Factory build sheet
2012 Kia Optima
Build 00XGN4A7-C
VIN positions 1 through 8 read 00XGN4A7 and position 10 reads C. Those nine characters define this build. Position 9 and positions 11 through 17 differ on every car.
Every Optima whose VIN starts 00XGN4A7 and carries C in position 10 left the plant with the same engine, transmission, drivetrain and equipment listed below. We know of 34 of them.
- Decoded Jul 7, 2026
- 34 known VINs
Factory specification
As filed by Kia 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 | 00X | World manufacturer identifier |
| 4–8 | GN4A7 | 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 Kia Optima as a whole rather than this build alone.
Overall
★★★★★ 5 / 5
Frontal crash
★★★★★ 5 / 5
Side crash
★★★★★ 5 / 5
Rollover
★★★★★ 5 / 5
5 recall campaigns are recorded for the 2012 Optima. Recalls are issued per VIN range — check the VIN of the car you are looking at, not the model.
34 vehicles carry this build
Every VIN we have decoded to 00XGN4A7-C shares the specification above.
- 34 Known VINs
- 00XGN4A7 1CG070936
- 00XGN4A7 1CG014432
- 00XGN4A7 0CG042755
- 00XGN4A7 6CG003586
- 00XGN4A7 1CG076624
- 00XGN4A7 9CG080338
- 00XGN4A7 2CG063056
- 00XGN4A7 1CG089633
- 00XGN4A7 2CG014391
- 00XGN4A7 4CG027434
- 00XGN4A7 8CG042342
- 00XGN4A7 1CG024524
- 00XGN4A7 9CG085006
- 00XGN4A7 1CG038696
- 00XGN4A7 8CG022513
- 00XGN4A7 4CG050003
- 00XGN4A7 7CG062792
- 00XGN4A7 0CG014020
- 00XGN4A7 3CG088306
- 00XGN4A7 XCG059093
- 00XGN4A7 9CG048926
- 00XGN4A7 XCG062043
- 00XGN4A7 8CG073655
- 00XGN4A7 2CG059699
- 00XGN4A7 1CG013894
- 00XGN4A7 0CG026376
- 00XGN4A7 1CG017962
- 00XGN4A7 5CG031024
- 00XGN4A7 9CG061031
- 00XGN4A7 4CG071790
- 00XGN4A7 0CG072452
- 00XGN4A7 6CG018783
- 00XGN4A7 7CG048553
- 00XGN4A7 8CG012502
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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 34 VINs of this build we have seen in dealer inventory. They are a sample of the road population, not a production figure.