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Hell neighbors, it's Brad here at etrailer and today we're taking a look and installing the etrailer trailer hitch receiver on a 2016 Kia Sedona. Now this is what it's gonna look like when it's installed and this is an exposed cross tube meaning you can see the cross section that attaches to the frame of the vehicle but overall it's tucked in there pretty well. So I think it gives it a pretty decent look overall. And the great part is this is a two inch by two inch receiver tube opening which is gonna be a great universal size for a ton of different accessories. So whether you're loading up bike racks, cargo carriers or even a ball mount, they're all gonna go in place with a 5/8 pin and clip. Now this does not come with the hitch so a lot of your accessories will come with one.

Something to look for. If you have used accessories, you may need to pick one of these up and I recommend getting a locking one. That way you can put your accessories in, lock it in place and no one can just walk by and take the accessories with them. Now if you do plan on towing a trailer, you are gonna be using this plate style safety chain loop here which a standard S hook will go on to here fairly easy. I'm gonna have to give a little bit of an angle there but a larger clevis style also works here as well.

Now speaking of towing, you're gonna want to adhere to the weight capacities on the hitch. You're also gonna want to check the vehicle's owner's manual and compare that with the hitch ratings and take the lower of those two to stay safe. And this one's rated fairly decent. You have a 4,000 pound gross trailer weight rating so that's gonna be the weight of the trailer plus the accessories loaded up. And going along with that you have a 400 pound tongue weight which is gonna be the downward pressure that's put on the receiver tube opening and that's gonna be really important for your suspended accessories like your bike racks or cargo carriers.

So just make sure you're staying underneath that 400 pounds when fully loaded. Now this can be used with the weight distribution hitch but the numbers are gonna stay exactly the same with that 4,000 and 400. Now you are gonna want to get some measurements when choosing accessories to make sure that their folding accessories are gonna work here. So from the center of the hitch pin hole to the furthest point on the rear fascia we're looking at 5-1/2 inches. So some of your bike racks and cargo carriers will fold up.

That's something you're gonna wanna make sure that it's not making contact with your fascia as this one does sit a little bit recessed. Now if you are towing a trailer you are gonna want to make sure that you can get the adequate riser drop that you need. So from the top of the receiver tube opening to the ground is 11 inches. So that's a good way to measure your trailer and figure out if you need a riser or drop. Now as far as installing the hitch this one's pretty straightforward, pretty easy to do in your driveway or in your garage. Now you will be dropping down the muffler with just two isolators which isn't too terribly hard to do but sometimes getting leverage if you're working on the ground can be tricky especially on the one further up. But really it's just gonna be a removal of a plastic panel and then there's some factory weld nuts that are there. You just bolt it up assuming that those are clear of rust. But I'm gonna walk you through all those steps to make sure that you get your hitch installed. So let's take a look. To begin our installation we're gonna go underneath to the driver's side and we have this plastic panel and this is gonna need to come off. That way we can gain access to our frame rail where we'll bolt our hitch up. And we're not going to be reinstalling this because the hitch is gonna live up here. Also, if you're doing wiring, now is a good chance to have that wiring handy because it's gonna plug in here as well. Now to get your plastic push pins out, you can simply go into one of the slots, there's four of 'em just gonna pry that center part out and then you should be able to get the whole thing to kind of come out, just go along this outside edge. There's also gonna be one that's kind of tucked up in the wheel, well just get those out and then we'll move our panel and get it outta the way. And that back one is kind of tucked up here on the frame rail so you should be able to reach up and get that one popped out. Now we can pull our panel off and set this aside. We're gonna be bolting this up to the weld nuts that are in the frame rail but we do need to open this up a little bit becau

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