Factory build sheet
2017 Kia RIO EX / SX
Build KNADN4A3-H · 1.6L 4cyl · Front-wheel drive · Sedan
VIN positions 1 through 8 read KNADN4A3 and position 10 reads H. Those nine characters define this build. Position 9 and positions 11 through 17 differ on every car.
Every RIO whose VIN starts KNADN4A3 and carries H in position 10 left the plant with the same engine, transmission, drivetrain and equipment listed below. We know of 214 of them.
- Decoded Jul 7, 2026
- 214 known VINs
- 3 listed for sale now
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
- Displacement
- 1.6 L
- Cylinders
- 4
- Valve train
- Dual Overhead Cam (DOHC)
- Horsepower
- 138 hp
- Fuel type
- Gasoline
Drivetrain
- Drive type
- Front-wheel drive
- Transmission
- Automatic
- Forward speeds
- 6
Body & chassis
- Body class
- Sedan/Saloon
- NHTSA body type
- PASSENGER CAR
- Doors
- 4
- Seats
- 5
- Seat rows
- 2
- Manufacturer
- KIA CORPORATION
Weight rating
- GVWR class
- Class 1
- GVWR
- 6,000 lb or less
Gross vehicle weight rating is the loaded ceiling set by the manufacturer, not the car's own weight.
The same build, other model years
Kia used the VIN pattern KNADN4A3 for 6 model years. Nothing but the year changes between these pages, so the price gap between them is depreciation on an identical car.
- 2012 GLS 1.6L Sedan · 1,295 vehicles code C $6,850
- 2013 EX / SX 1.6L Sedan · 2,890 vehicles code D $6,700
- 2014 1.6 AT EX STD/Conv/ECO 1.6L Sedan · 923 vehicles code E $9,291
- 2015 GLS / JSL / TAX (Middle Grade) 1.6L Sedan · 583 vehicles code F $6,595
- 2016 LX A/T Power PKG 1.6L 4cyl Sedan · 848 vehicles code G $9,080
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2017 You are here code H
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 | KNA | KIA CORPORATION · World manufacturer identifier |
| 4–8 | DN4A3 | Model, body style, engine and restraint system |
| 9 | × | Check digit — computed per vehicle, not part of the build |
| 10 | H | Model year — 2017 |
| 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 2017 Kia RIO as a whole rather than this build alone.
Overall
★★★★ ★ 4 / 5
Frontal crash
★★★★ ★ 4 / 5
Side crash
★★★★★ 5 / 5
Rollover
★★★★ ★ 4 / 5
2 recall campaigns are recorded for the 2017 RIO. Recalls are issued per VIN range — check the VIN of the car you are looking at, not the model.
214 vehicles carry this build
Every VIN we have decoded to KNADN4A3-H shares the specification above.
- 214 Known VINs
- 3 Listed for sale now
Vehicles of this build
A fixed sample of 1 vehicles carrying this configuration — each with its own history page. The sample refreshes quarterly, not nightly, so it stays put between visits.
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 RIO, 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.
- 2017 EX / SX 1.6L 4-cyl · Hatchback liftback notchback · FWD 114 vehicles · $7,073 median
- 2018 LX, S 1.6L 4-cyl · Sedan saloon 6,184 vehicles · $9,450 median
- 2018 LX, S 1.6L 4-cyl · Hatchback liftback notchback 1,689 vehicles · $9,495 median
- 2018 EX 1.6L 4-cyl · Hatchback liftback notchback 250 vehicles · $11,190 median
- 2020 LX, S 1.6L 4-cyl · Hatchback liftback notchback 1,576 vehicles · $12,685 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 214 VINs of this build we have seen in dealer inventory. They are a sample of the road population, not a production figure.