Factory build sheet
2008 Kia Sorento BL
Build KNDJC735-8 · 3.3L 6cyl · Four-wheel drive · Sport Utility Vehicle (SUV)
VIN positions 1 through 8 read KNDJC735 and position 10 reads 8. Those nine characters define this build. Position 9 and positions 11 through 17 differ on every car.
Every Sorento whose VIN starts KNDJC735 and carries 8 in position 10 left the plant with the same engine, transmission, drivetrain and equipment listed below. We know of 1,715 of them.
- Decoded Jul 7, 2026
- 1,715 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
- 3.3 L
- Cylinders
- 6
- Configuration
- V-Shaped
- Horsepower
- 242 hp
- Fuel type
- Gasoline
Drivetrain
- Drive type
- Four-wheel drive
- Transmission
- Automatic
- Forward speeds
- 5
Body & chassis
- Body class
- Sport Utility Vehicle (SUV)/Multi-Purpose Vehicle (MPV)
- NHTSA body type
- MULTIPURPOSE PASSENGER VEHICLE (MPV)
- Doors
- 4
- Seats
- 5
- Manufacturer
- KIA CORPORATION
Weight rating
- GVWR class
- Class 1D
- GVWR
- 5,001–6,000 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
Kia used the VIN pattern KNDJC735 for 2 model years. Nothing but the year changes between these pages, so the price gap between them is depreciation on an identical car.
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2008 You are here code 8
- 2009 BL 3.3L 6cyl Sport Utility Vehicle (SUV) · 744 vehicles code 9 $3,455
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 | KND | KIA CORPORATION · World manufacturer identifier |
| 4–8 | JC735 | Model, body style, engine and restraint system |
| 9 | × | Check digit — computed per vehicle, not part of the build |
| 10 | 8 | Model year — 2008 |
| 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 2008 Kia Sorento as a whole rather than this build alone.
Rollover
★★★★ ★ 4 / 5
3 recall campaigns are recorded for the 2008 Sorento. Recalls are issued per VIN range — check the VIN of the car you are looking at, not the model.
1,715 vehicles carry this build
Every VIN we have decoded to KNDJC735-8 shares the specification above.
- 1,715 Known VINs
- 3 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 Sorento, 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.
- 2008 BL 3.8L 6-cyl · Sport utility vehicle suv mult · 4WD 715 vehicles · $4,995 median
- 2008 BL 3.8L 6-cyl · Sport utility vehicle suv mult 692 vehicles
- 2009 BL 3.3L 6-cyl · Sport utility vehicle suv mult · 4WD 744 vehicles · $3,455 median
- 2009 BL 3.3L 6-cyl · Sport utility vehicle suv mult 1,078 vehicles · $3,495 median
- 2011 GL 2.4L · Sport utility vehicle suv mult · 4WD 4,037 vehicles · $6,800 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 1,715 VINs of this build we have seen in dealer inventory. They are a sample of the road population, not a production figure.