CURT 13240 Class 3 Trailer Hitch, 2-Inch Receiver, Fits Select Hyundai Tucson, GLOSS BLACK POWDER COAT

I purchased this hitch for a 2016 Hyundai Tucson Limited AWD. The instructions could have been better for sure. It is pretty simple as long as you do this:Get some WD40 to spray the rubber exhaust hanger above the exhaust tips. The lower hanger. Don't worry, it won't fall on you if you do this. Then you will need to put some pressure on the rubber hanger to slide it off of the metal rod/hanger. Once you do, the exhaust will hang down just enough for you to angle the hitch upwards towards the holes in the frame where you will bolt the bolts 2 the frame. 4 bolts for each side.You'll see in the directions that you will need to remove the plastic housings from the drivers rear & passenger rear of the underside. Really easy. Get a small tipped flat head screw driver to be able to pop the pins out. 4 each side. Once the pins are out, the plastic boxes just pull down.You are going to need a 17mm socket & a 6 inch or longer extension to be able to reach the vertical bolts. The horizontal bolts won't need an extension. If you have a torque wrench, tighten the bolts to 40lbs, that's what it calls for. Once the bolts are tight, don't forget to slide the exhaust back onto the hanger. It will slide on very easy.Once note, I applied a paint sealant to the entire hitch to help protect it. If you don't have sealant, just use whatever wax you have & put maybe 2 coats on it. I purchased a hitch cover that just slides into the receiver via pressure fit. No pin or anything to hold it in. It was $5.99 at my local auto parts store. I should have gotten the one that says Curt, but oh well. I hope this helps anyone that's worried about installing this or thinks that it may be hard. It really was pretty easy. Took me 40 minutes with everything, from set up to putting everything away. If you have ramps to drive it up on, it's going to make your job much much easier. I do not have a wiring kit for it. I don't plan on towing anything. I'm using this for my bike rack & I'm going to buy one of the baskets to put stuff in. Its not that noticeable having it installed. It doesn't stand out at all. It is a good quality hitch that I'm hoping lasts a long time. Sure beats the $450+ bucks the dealership wanted!

self installation instructions are a little vague but I am a professional technician, just don't do that 24 cx-50 without the Mazda cx-50 wiring harness, because of the 7 way plug is going to put it in transmission towing mode automatically when you plug in the trailer/ plug

This is my first hitch on any vehicle I have owned and I was a bit apprehensive as to the ease of installation but after watching a YT video I thought I would give it a try. It was straightforward enough to install, at least with removing the plastic panels on the left and right sides and installing the bolts and tightening everything down. (Make sure you have a torque wrench to get the correct torque.) I didn't even need to jack up the vehicle. The hard part for me since I didn't jack up the vehicle was getting leverage to remove the rubber muffler bushing. After fighting with it for too long (30 minutes) since I didn't have a pry bar that would fit under the vehicle in such a way to give me enough leverage, I figured I would put a small flat screwdriver on the front side of the bushing to cause it to slide over the lip of the metal muffler hanger thus making it easier to get the bushing off. From there it was easy to finish up the installation. The problem with the bushing is not the fault of the hitch just in getting it off so you can drop the muffler enough to get the hitch in place to install the bolts. (I couldn't find any way to force the hitch into position without dropping the muffler.) Other than that problem, the hitch installation was a 30-45 minute process without jacking up the vehicle, allowing for a first timer's taking it slow so as to not ruin any part of the vehicle or hitch. The hitch is well painted and should last quite awhile. I would purchase this again or any probably Curt hitch in the future.

Got this to hook up bike racks or hitch mount cargo racks for road trips.Arrived quickly. Box came beat up and hitch was sticking out the corner, but what do you expect for a heavy metal sharp object in a large empty box. No biggie. The bolts/washers/instructions were very nicely taped to the hitch itself so they wouldn't get lost or fall out of the box. Kudos for that!I remembered a few reviewers stating to lube up the exhaust hangers with WD-40 and after doing so, the two rear most hangers popped right off with minimal effort. I also remembered reviewers stating you needed to remove the trim panels under the bumper on either side, so I popped those off with ease.I did not need to jack up the vehicle. I did this in my flat driveway.The only tools I used were a flathead screwdriver for the plastic trim rivets and a 17mm socket on a 3/4in drive to tighten the hitch mount bolts.I had a piece of old carpet I laid out, laid down on my side with the trailer hitch directly under where it needed to go.I pulled the exhaust tips down a bit with my knee and slid the hitch mount up over the exhaust tips where it rested firmly in place. I secured the drivers side with one bolt, then secured all the bolts in on the passenger side. I then finished putting the remaining bolts in on the driver's side.I slipped the two exhaust hangers back in and popped plastic the trim back in place.The entire thing took less than 20 mins with minimal effort.For those with zero skills and basic tools, you can do this. Don't pay a shop $100's to install one of these things. It's really really easy.