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Perfect for light-duty towing, this custom, vehicle trailer hitch receiver features fully welded, gloss powder coated steel construction. Drawbar sold separately.
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Average Customer Rating: 4.7 out of 5 stars (82 Customer Reviews)
Perfect for light-duty towing, this custom, vehicle trailer hitch receiver features fully welded, gloss powder coated steel construction. Drawbar sold separately.On my application, a 2022 CR-V Hybrid Touring, I would consider this installation to be “custom” at best. Hitch itself bolts on fine. Does touch the sides of the “spare tire” well, which is poor design, but not the end of the world. Instructions describe trimming of bumper cover to clear receiver area, but I also had to trim additional areas of the splash panels and bumper cover to clear the hitch. My car is also equipped with the kick to open tailgate. The sensor, module, and their bracket sit right where the hitch goes. Your options are to unplug and remove it all, or extensively cut the bracket like I did. I then reinstalled the remainder of the bracket, and then had to zip tie and relocate the module onto the hitch, and the lower sensor wire to the panels after drilling a few holes in the plastic. In the end, hitch is installed, and kick sensor still works as it should. I was able to do everything without removing the bumper cover, but it would have been a lot easier if I took it off. Overall, fitment isn’t horrible, but there’s no way you’re doing it in the 20 minutes the instructions say it should take. If you don’t have the kick to open feature, installation would be much less complicated, but the additional trimming would still be needed and isn’t shown in the instructions. This issue may only apply to Hybrid models.
I have to admit I was nervous about ordering the hitch, but it fit my Honda 2021 CR-V perfectly and looks amazing!! I had it installed at my local auto repair shoo. It was half the price of what the dealership was charging and looks amazing!!! If you in the market for a hitch for your vehicle I would totally recommend purchasing from etrailer.
Looks great. One trick is that for the CRV, the hitch installs inside the bumper. Had an issue with it not fitting until we tucked it under the bumper. Very low profile. Thank you.
Nice looking hitch, very little hardware exposed so it doesn't stick way out or look tacky. Looks like a factory hitch. I only use it for a hitch mounted platform carrier and it's plenty stable for the purpose.
Well. I was shorted a square hole spacer, I replaced with a washer. But that wasn't the main problem. After lowering the exhaust and fishing in the bolts, the holes in the hitch were off. After examining, the passenger side arm of the hitch was either bent or welded tilting in. Because I was so far into the install I decided to do a little collision work on it using a sledgehammer. The install went smoothly after that.
Great receiver. Looks better than I even hoped and it works great too. Your videos covering installation of the hitch assembly and wire harness were the best. They made the job go very smoothly. Thanks for great products and instruction. I’m sure I’ll be back in the future. .
The hitch is great and looks good on my CR-V. The only trick was having an automatic lift-gate sensor in the bumper. In order to get the bumper skin to reattach to the frame, I had to remove the sensor bracket and cut away most of the plastic holding the antenna and then slide it between the hitch and bumper. I wasn’t able to secure it with the screws, but it’s not going to go anywhere and the lift-gate works. I’m guessing I screwed up the warranty on the lift-gate sensor.
Despite what’s implied by the installation video this receiver will not work with the 2023 CR-V Hybrid Sport Touring rear hatch sensor adapter nor are the measurements for the facia trimming in the instructions correct. Thanks etrailer for letting me do your fit testing for you.
Jenny N.
5/30/2023
We have seen this complaint on other 2023 CR-Vs. I know that the lift gate sensor does have to be moved and even when moved you may have a shortened area that it will function or may loose that function all together. Fascia trimming is not always exact and you may been to do more or less trimming than the instructions tell you.
Relatively straightforward to install; works great.
Very smooth installation! Great videos!
From the instructions and a few videos we watched the installation went very well. All the parts and the hitch fit very good. Extremely happy with the quality and ease of installation. Thank you. Jerry
Jerry S.
5/31/2023
It worked as expected, very well until we were hit in the backend of or vehicle and he destroyed our bikes and your rack… we are deciding our next move. Thank you for asking..
My son and I installed this receiver on a 2022 Honda CR-V Hybrid some months back.. I am still enjoying the installation for it allows me to use a bike rack to carry my bike to parks here in Tampa, FL. One of the good things about this hitch is that it remains mostly hidden under the car with only the square receiving tube protruding. I noticed that some other receivers had a lot of the metal superstructure visible.
I brought the hitch to my mechanic for installation, since it was rated as difficult. He couldn’t install it without removing the sensor/antenna unit behind the bumper. This was on a 2023 Honda CRV Hybrid.
Jenny N.
5/22/2023
For the hitches installed on a 2023 CR-V hybrid or non hybrid, the lift gate sensor have to be moved. Even when moved you may have a shortened area that it will function or may loose that function all together.
A little challenging to install on my vehicle, but the instructions were good. Looks great.
Great hitch, works perfectly. Great customer service too!
This hitch fit our 2022 Honda CRV EXL Hybrid. We are not planning on towing anything, it was installed for a hitch mounted bike rack for our ebikes. I did the installation myself and the video was helpful. Although, the hardest part for me was removing the rubber isolators from the exhaust pipe. Luckily on the Hybrid there were only 2 of them. I did the installation in my open garage on a 20 degree day and the rubber, being new and cold was super stiff. That first step took at least an hour. I did not have any help so lifting the hitch while bolting it was difficult. For the Hybrid, at least, a bit more cutting of the facia was necessary than the instructions indicated. After about three difficult hours it was done, and it looks great. Now to try the bike carrier. it works! The only disappointment was that the hitch sticks out a little further than the rack did on my 2008 Honda CRV, meaning when the rack is on I'll have to pull the vehicle in a bit farther into my garage, which is already tight. Oh, the first world problems! Great hitch, but if you do not have skills, which I do, plan on paying someone to install.
Excellent follow up to make sure you got the rignt delivery information.
Just got it installed today. Looks fantastic, good to go!
Quality of the unit and the complete and easy to follow instructions were great.
I'm very pleased with the hitch I just installed. I'd never done something like this before and found the instructional video VERY helpful.
Shipping was FAST and unit arrived complete with all hardware.
I would recommend etrailer.com to all of my friends.
Ed P.
Ed P.
10/25/2021
Awesome product, we have used our new hitch for many applications - we bought it for a bike rake attachment but have found many other uses!
This hitch suits my purposes perfectly. (I use it to mount a Thule bike carrier.)
Andy E.
3/12/2020
Perfectly! Thanks for offering high-quality products and services.
Pictures in installation guide are useless, to dark to see, measurements have no start points indicted or not visible.
Otherwise hitch fits although scraped insulation off “just” wide enough. 1/4” narrower it wouldn’t clear the rear storage well, actually 1/8” narrower. Hitch arrived with a few bare metal spots (scrapes) had to be touched up. Otherwise good to go.
I finally got around to installing the hitch I bought last year for my 2018 CR-V. etrailer's instructions and videos made it very easy. I did it by myself simply laying on the ground under the vehicle. It probably took me 2 hours, but saved the $650 dealer charge to install. If I was to do it again, I would definitely buy a set of exhaust hanger pliers ($15-$20). The hanger arms on my CR-V did not have a lip/?? to use a pry bar against as shown in the instructions. I probably spent half my time just getting the hangers off (2 rear plus middle one). The Curt hitch that hides the cross bar behind the bumper makes for a much nicer looking install. I am very pleased with my etrailer purchase and would highly recommend them to anyone looking for a hitch for their vehicle.
We just installed this on a 2020 CR-V Hybrid Touring edition. The hitch fit perfectly and looks great. All you see is the receiver portion. I had it installed professionally but mechanic said it was easy. Our CR-V has the kick to open tailgate feature. I ordered a Honda relocation kit for the sensor but mechanic said he couldn't make it work. Instead he just relocated the original sensor over to the driver's side which is possible since the hybrid doesn't have dual exhaust. Works fine. The hybrid is not rated for towing but we just wanted the hitch for our bike rack so I did not have the car wired for lights. Install took under 2 hours.
Great hitch which installed easily. I was able to install it without a helper by using a floor jack to hold it in place while I attached the nuts to the bolts. A Dremel tool with a cutting wheel is very helpful for cutting the bumper cover - tin snips could be used but would have been difficult.
Kudos to Curt for supplying four fish wires with this hitch so you can leave them attached to the bolts and thread them through the hitch, which allows you to retrieve bolts that are accidentally bumped out of their holes while mating the hitch to the car. (Believe it or not Curt does not do this for all their hitches - I installed one a few months ago for a different vehicle and it only came with one fish wire.)
As other reviewers have pointed out, watch the videos as they are much better than the printed instructions.
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Paul M.
4/25/2020
Its a great hitch and I used it quite a lot for towing my trailer. I recently traded that car and ordered another hitch from you for my new car and it just arrived yesterday. I will be installing it tomorrow. Looks to be another great product. Cant wait.