Factory build sheet
2003 Hyundai Santa FE
Build KM8SB12B-3 · 2.4L · Front-wheel drive · Sport Utility Vehicle (SUV)
VIN positions 1 through 8 read KM8SB12B and position 10 reads 3. Those nine characters define this build. Position 9 and positions 11 through 17 differ on every car.
Every Santa FE whose VIN starts KM8SB12B and carries 3 in position 10 left the plant with the same engine, transmission, drivetrain and equipment listed below. We know of 421 of them.
- Decoded Jul 7, 2026
- 421 known VINs
- 1 listed for sale now
Factory specification
As filed by Hyundai with NHTSA for this build. Fields the filing does not record are left out entirely — a missing row means no recorded value, not a missing feature.
Engine
- Displacement
- 2.4 L
- Fuel type
- Gasoline
Drivetrain
- Drive type
- Front-wheel drive
Body & chassis
- Body class
- Sport Utility Vehicle (SUV)/Multi-Purpose Vehicle (MPV)
- NHTSA body type
- MULTIPURPOSE PASSENGER VEHICLE (MPV)
- Manufacturer
- HYUNDAI MOTOR CO
Weight rating
- GVWR class
- Class 1C
- GVWR
- 4,001–5,000 lb
Gross vehicle weight rating is the loaded ceiling set by the manufacturer, not the car's own weight.
The same build, other model years
Hyundai used the VIN pattern KM8SB12B for 3 model years. Nothing but the year changes between these pages, so the price gap between them is depreciation on an identical car.
How this VIN pattern is read
A 17-character VIN carries two kinds of information: what was built, and which one it is. This page is the first kind — the nine highlighted positions.
| Positions | Characters | What they encode |
|---|---|---|
| 1–3 | KM8 | HYUNDAI MOTOR CO · World manufacturer identifier |
| 4–8 | SB12B | Model, body style, engine and restraint system |
| 9 | × | Check digit — computed per vehicle, not part of the build |
| 10 | 3 | Model year — 2003 |
| 11 | × | Assembly plant |
| 12–17 | ×××××× | Production sequence number, unique to each vehicle |
NHTSA safety ratings
Crash-test results are published per model year and body style, so they cover the 2003 Hyundai Santa FE as a whole rather than this build alone.
Rollover
★★★ ★★ 3 / 5
4 recall campaigns are recorded for the 2003 Santa FE. Recalls are issued per VIN range — check the VIN of the car you are looking at, not the model.
421 vehicles carry this build
Every VIN we have decoded to KM8SB12B-3 shares the specification above.
- 421 Known VINs
- 1 Listed for sale now
Cars are filed by a fixed rule based on the VIN, so a car never moves between groups.
Neighboring configurations
Other factory configurations of the Santa FE, each with its own build sheet. The set is fixed by the VIN patterns themselves, so it does not shuffle as prices or inventory move.
- 2003 2.7L · Sport utility vehicle suv mult · FWD 1,611 vehicles · $4,800 median
- 2003 3.5L · Sport utility vehicle suv mult · FWD 510 vehicles
- 2003 2.7L · Sport utility vehicle suv mult · AWD 1,293 vehicles
- 2004 2.4L 4-cyl · Sport utility vehicle suv mult · FWD 1,102 vehicles
- 2004 GLS 2.7L 6-cyl · Sport utility vehicle suv mult · AWD 1,547 vehicles · $4,199 median
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Where this data comes from
Specification fields are decoded from the manufacturer's filings in the NHTSA vPIC database, keyed on VIN positions 1–8 and 10. We publish the filed values as they stand and leave out anything the filing does not record.
Vehicle counts come from the 421 VINs of this build we have seen in dealer inventory. They are a sample of the road population, not a production figure.