) → 30,000 km (Aug 2023) — no change in 4 days.
Relisted the next day · odometer not stated on one of the two filings
Relisted 3 days later · odometer not stated on one of the two filings
Listing ended25 Aug 2023Odometer at listing: 30,000 km · 15 photographs filed전손 · Total lossOpen this listing →Filed the same day across the auction houses — one auction event, recorded more than once. We count it as one appearance.
Listing ended25 Aug 2023Odometer at listing: 30,000 km · 15 photographs filed전손 · Total lossOpen 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 — Santa Fe at auction
2020–2022 · 1378 records on file
Claim: same maker + model, year ±1 — this VIN excluded.
The same damage, elsewhere
전손 total loss-class records, any make · 70650 on file
Claim: same extracted damage class, any make — a salvage buyer shops the damage before the badge.