I've attached photos of an older Draw-tite hitch where it shows photos of where the blindspot monitors are removed during the installation of this hitch. When we haven't physically installed this here in our shop, I do usually tend to trust the manufacturer instructions, but it's always possible that the instructions may be different on this year and model.
I spoke with my contact at Draw-Tite and he seemed to think that the instructions were accurate for installation on a 2019 VW Golf... view full answer...