Factory build sheet
2012 Hyundai Sonata
Build 00PEC4AB-C
VIN positions 1 through 8 read 00PEC4AB and position 10 reads C. Those nine characters define this build. Position 9 and positions 11 through 17 differ on every car.
Every Sonata whose VIN starts 00PEC4AB and carries C in position 10 left the plant with the same engine, transmission, drivetrain and equipment listed below. We know of 18 of them.
- Decoded Jul 7, 2026
- 18 known VINs
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
- Fuel type
- Gasoline
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 | 00P | World manufacturer identifier |
| 4–8 | EC4AB | Model, body style, engine and restraint system |
| 9 | × | Check digit — computed per vehicle, not part of the build |
| 10 | C | Model year — 2012 |
| 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 2012 Hyundai Sonata as a whole rather than this build alone.
Overall
★★★★★ 5 / 5
Frontal crash
★★★★ ★ 4 / 5
Side crash
★★★★★ 5 / 5
Rollover
★★★★★ 5 / 5
8 recall campaigns are recorded for the 2012 Sonata. Recalls are issued per VIN range — check the VIN of the car you are looking at, not the model.
18 vehicles carry this build
Every VIN we have decoded to 00PEC4AB-C shares the specification above.
- 18 Known VINs
- 00PEC4AB 5CH480001
- 00PEC4AB 4CH352042
- 00PEC4AB 9CH471494
- 00PEC4AB 7CH478685
- 00PEC4AB 0CH355813
- 00PEC4AB 8CH478341
- 00PEC4AB 9CH467767
- 00PEC4AB 0CH432633
- 00PEC4AB 0CH389721
- 00PEC4AB 6CH381932
- 00PEC4AB 6CH350471
- 00PEC4AB 9CH463847
- 00PEC4AB 6CH399041
- 00PEC4AB XCH403897
- 00PEC4AB 1CH384849
- 00PEC4AB 7CH431303
- 00PEC4AB 8CH416504
- 00PEC4AB 8CH425123
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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 18 VINs of this build we have seen in dealer inventory. They are a sample of the road population, not a production figure.