Draw-Tite Max-Frame Trailer Hitch Receiver - Custom Fit - Class III - 2"

Video Transcript for Draw-Tite Max-Frame Trailer Hitch Installation - 2017 Buick Envision

Speaker 1: Today on this 2017 Buick Envision we will be having a look at, and showing you how to install the Draw-Tite Class III trailer hitch receiver, part number 76080. Here's what the hitch looks like installed without our bumper cover back on. This is a really quick and easy installation. It doesn't' take much time at all even though you have to remove the entire fascia in order to get the bumper and the hitch into place. It attaches using factory studs that are already on the vehicle. There is no drilling, no cutting, no welding, no modification required at all.

It goes on nice and easily using existing hardware.What I really like about this hitch is that when it's not in use, you can completely hide it on your vehicle without anybody knowing it's there. It tucks up behind this panel here, and when you want to use your hitch, all you have to do is remove two T-15 screws, one on each side, then you can grab the panel, pull it down, and there's your hitch. With this hitch being tucked behind the panel, you don't really need to worry about running your shin into the hitch itself when you're loading cargo into your hatch area. This hitch features a 675 pound tongue weight rating, which is the amount forcing down, and a 4500 pound max gross trailer rating, which is the amount it can pull. You want to make sure you consult with the owner's manual of your Envision, and go by whichever number's less.

You don't want to exceed the capacity of the vehicle, or the hitch itself.On the side of our receiver you'll find two holes. The larger one closest to the front, that is our industry standard 5/8 inch diameter hitch pin hole, to secure any of your hitch mounted accessories. You can pick up a pin and clip on our website as part number PC3. Towards the rear you find a hole for a J pin stabilization device, and what that does is take away the annoying shake, play and rattle out of what is inserted in your receiver. We have one of those available on our website if you'd like to purchase one as well.

Welded onto the back of our receiver is this nice collar to help give us a nice finished look, and to help give us some more reinforcement at the end of the receiver. Welded on the bottom of our receiver are our rolled steel safety chain loops to attach the safety chains from our trailer. These have a fairly decent sized opening, so we shouldn't have any issues attaching those chains.On the driver's side of our receiver we find a nice attachment point here that's welded onto the frame of the hitch, and what this serves is a place for us to mount any of our electrical connectors, such as a four-pole flat or a seven-way RV connector for any of our electrical connectors that we need in order to tow our trailer. We have several different wiring options available for you on our website.Now for a few measurements to better assist you in choosing any hitch mounted accessory you may need, such as a ball mount, bike rack or a cargo carrier. You're looking at about 16 1/2 inches from the ground to the top of the 2 inch receiver opening, and about 7 inches from center of the hitch pin hole to the rear most part of the back bumper.Now that we've gone over some features, we'll show you how to get it installed.

To being our install, we need to remove our rear fascia. We're in our passenger's side wheel well now. Everything that we're doing on the passenger's side we'll need to do on the driver's side, so just keep that in mind. We're looking back where the fascia attaches to our fender liner. We have two T-15 screws that we need to remove. Now we need to peel back our wheel molding here to gain access to a fastener, so I'll just grab it, pull up on it. We'll find a 7 millimeter screw behind it. Now underneath our fascia we'll find a T-15 torque screw on each side that we need to remove. All right, now we'll open up our rear hatch. At each corner of the lower end of our hatch area we'll find a Philips screw that we need to remove.Now we have plastic covers on our taillights that cover the hardware that hold them in place. We'll use a flathead screw driver to pry them loose, the tether that holds them in place. Behind those covers we'll find two 15 screws. Now we can grab our taillight, pull back. Once you pull back a little bit you can lift up, and we'll find our connector. We'll slide this red tab back and press down on this black on, and pull to separate. We'll unclip the wiring and set the taillight aside where it won't get damaged.Now with an extra set of hands we'll pull our fascia back away from the vehicle. You may need to use a flathead screwdriver near the hatch to help separate the last lock. We'll pull it back, and we'll find our connectors that we need to separate. For all of our electrical connectors, we'll find one main connector on the passenger's side. We'll slide back the red block tab, press on the black tab, and pull to separate. Now we'll set our fascia aside where it won't get damaged.Now, on each side of our bumper beam we'll find three 15 millimeter nuts that we'll need to remove. Now we can slide our bumper beam off. With the bumper beam off we can now slide our hitch onto the studs that the bumper beam was secured on. Now we'll replace the bumper beam, and reinstall the nuts that we remove. Now we'll tighten down our nuts. Now we'll torque our nuts to the amount specified in the instructions. Now we can go ahead and reinstall our fascia, making sure we plug in our wiring the same way that it came out.That completes our look at, and installation of the Draw-Tite Class III trailer hitch receiver, part number 76080 on this 2017 Buick Envision.