Decoding a Kioti Serial Number

[GregP27]

Do any members know how to tell when a Kioti tractor was built by the serial number?

If not, do you know how to tell what actual model year it is?

 

[k0ua]

http://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/kioti-owning-operating/251050-kioti-serial-number-decoded.html

Start here and be sure to read all the way thru... There is also a chart you can click on down further in the thread for the newer models.

 

[GregP27]

Thanks. Just did and made a spreadsheet of it for 2017. I posted it below, but it's just a start ... from curiosity and this thread. Not ALL the data, but at least the models, engines, dispalcement, HP and aspiration, if known. Interesting they don't TELL you about some of them. I would not expect the smallest ones to be turbocharged, but maybe at least the biggest ones?

Also interesting that the biggest displacement engine is NOT the highest HP!

It's in Microsoft Excel and my system is clean, so there ain't no virus ... but, of course, I WOULD say that, huh? Serious. Clean.

Anyone want to swap data, I'll compile it happily. This stuff should NOT be a secret.

View attachment 504895

 

[Cudaone970]

I知 new to kioti and bought a 2004 dk35. With numbers of 361400451. What does this mean?

 

[MichiganIron]

I知 new to kioti and bought a 2004 dk35. With numbers of 361400451. What does this mean?

It means it was the 451st DK35 Manufactured in 2003.

Hope this helps

 

[levi333]

Did they skip another letter? Mine is a VL95-011xx. Seems like that would be a 2020 manufacturing date according to the chart in the other thread, but I don't find that likely.

 

[MichiganIron]

They Skipped (I) and (O) to avoid confusion with numbers.

 

[levi333]

They Skipped (I) and (O) to avoid confusion with numbers.

I see that, but going off this chart referenced in the other thread my "V" would be a 2020.
serial_number

Pretty sure that is not the case, I bought it on 12/30/19, dealer said they already had it on hand in the box just had to put it together and wait for a few add-ons, it was delivered 1/18/20.

 

[chevy]

I see that, but going off this chart referenced in the other thread my "V" would be a 2020.
serial_number

Pretty sure that is not the case, I bought it on 12/30/19, dealer said they already had it on hand in the box just had to put it together and wait for a few add-ons, it was delivered 1/18/20.

My CK3510SE has a U as the first digit in the ID number. It was built in 2018.

 

[pcustoms]

My CK3510SE has a U as the first digit in the ID number. It was built in 2018.

I just talked with Kioti yesterday about my CK3510SE, Serial starts with UU, it was issued to the frame on 2018 and the tractor was order by the dealer in Jan 2019.

 

[Stan B]

I see that, but going off this chart referenced in the other thread my "V" would be a 2020.
serial_number

Pretty sure that is not the case, I bought it on 12/30/19, dealer said they already had it on hand in the box just had to put it together and wait for a few add-ons, it was delivered 1/18/20.

Indeed. Mine starts with a "V" and I bought it in September 2019, delivered to dealer in July 2019.

 

[NC419N]

My 5510 delivered last month is VX1600023 fresh off the Container was not expecting it till Late this month so the V would make sense to be a 2020 and the 23rd one???

 

[dusty3030]

My NX6010 ordered in May and got to my dealer in late June is WL6000040. So W is 2020?

 

[Everything Orange]

Just bought mine and it starts with X so should be a 2021? Looking this up because it wasn't on the invoice

 

[JDAOWNER]

I DON'T HAVE MY BOOK HANDY, BUT MINE STARTS WITH AN "L" AND I WAS TOLD IT WAS A 2011

 

[mattsaga]

I have an older Kioti LK3054 I need to sell and I can’t find the year.
30hp
SN 26500258

THANKS

 

[caver]

I asked Grok and this is a snippet of what the response was.
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For Older Kioti Tractors (Pre-2004):

• Format: Serial numbers often consist of numerical digits without a leading letter.
• Structure:
  • The first digit typically indicates the year of manufacture. For example, a serial number starting with "4" (e.g., 426500778) suggests the tractor was built in 1994.
    
    
  • The next few digits (often the second to fourth) represent the model code (e.g., "265" for an LK3054 or "614" for a DK35).
    
    
    
  • The remaining digits are the individual tractor's production sequence number, indicating its place in the production run (e.g., the 778th or 451st unit of that model).
    
    
• Example: Serial number 361400451 for a DK35 means it’s a 2003 model (first digit "3"), model code "614" for DK35, and the 451st unit produced.
  

For Newer Kioti Tractors (2004 and Later):

• Format: Serial numbers typically start with a letter followed by numbers.
• Structure:
  • The first character (a letter) denotes the model year. Kioti uses an alphabetical sequence starting with "D" for 2004, skipping letters "I" and "O" to avoid confusion with numbers. For example:
    • D = 2004
    • E = 2005
    • F = 2006
    • ...
    • J = 2009
    • P = 2014
    • S = 2017
    • U = 2019
    • V = 2020
      
      
      
  • The second to fourth characters indicate the model designation (e.g., specific model like CK3510 or DK45).
  • The remaining digits are the production sequence number for that specific tractor.
• Example: A serial number starting with "UU" (e.g., UUxxx) indicates a 2018 model year, as confirmed for a CK3510SE issued to the frame in 2018.
  

 

[Ira]

I just put a deposit down on a new CX2510HCB. Dealer says it is a 2024 model and he received it about a month ago. Serial number is SX3DAnnnn. According to the previous chart, that would mean it's a 2017 model (pretty sure that's not the case), but tractordata.com says the CX2510 was introduced in 2021.

 

[FyreboltDesigns.com]

Korea started using a new serial number format in 2023, yours is definitely not a 2017

 

[Jtsnow]

Is that documented anywhere? I mean how the new one works? Thanks