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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 (825 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.I installed this trailer hitch on my 2018 Toyota Sienna. It is very well-built, and fit perfectly. Customer service was very responsive when I had some questions, and responded right away, both by phone and email. The instructions were very good, but could benefit from additional information regarding cutting the car’s rear trim panel. In addition to the cut that needs to be made for the trailer hitch bolting plate to go through on the driver’s side , it also needs to be cut around the main bar / receiver area. Instead of cutting a big slot for the main bar, I cut out around the receiver plates, and put drain holes in the ends that would otherwise collect water. One shortcut that I found was that I was able to move the exhaust out of the way far enough by just removing the rearmost hanger, rather than removing the two hangers as shown in the video.
Chuck - 07/30/20192012 Sienna LE FWD. Watch the 2011 installation video before you start. This 13105 hitch tucks in even prettier than I expected, and now my brother is jealous. Note I made the cutout in the underbody panel narrower, starting 1.75 inches from the hole (see photo), for a closer fit, and there is still room for torque wrench. I also cut a slit out to the front edge, so I could slip it on with the hitch in place, and for better access to my air hoses inside the left fender. I decided to add Airlift after reading reviews, since on trips I carry a maximum load. Installed single-handed, raised on jack stands.
True bolt on for a 2010 Toyota Sienna.
The only issue I encountered was that the driver side threading was really dirty and needed to be blasted with some PB blaster and wire brush cleaned. But that doesn't really have to do with the hitch itself. The passenger side must have been cleaner because the exhaust covered up that side a little bit.
Once everything was cleaned, the bolts were torqued to 79 lb/ft and I was good to go.
Thanks!
Thank goodness my brother-in-law helped me install this. Because he's really good with cars. I had all the right tools but it was my first time doing a trailer hitch.
Perfect fit and easy installation in my Sienna. No complaints. I suggest however that you consider ride height and hitch clearance and whether with a load (such as my 6-bike rack) and full van you may need air bags to prevent dragging through gutters and over speed bumps. Not the hitch’s fault but something to consider when you add a hitch
Hitch is great and the video is a great tool for installing. I'm not mechanical so without the video I would have been stuck. A few items of advice for installers:
1. Make sure you have an extension for your ratchet like the video shows. I didn't have that and it made it difficult around the exhaust. The video that is on the Curt webside recommends moving the exhaust out of the way for the install. If you don't have an extended ratchet, that is what I'd do (if you have the tool to do that). We made it work, but I needed to use my wife's smaller hands to get the bolts started on that side.
2. The instructions says that you don't need to raise the vehicle. I didn't raise ours, but in retrospect, I would have raised it up or at least put a jack under it so I could lay on a roller or something. I'm an accountant so manual labor laying on concrete makes me sore - and it gets pretty tight under there :)
3. Our van was very dirty underneath so I got a lot of dirt in my eyes when taking off the plastic cover - might be worth wearing some glasses when you do it.
4. my only complaint is that the hitch is a little lower to the ground than I'd like - I think it will be grounding out on some driveways. that really isn't the hitch's fault though - it is fitting pretty snug underneath the van, but the van just sits pretty low to start with.
I have a picture of my 5 year old helping me - yes, he is still alive under the van. I didn't intend to attach that but can't figure out how to remove :)
Hitch Installation 2006 Toyota Sienna
How I Did It:
I had no plastic bottom splash cover on this van to work around.
The van was not jacked up.. I simply hooked the passenger side of the hitch over the exhaust pipe (to support the hitch).
Using a block of wood on a jack I raised the (center receiver) of the hitch to draw the driver side up into the mounting position.
A 8-in heavy shank Phillips screwdriver and a tapered piece of wood helped to 'align' the (3) holes, and loosely set the driver side (bolts with washers), into place.
Moving to the passenger side.. I used a 2nd jack (with a piece of 2x4x6 (on the jack) placed between the body and exhaust to rise the hitch up and away form the tail pipe, and into mounting position.
Alternating between center jack supporting the "receiver", and passenger side jack (raising the right Hitch side), I kept the hitch level as the hitch was snugged into mounting position.
Again, using the tapered wood and screwdriver as an alinement set, I screwed in 2 of the 3 right side bolts. The third bolt, refused to 'catch' and failed to screw into place even though alinement appeared good, and the bold had been tested as screwing into the hole cleanly, prior to raising the hitch....
My solution to this was to use a 'bolt & nut of the proper size that I had on hand', identical to the supplied bolts but mine happened to be shorter, but with good threads. I placed a nut on this bolt.
I ground a leading cone shape taper (grinding about 4-threads away to make the taper), on the end of this new "alignment bolt". I oiled the treads, and then removed the nut to 'self-clean' the threads out to it's new end taper. I did not cut a thread-cutting chip-relief 'notch' in this bolt end, as I knew the van threads were good as pretested.
Using this modified bolt I was able to now 'catch' the van hole's lead-thread, and cinch-up this modified aligning bold tightly.
Or,... if you don't have an extra nut and bolt laying around, you can use one of the supplied hitch bolts, a grinder and a small file to touch-up the lead thread. There is plenty of length on a new Hitch bolt to work with.
(Be sure you have cleaned & pretested all 6 of the Van's bolt-hole threads with the supplied bolts prior to your install efforts!)
I also found it handy to have another small block of 2x4 to pry the exhaust pipe out of the way of your hand/tools, when using the socket set on the right side bolt holes.
With my modified bolt tight and in place, I then tightened the 2 installed right-side bolts.. remove the 'modifier aligning bold' and installed the 3-rd and final hitch bolt with it's washer.
Time To Tighten All the Bolts Down:
A point about torque on this Hitch/bolt install.
Though the instructions say to use a torque wrench, it seemed rare for anyone in comments/Product Review, to actually mention "using" a torque wrench with their installs.
Since the bolts are to be tightened to almost 80ft/lb this is ALLOT of force.. and even with the torque wrench it seems you will break the bolts, until you hear the wrench's refreshing STOP 'click'.
For those just 'guessing' as they use a beaker bar, or just grunting the bolts into place, I imagine allot of trailers are being pulled at 60mph+, with essentially loose bolts, or at the least, under-tightened/under torqued hitch bolts.
Hmm, overloaded trailer, over speed pulling, and under tightened bolts.... Sounds like fun!
Seriously, try very hard to get your hands on a proper torque wrench and be surprised at the amount of oomph it takes to properly tighten these bolts.
Anyway, the Hitch? Great bumper-cover hugging design.
Good paint-job and pretty "gold colored" bolt and washer set.
The instructions are clear.
Plastic Problems:
Some who have it installed, have goofed and cut the wrong side for the rear plastic underside splash panel. Just mark BOTH sides of the same lift side, so you don't get confused, or cut it, installed, and in place, as some have done with a utility-knife or tin snips. (Consider also a soldering-iron tip and steady hand).
Matching It All Together:
I also found that the CURT ball (one with a 2-in body rise) brought my ball-mount (it's a 1-in rise) and ball combo up to an acceptable (3-in rise), and level, to within 1/2~3/4-in connected to the trailer.
Final Thought:
I'm all for advertizing but not all over the van, so I pulled the stick-on labels off the hitch. It looks cleaner for me. Sorry eTrailer!
If someone asks, I'll tell e'm I got it from you. :-)
The takeaway? This is a good company to buy from... Thanks!
Hello Matthew, as I ordered the hitch, brackets and wiring hookup assembly several weeks ago, I only installed it just recently. Hitch was well made, all welds clean, no weld splash, etc, and painted excellent. Plug in light wiring, easy to hook up and brackets worked like they should with no difficulty. Great kit and reasonably priced. Sets real low on the back of my Toyota Sienna (no fault of the product) so I bought a adjustable ball hitch so I can level for what ever trailer or load I pull. Thanks for guiding me into purchasing this American made product instead of the Chinese one which was not available at the time. Not sure you read these notes personally, but if you do, have a Happy Holiday Season under the existing circumstances.
Burton - 12/06/2021Great hitch, fairly easy to install. The only issue I had was I didn’t slide the bracket over the exhaust isolator bracket before I stated the rear bolts. Had to undo it and start over. But after that, very easy to install.
Roy M - 06/29/2020-The Curt C13105 hitch arrived quickly and fit well. The 2015 Sienna LE AWD has a long DROPPED RIDGE in the plastic underbody guard. The dropped ridge runs parallel to the (round) hitch crossbar nearly it's entire length.
-The measurements given to trim the driver's side for the hitch plate were perfect. There was mention of "some models need additional trimming" (and a photo that I did not find useful) - the 2015 Sienna tray needed additional trimming.
-So, I mounted the hitch and let it "pivot" from the front-most bolt on each side (leaving the rear 2 out). A floor jack is handy, as recommended when doing this solo. I used the jack to lift the rack up against the underbody guard and trace where to trim. It was easy to trim just around the receiver tube and gusset plate. The cross-bar traps and "sandwiches" underbody guard nicely if you do not cut out the whole dropped ridge. I chose to do this, and it's snug and secure with only slight distortion of the guard, and I believe trimming out the whole ridge would leave floppy, unsupported edges. It is important to secure the guard with it's fasteners first before using the floor jack to "squeeze" the rack up into it's final location and assembling the final rear bolts.
Oh, and the CURT box makes a great, clean, slightly cushioned surface for laying on if you're doing this at home in the garage. Much better than a mechanic's creeper for a task like this.
Also, I took a few minutes to chase the Sienna weld-nuts with a M12x1.25 tap. The bolts were then easy to start by hand.
The Hitch looks amazing installed and seems very steady. Will use it for a bike rack. Will update later.
I was amazed how easy this was for my man to install. Just raising the Sienna rear tires by a couple inches by rolling up the back end of the van into the garage, was plenty for my man to get under there and install the hitch, with the help of my dad who hand-spun the bolts in on the one side. Definitely use a torque wrench -- tighten to 79 lb-ft the instructions said. Looks fantastic.
I feel the hitch bar was of good solid material and well made. When I first received the hitch it did not fit my 2010 Sienna. So with the quick and friendly guidance from Will at etrailer.com, I was able to open the hitch mounting arms and fit it to my Van. The mounting arms are flexible by design and can bend during shipment. I would definitely recommend this product to the next customer.
I installed the hitch on a 2004 Sienna. Very happy that Toyota pre-fits bolt holes. My wife bought a newer 2015 Sienna and when I'm done beating up her old van I can move the hitch to the new one! Only issue on the van is that the hitch sits pretty low to the street (I flipped the ball on the mount to gain some height). But it works fine and was easy to install.
It was a great purchase, thanks, Paul
Note: cleanout and test your bolt holes before wrestling with the hitch. Instructions said to remove the tailpipe holder, I was able to just wiggle the tailpipe out of the way.
Paul - 01/23/2019Hitch appears to be solidly built and was a breeze to install, especially after watching the installation video.
The hitch came on time and was easy to install. It took 45 minutes to install on our Sienna. Tomorrow we will load the whole family and both my bikes up for a week in the mountains. I am also looking forward to being able to take all 5 of us to my races now. With the bikes and triathlon gear in the van things could get a bit tight. With the hitch on the van and the bikes outside everyone will be more comfortable.
Excellent service, Alexis L, took my call and in minutes had the Curt Trailer Hitch Receiver that does fit my Car 2004 Sienna along with the Harness C55580. I watched the etrailer.com video helped get it done perfectly.
One thing I noticed on the 2015 Sienna video and not on the 2004 Sienna Video, is there is a small rubber gasket in the trunk of the 2004 Sienna you can run the hitch wire through. Lucky there is no plastic cover underneath I had to deal with only the exhaust rubber connector was removed for installation.
Lastly if did it again, spray and wire brush the threads on the car a lot.
The packaging by Mark R, great, just a few box dings but other then that came in great shape all the way from Wentzville, MO, as they say in MO they sure did Show ME !!!
thanks everyone.
James - 09/11/2021Customer support was great. The biggest issue was cleaning out the bolt holes, which took about 45 minutes. Having the right tools is really key. Once the bolt hole was clear, took about 15 minutes for the remainder of the install. Came out great. Have not hooked up the bike rack but don't anticipate any problems.
If I had known how easy it was going to be to install this hitch I would have done it years ago! Instructions and videos were amazingly helpful. The fit was perfect! I did have some rust on the threaded holes under the van and ended up buying a Chasing Tap to clean up the threads. Hitch has been great. Mostly we use it to mount a bike rack and it is very sturdy. It occasionally hits the pavement when going up a steep driveway, but less than I expected, since it is quite close to the bumper. I am so glad I installed the Hitch, I have been recommending this product to others
Scott H - 08/04/2021Super solid hitch receiver, but I bottom out going in and out of my driveway whenever I'm towing our trailer (even with Airlift airbags installed).
The hitch receiver even bottoms out without anything installed in it from time to time depending on driveway.
If I had to do it again, I'd get one of the concealed receivers. I hadn't seen them when I ordered mine, but wish I had.
This hitch receiver is totally fine, though. We went on a two week road trip with our trailer this summer with no issues at all from the hitch - other than bottoming out!
Victoria B - 01/06/2020 Dan G - 12/31/2020Excellent product. Installed easily with no vehicle modifications on the 2007 Sienna van. It was a simple bolt on installation. I'm glad the instructions specified the torque settings (79 ft. lbs.) because I would have never known to snug them that tight. It seems that the cupped washers had to be compressed to serve as lock washers. That seemed like a lot of torque. I was afraid that the bolts were going to shear, but they did not. Once the washers got compressed the bolts tightened up to recommended torque.
Sorry to say, I've wasted my money ordering from ETrailer.com, I just found out if you don't open the box when you first get the product to verify it's the right hitch, then you're stuck with it. In my case I didn't have the means to install it right away and passed the 5 day contact window, the hard part with hitches is they all look about the same and the issue didn't become apparent until i was in the act of installing the hitch. So now, not only am i stuck with a useless hitch for a different van which I won't be able to resell for near what I paid, but my van has a hole in the bottom of it because I was dumb enough to trust that etrailer would actually send me the product I ordered. Needless to say this is the last time I'll be doing business with them. Anyone out there need a hitch to a Honda Odyssey? I have a Toyota Sienna so I don't need it, but's it's brand new out of box :(, see photo below.
Installed on a 2013 Toyota Sienna. It was easier than I expected. Overall, the hitch is great. Note of warning for any mini-van owners; the clearance on most mini-vans is already relatively low. This will of course lower it a bit more resulting in scraping on the driveway entry and other high spots. Not a huge deal but worth knowing ahead of time
Receiver works, however on my wife's 2018 Sienna Limited it hangs lower and when pulling into or exiting a drive if you are not careful it scrapes.
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