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This fully welded trailer hitch receiver bolts onto your vehicle's frame with no welding required. Powder coated steel is sturdy and corrosion resistant.
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Average Customer Rating: 4.8 out of 5 stars (211 Customer Reviews)
This fully welded trailer hitch receiver bolts onto your vehicle's frame with no welding required. Powder coated steel is sturdy and corrosion resistant.Quick delivery, easy install of the hitch with two people. Definitely watch the installation videos as the paper directions can become confusing at times. As suggested,I did NOT remove the bumper. Also, I did cover the holes where the rubber plugs were removed with the stickers that covered up the weld nut holes and duct tape to keep debris out. Will work out great for bike rack and small trailer towing. I also like that it is tucked away behind the vertical plane of the bumper so that its not a shin bitter. :)
Hitch is installed and 10/10. Major shout out to Kate in customer service. She answered all of our questions about hitch heights, installation, and shipping. We needed to get the hitch by a certain date so we paid for extra shipping and then Kate made sure it got shipped out for us. So grateful for her help and time. Thank you!
Andrew
7/9/2024
Love our hitch!
Hitch and wiring kit arrived quickly and as described. Video resources explaining the installation process were very helpful. Everything went smoothly until the the sixth and final bolt...the hole did not line up with weld nut in the frame despite lots of jockeying and loosening/tightening of other bolts. Trying to "coax" it into place resulted in me stripping the last weld nut. Ended up pulling the whole thing back off and taking it to my local shop. He was able to re-tap the weld nut and get the hitch installed but reported the hitch was not quite true and required a long pry bar, a hydraulic jack, and three sets of hands to flex it enough to install all six bolts.
I understand this can happen when the tolerances are small...but along with all the great install support info and videos a "what to do if your hitch holes don't line up with the frame holes" disclaimer might have been helpful. Just don't want others to do what I did and spend an evening lying in the driveway, throwing tools, and cursing - only to start over and drop a couple of hundred bucks the next day to get the job done.
Jenny N.
5/23/2024
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Easy install. Very clean looking hitch. The only part that's visible is the receiver. This is way better than a factory installed Toyota hitch.
Jay O.
7/4/2023
After one year this trailer hitch is going strong and looking good. 4 inch rise for the ball works good.
I ordered this hitch on Wednesday (with free shipping), received it on Friday and installed it on Saturday. It fits perfectly on my 2015 Sienna. I had a Drawtite hitch installed which I removed to install this Curt concealed hitch. The Drawtite kept bottoming out with a light duty trailer attached. I installed this by myself, but a second person would be helpful. It took me roughly 2 hours total to remove the Drawtite and install this one. I backed the car up on ramps and loosened the tailpipe hanger behind the right rear wheel. Here is the way I did the 2-man job by myself (I'm 73 yrs. old). After removing the old hitch, I loosely put one bolt (just a couple of turns) in the forward most hitch mounting hole on each side. Then I lifted the hitch and tied it loosely to each of these 2 bolts. Then I was able to maneuver the concealed part of the hitch behind the rear fascia, following the instructions on the etrailer video. After the hitch was in place, I opened the trunk and tied the 2" receiver just below the fascia loosey to the trunk latch. At this point the hitch was loosely suspended in position. I removed the tied up end and bolt from one side and screwed it loosely in place and then did the same for the other side. To finish up I inserted, tightened up and torqued all six bolts. This hitch has no place to attach the wiring plug, so you have to be creative there. All in all a great experience dealing with etrailer and a perfectly fitting, nearly invisible hitch.
Mahlen
9/22/2019
After a year this hitch is still working as expected. A greeat purchase.
Hitch was a perfect fit. Installation video was very helpful—much better than what came inside the box. Hitch installation only took an hour. Very happy with my purchase. Also installed wiring harness as seen in photo. That took a little longer as wiring installation video available was for 2018. 2019 had some slight changes behind panel and underneath the car—but was easy to improvise a solution. Thank you etrailer for the videos!!!
Al C.
7/29/2020
Hitch is solid! No issues. Used it for our Curt 5-bike rack and a 8’ x 4’ utility trailer. Great investment and reasonable cost—saved a bundle when you install yourself. Before you say you can’t do it, watch the etrailer videos...they will change your mind.
Works great and the profile is real small on our Toyota Sienna. Also very easy to install yourself. The instructions are very easy to follow.
Great fit and finish. Good instructions and hardware. I highly recommend this product and this company I have had great success working with them over the years
The hitch receiver fit like a glove behind the Sienna’s bumper. Easy to assemble and great clearance.
Can’t complain about anything. I installed this hitch on my 2018 Toyota Sienna LE AWD with a friend. We required some tools (plastic pry tools, shears to cut plastic body panels, wrenches, jack and stands, etc.). The hitch keeps my Thule four bike rigidly attached. The only wiggle or slop I feel is in the rack and not the hitch.
Perfect fit. The installation instructions were very helpful and provided enough detail to prepare for the job and execute the job with no problems.
Since I did not have a lift, I used a cinder block and leftover pieces of 2x4 and hardwood flooring to prop up the receiver prior to installing the bolts. I used the shipping box to slide the equipment into position. The box also acted as a back cushion.
Nice low profile hitch for a Sienna. Easy to install. I installed it by myself. I highly recommend having a helper to lift it into place. Also, if you don’t have access to a lift—which I suspect is most people—get yourself some car ramps and chocks because you’ll need room to maneuver. (That’s the annoying thing about installation videos—including eTrailer’s: who has a lift in their home garage?)
I had bought the different model number that wasn’t concealed from somewhere else. I saw e trailers install video of the concealed hitch model and quickly realized I needed to switch models so I didn’t have to cut a bunch of plastic and have the bar showing. I was worried about shipping because we were on a time crunch, I received my product in less than 48 hours and was able to install quickly and with ease with the help of etrailers video! etrailer for the win!
Since I was installing this solo in the driveway, I had to figure out a way to lift and get it into place. Using a large floor car jack with wheels and a long handle, I could maneuver and lift the device into place while I worked the bolts by hand. NOTE: not mentioned in the shee that came with it, was the need to bend two bolts out of the way for installation, and then bend the bolts back into place. These are the two closes the the back hitch location that you use a giant Philips screwdriver to remove the skid plate from. The cardboard box itself is great for sliding underneath the vehicle.
Hitch went on easily in 59 minutes. (Tried to beat the expert time). Had tools set up ahead of time and a friend to help hold in place while fastening. I did not take the bumper piece off, and just slid the hitch up behind it as demonstrated in the video. The stickers Toyota used to protect the weld nuts worked great. There was no rust on the 4 year old sienna(2016) that has been driven through three Minnesota salty winters.
Super easy to install and looks factory. It's a good idea to follow the simple etrailer install video than follow the instructions that were provided, which recommends that you take off the bumper. There were some scratches and scuff marks on the trailer which could have happened during delivery - box was torn open slightly when I got it. Other than that, I'm happy once again with etrailer's pricing and tutorial video.
Watched the installation video on the website which was very helpful. They recommend loosening the exhaust and bending down two tabs holding the appearance panel. I was able to skip this with the help of my son. Total time was about one hour. I found the item to be heavy for one person. I used a floor jack to help hold it while I bolted it in. Shipping was fast even with a holiday and it was very well packaged. Straightforward installation. Receiver is high enough that it does not bottom when pulling into the driveway. Use it for a bike rack on road trips with no issues.
Ordered on Monday before Thanksgiving and it arrive Friday AM! Well packaged. Great instructions. I watched the installation videos prior to it arriving so I had a basic idea of what I needed to do. It took me about 2 hours with just auto ramps and my 11 year old son. We managed to get the passenger side in first which allows you to avoid removing the exhaust hanger. It is a little tricky but manageable, getting the hitch tucked in to the area between the gas tank and bumper skin with the 2 tabs that are fixed on the frame. All in all looks great and was easy to install thanks to etrailer! It’s my second hitch from them and yet another awesome experience. PS also love the live tracking as it gets packed to shipped and all along the route??
I fought this install for hours. Both sides of this hitch were out of square. 1/4” on one side, 7/8” on the other. Put it in my bench vise and bent it into shape. Did it very carefully so as not to ruin the powder coat finish. Bolted up easy after that.
etrailer customer service was great and very responsive. Arranged to ship me a replacement quickly, which wasn’t necessary in the end.
Three stars only because I shouldn’t have to (or be able to) bend my trailer hitch in a bench vise. It’s bonkers, but it worked:
https://www.etrailer.com/faq-my-trailer-hitch-doesnt-fit.aspx
Easy to install and seems sturdy. Have pulled a trailer a couple of times with no problems.
This hitch is great! I didn't want to see the whole assembly, so I went with the low profile unit. My vehicle looks like it came from the factory with it. I recommend 100%
This trailer hitch is great! It's very discreet by showing just the hitch and not the full bar! That way you don't loose any clearance when driving over bumps!
Fit perfectly, one man install, paint holding up fine, the reciever is properly sized. Would highly recommend.
Karl
1/19/2024
Still excellent!
Great hitch, good instructions and easy install. I love that the bulk of the hitch is hidden, and only the receiver is exposed - looks very OEM.
Steve
10/8/2023
1 year update... hiding up well, finish is still good I oil it, no complaints!!
Mike L.
10/25/2023
Great trailer hitch, well packaged and shipped fast. George at etrailer is great to deal with. Thanks
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Marty S.
7/23/2023
Working great and you hardly notice it.