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Kia opened their doors in 1944 as a bicycle manufacturer, before adding motorcycles, trucks and cars to their lineup. In 1986, they partnered with Ford and Mazda to build the Pride, which was sold in the U.S. as the Ford Festiva. Kia started selling cars under their own name here in 1992. Just 5 years later, the Asian Financial Crisis forced them into bankruptcy and eventually a partnership with Hyundai. Since then, Kia has leveraged Hyundai-developed platforms to create sporty and practical offerings, including the boxy Soul, the critically-acclaimed Stinger, and the lightning fast EV6 electric car.
Are you looking to buy a Kia? EpicVIN has tools that help you get the car you want. Our VIN search makes it easy to decode the VIN number. This tells you how the vehicle was configured at the factory, including the model year, engine and equipment. As an official National Motor Vehicle Title Information Service (NMVTIS) source, we're also able to offer detailed VIN reports. These reports contain information gathered from corporate and government databases, giving you a full history of the vehicle.
Every vehicle sold in the U.S. is required to have a Vehicle Identification Number. The VIN number follows a standard format with 17 digits, and each digit has an assigned meaning. Our DMV VIN check decodes the VIN, telling you factory information about the vehicle, including the model, year, engine and manufacturing location. This helps you verify information in sales listings.
Want to compare Kias with other makes? We cover all brands sold in the U.S. Searching for other types of vehicles? Kia never sold their motorcycles in the U.S, but we do offer motorcycle VIN check services, as well as tools to look up trucks and RVs.
Our VIN decoder turns the vehicle's identification number into information you can use. This includes all the data it contains, like the model, manufacturing plant, engine and more. This helps you verify sales listings are correct before you spend time looking at the vehicle in person. We also have a license plate lookup tool. This uses public records to find the VIN connected to the plate and decode it, delivering the same information.
Want to know more? A VIN report uses this code to find vehicle records from several sources, including insurance companies and government agencies. This lets us put together a history report, including vehicle owner lookup, registration history, and report filings covering accidents, outstanding liens and theft. Using this information, you can avoid cars that have legal issues or possible hidden damage.
To do a DMV VIN check, first you need the VIN. Some sales listings include the VIN, while it can be found on a range of official documents, including insurance policies, vehicle registrations and titles. Kia puts the VIN on their cars in several locations, making it easy to identify the vehicle. Here are some places you can find this number.
What can you learn about a vehicle when you use our VIN decoder? Here's a breakdown of what each digit in the VIN is used for.
First three digits: World Make Identifier (WMI)
These three digits identify the country, manufacturer and manufacturing location. The first two digits identify the country and division:
5X and 5X – Kia Motors Manufacturing Georgia
KM and KN – Hyundai/Kia Korea
The third digit will be X or Y for Georgia-built vehicles, and A-H for Korea-built vehicles.
Digits 4 and 5: Model
Here are a few examples of codes for popular models.
| CB, CC, DC, DE, DG | Rio |
| E5 | Stinger |
| FA, FB | Sephia and Spectra |
| GD, GM, GN | Optima |
| JA, JB, JE, KH, PB, PC | Sportage |
| JC, KU | Sorento |
| JG, JT | Soul |
| UP | Carnival |
Digits 6 and 7: Body Type
| 22, 42, 46, 81, 83 | Sedan |
| 23, 33 | Three door hatchback |
| 24, 34, 41, 44, 5L | 5 door hatchback |
| 31, 35, 45, 47 | Two door coupe |
| 32 | Four door coupe |
| 43 | Station wagon |
| 52 | Four door SUV |
| 62 | 5 door van |
| 71, 73 | Four door MPV |
Digit 8: Engine
Each model gets its own engine designations, and some models have up to 9 options, depending on displacement, technology and emissions. Our search tool can tell you which engine was installed in the vehicle.
Digit 9: Transmission
These are the most common transmission codes:
| 1, 2, 5 | 5 speed manual |
| 2 | 3 speed automatic |
| 3 | 4 speed automatic |
| 9 | CVT |
Digit 10: Model Year
Model year designations are standard across all models, regardless of make. This alternates between numbers 1-9, last used between 2001 and 2009, and letters, excluding characters that could be confused with numbers. “P” is used for 1993 models, the first Kias sold in the U.S, as well as 2023 models.
Digit 11: Assembly Plant
This is the factory where the vehicle was built. These codes are used for Korean-built Kias:
| 7, T | Korea |
| 5, A | Hwa-Sung |
| 6, S | Sohari |
Digits 12 through 17: Serial Number
All vehicles are required to use these digits for the vehicle's serial number, but the format they use isn't standard. While serial numbers are reused, you will never find two vehicles with an identical VIN number.
Want to see what you can learn about vehicles when you use our search tools? Here are some example VIN numbers:
Las ubicaciones cambian de un fabricante a otro, pero hay tres zonas en las que se puede encontrar el código en la mayoría de los vehículos:
- Mira en el salpicadero a través del parabrisas. En el lado del conductor, deberías ver una pequeña placa metálica con el número estampado en ella.
- Abre la puerta del conductor. Busca una pegatina de identificación en la parte frontal y en el lateral del marco de la puerta. Suele incluir el logo del fabricante. El código debería aparecer en esa pegatina.
- Abre el capó. Puede que veas una pegatina en el cortafuegos o al lado de la barra antitorsión del lado del pasajero. Algunos autos tienen el número grabado en una de estas partes.
Puesto que este número se usa para identificar al vehículo en documentos oficiales, también lo puedes encontrar en el título, la pegatina de la ventana y las pólizas de seguros.
También decodificamos números de vehículos recreativos, camiones pesados y motos. Si necesitas decodificar el número de un vehículo recreativo, asegúrate de que sea el emitido por el fabricante del chasis, no el del proveedor de servicios de equipamiento adicional.
No. Los vehículos canadienses y mexicanos suelen tener el mismo formato. Otros países utilizan sus propios formatos.
Es el fabricante quien determina lo que se incluye en algunas partes del número. Por ejemplo, algunas empresas no incluyen información sobre la transmisión o los niveles de equipamiento.
Normalmente, no. Hay pocos fabricantes que estampan el código dentro del motor. En esos casos, si el VIN del motor y el del auto coinciden, se trata del motor original. En cambio, en la mayoría de los vehículos no hay nada que vincule un motor a un vehículo específico. Como mucho, buscar el vehículo en nuestra web te dirá si se ha instalado otro tipo de motor. Por ejemplo, si alguien pone un V8 en un Ford Mustang, nuestra página te dirá que originalmente traía un V6.
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