Korean Car VIN Decoder
Make, model, model year, fuel, engine and trim for vehicles built in South Korea, read from the seventeen-character VIN.
Examples:
How a Korean VIN Is Read. Seventeen characters, four parts.
- 1–3
Manufacturer
The world manufacturer identifier. The range KL to KR is assigned to South Korea; KM codes belong to Hyundai and KN codes to Kia.
- 4–8
Vehicle Descriptor
Each manufacturer declares its own layout for these positions. The decoder matches them against several thousand Korean market listings.
- 10
Model Year
One character on a thirty-year cycle. The decoder selects the year that falls within the production period of the identified model.
- 11–17
Plant and Serial
The production plant and the serial number. These identify the individual vehicle and are not used for the decode.
Questions. Coverage, trims and limits.
- Which vehicles does the decoder cover?
- Vehicles built in South Korea, whose VINs begin with KL to KR. Hyundai and Kia models of the Korean domestic market are covered in depth; Genesis, Chevrolet, Renault Korea and KG Mobility models are covered in part.
- Why is the trim often not shown?
- Manufacturers do not encode the trim in the VIN. Where a VIN pattern was sold in a single trim, that trim is shown; otherwise the trims sold with the pattern are listed as possible trims.
- Why are some details marked as not determined?
- A detail is shown only when the market data for the VIN pattern agrees on it. An unfamiliar pattern returns the make and model year alone rather than an estimate.
- How many VINs can be decoded?
- Up to 20 VINs per hour from one browser. Dealerships using Carlio decode VINs without this limit, directly in the vehicle inventory.
- Is the VIN stored?
- No. The VIN is decoded on request and is not recorded.
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