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Draw-Tite/
Class III/
2 Inch Hitch/
3500 lbs GTW/
Concealed Cross TubeItem # 75299
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Fully welded vehicle trailer hitch is strong and durable. Draw-Tite's Tested Tough guarantee ensures that this hitch exceeds industry standards. The combination of an e-coat base and a powder coat finish provides excellent rust protection.
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Draw-Tite's Tested Tough program provides testing standards far superior to those outlined by the Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE), the go-to source for engineering professionals.
Each Draw-Tite trailer hitch receiver undergoes extensive fatigue testing and static testing with the ball mount that is either supplied or recommended for use with that particular hitch, thus ensuring results that are applicable to real life use. Fatigue testing is also conducted on hitches rated for use with weight-distribution systems.
In addition, Draw-Tite performs static testing on a simulated automobile, as opposed to the rigid fixture used for SAE testing, resulting in a more true-to-life scenario.
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Installation Details 
2005 - 2007 Ford Five Hundred
2005 - 2007 Ford Freestyle
2005 - 2007 Mercury Montego
2008 - 2009 Mercury Sable
2008 - 2009 Ford Taurus
2008 - 2009 Ford Taurus X
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Video of Draw-Tite Max-Frame Trailer Hitch Receiver - Custom Fit - Class III - 2"
Videos are provided as a guide only. Refer to manufacturer installation instructions and specs for complete information.
Today we are going to be working on a 2009 Ford Taurus X. We will be installing Curt hitch part number 75299. Here are a couple of measurements that will assist you when ing accessories for your new hitch, such as a draw bar, bike rack or cargo carrier. From the center of the hitch pin hole to the outer most point of the bumper is 3 inches. And from the top of the receiver tube to the ground is 14-1/2 inches. Now let us go ahead with the installation. 0:28
Our first step is going to be to remove the two existing fasteners that hold on the metal exhaust bracket. While we are here at this exhaust bracket, we are going to go ahead and actually remove the metal hanger from the rubber insulator. Before I do that I want to hit it with a little bit of penetrant or lubricant for ease of removal and reinstallation later. So for the ease of the installation of this hitch, I am going to chose to go ahead and remove this exhaust hanger also. Before I do that, I want to put a safety strap across my exhaust just to make sure it does not fall too far. Now that we have that out of the way, it will allow us to lower the exhaust as needed to get our hitch in place. 1:13
Our next step is going to be to get a fastener through this oblong hole here in the subframe. In order to do that, we are going to run our bolt leader, which is provided in the kit, up through the access hole and out of the oblong hole in the subframe. Start here at the oblong hole. Come out through our access hole so we can pull our block and bolt through. We will go ahead and feed on our 1 inch by 3 inch block. And then we will thread on our bolt. We are just going to push them up into our access hole. Then we are going to pull them down through our attachment point. Once we have them in place, we can go ahead and remove our bolt leader. You can see here that there is another hole in the subframe. This is going to be a side attachment point. What we are going to do here is put our bolt leader in place. You will see here our shorter 1 inch by 2 inch block. We are going to feed it on to our bolt leader and the thread on our bolt. However, we are not actually going to pull the bolt through until after we have our hitch in position. 2:29
Here on the passenger side, our attachment points are going to be here on the side of the subframe and these two on the bottom of the subframe. These holes are not threaded so we will be using the self-threading bolts to make threads in these three attaching points. I am going to go ahead and do that now before we put our hitch into position. Now that we have the passenger side prepped and ready for the install, we can go ahead and put our hitch in position. I am going to go ahead and start on the passenger side. We are going to use the same bolts that we used to create threads and conical tooth washers. The teeth of the washer will face the hitch. It is finger tight at this time until we get all of our fasteners in place. That will hold the passenger side for now. Let us go over to the driver side. Here on the driver side we are going to go ahead and push our hitch into position, being careful not to lose our bolt and block. We want to come back here to the side fastener and pull our bolt and block through. We will go ahead and take our bolt leader off now. We will go ahead and slide on our conical tooth washer. Install our nut. 3:43
What we need to do is remove the angle off of our exhaust bracket. I am going to go ahead and set this up in a vice and cut off the angle. Now we will go ahead and reinstall it onto the rubber insulator. Then what we are going to do is take this 1 by 2 inch block. It is actually going to get smashed in between the metal exhaust hanger and the hitch. Now that we have our exhaust hangers finger tight, we are going to go ahead and take this opportunity to run all of our fasteners down. Now that we have all of our fasteners tightened, we can go ahead and torque to specifications. I am going to go ahead and reinstall that forward exhaust hanger that we took down earlier. And that will complete the installation of Curt hitch part number 75299 on a 2009 Ford Taurus X.
Average Customer Rating: 4.8 out of 5 stars (77 Customer Reviews)
Fully welded vehicle trailer hitch is strong and durable. Draw-Tite's Tested Tough guarantee ensures that this hitch exceeds industry standards. The combination of an e-coat base and a powder coat finish provides excellent rust protection.Best price in the US and excellent customer service 703329
Ordered for a 2008 Taurus X. Easy installation, everything lined up perfectly with no adjustments, hammering, or prying needed. Works great! Very happy with the purchase. 699203
Please reference previous review (for electric harness). Again, thanks! 697793
Very good product. Fish wire worked great to install hardware! 647287
Perfect fit. 641892
The product is very well built. However the instructions suck. However I found a video on line that showed step by step instructions. Installation went like clock work. 601721
Great product 597985
I really thought this would be a difficult job. Was I ever wrong! I jacked the car up (both wheels due to my girth size). Each will was about 2-3 inches off the ground. I ran the fish wires through and ran the bolts in as directed. I taped the wires off so as not to lose anything! Had the wife hold the one end up while she moved a 5 gal bucket under it so all I had to do was hold the drivers end. She kind of stabilized the passenger end so it would not fall off the bucket while I attached the drivers side. Note, the wire fish is hard to remove while holding up the hitch and one handing the bolts. Since there are only two, it is best to have a guy help - hold the hitch while you unthread the wire fish and place the nuts on. I used the hitch weight to pinch the bolts while getting the washer and nuts on. Once the drivers side is done, the rest falls in place. The hitch fit perfect and I spent more time jacking the car up / down and putting tools away than doing the install. 564957
Hitch shipped same day and was delivered at 10 am following day! install took me about 2 hrs from unbox, read instruction, install and clean up. I took my time so it could have been done in less time. This included wiring. Very happy with results. 560087
Simple-ish bolt on hitch. Fairly easy to do. Watched a bunch of videos on how to install it. Great product! 486814
I still love the products. And I’ll probably be ordering new hubs in the near future. Also I was glad to see that you guys had partnered with “big rig big rv”’s YouTube channel. I feel like he does a good job showcasing your stuff.
Rich - 03/20/2019Great quality; arrived in perfect condition although it is a very heavy item; good heavy duty shipping box; great response to order as the item shipped almost immediately; totally satisfied with user friendly Web site and product. Not installed yet so no picture is attached. 480662
Great weekend project for a beginner like myself. I found it useful the videos for my car and how to install instructions. This also was on a reasonable price as well. 452749
The product is just as described and it was very easy to install on my vehicle. The shipping was fast as well. Thank you! 441552
This is the third hitch I have ordered and installed from you. It is installed and works fine. This was by far the easiest one to install, so easy. Thanks a lot. 427230
It looks great very sturdy hitch. I like how the bolts where surcured to the hitch for delivery. Haven't had time to install it yet but will soon. Thanks. 409327
Instructions were good. Fit my vehicle perfectly. 397152
Sold the vehicle shortly after getting the hitch. Thank you so much for the follow up. Very few people do that these days. We will certainly buy from you again should we have a need
Raymond D - 06/28/2018Mounted as advertised. Fit my 2008 mercury sable awd perfectly. 384881
I was going to install it put paid my nephew to do it. He needed money for college. Ive been so busy using it I forgot to review it. Hope the car lasts a long time so I dont lose out. I use it on my ford five hundred and tow a small trailer for leaves and my snowblower. I also use to seasonally put in and take out my 17ft searay boat. Highly recommend this product. Nephew said threading that one bolt was a little challenging but fun once he got it, his father did help him. Money well spent. 315205
Hitch and light connection still work great!!!!! Gonna use it this weekend to cleanup the yard and used it for the same last weekend. Also used it to haul my boat and will use to put my boat in winter spot. My ford five-hundred is a power horse and all is great
Frank T - 11/11/2017Great strong product and easy to install. Saved me the extra $200 it would've cost to have a hitch installed somewhere. 297756
Excellent product, I had professional installation but they expressed that it was not a difficult job. 279397
Great fit, name brand, awesome price. Will definitely use again and recommend to others. 230415
very simple and direct install. holding up well even in the New England salt
Tom P - 10/20/2016Video of the installation procedure was great! Watching it will save you time! The two driver side bolts went easily through the hitch and I got the nuts started. Passenger side holes did not line up well between the frame and the hitch. It took extra time to resolve this problem. This is the first time I encountered a problem on any hitch installation. This hitch will be used primarily for carrying a bike rack. 226317
The hitch is working great with our bike rack.
Mike B - 09/17/2016Installed this on my 2008 Ford Taurus X SEL AWD for a tow from Illinois to Arizona, and it was excellent. Installation was easy, and we had no issues what-so-ever. I placed my order over the phone, and each person I came in contact with was extremely pleasant to talk to, I will DEFINITELY return and purchase any additional necessary items through etrailer.com. 153063
I did the installation by myself in my garage. Had to work on the floor, however, the carton that the hitch came in made a great padded floor covering to use. I also had a small floor jack and several jack stands to hold the hitch while lining up the bolts. The instruction video was spot on for this hitch and my 2009 Ford Taurus. It took me about 1.5 hours to install it, but that included clean up after it was completed. Great hitch and great installation video. 149117
This is a great product and great experience from etrailer. There was one issue that no M12 bolts is in the kit shipped to me, which is needed for my 2009 Taurus X. After talking to the customer service a new set of bolts was shipped to me fairly soon, in couple of weeks. Thanks for the great video, installation is smooth. I got the muffler hanger hook cut at a local muffler shop. I was able to mount it on my own. The tip is to screw one bolt halfway onto the horizonal weldnut on passenger side, then use some metal wire to hang the end of hitch on the bolt through the bolt hole on the hitch. I used hanging wire for big picture frame and it worked really well. Then a jack stand can support it quite well. Fishing the bolts was quite easy to me. Most of time was spent on aligning it and the muffler hanger bracket, and tightening the bolts to spec. I didn't need to jack the car up and was lying on ground when doing it. After installed, I found that the rubber muffler hanger is in contact with the hitch and squeezed a little bit. Hopefully it is just fine. Also the soft edge of bumper is pressed under the hitch as shown on the picture here. Again not a problem to me. For tools, a 19" deep wall socket is needed to tighten up the bolts, besides others. Quite stadard one. 147305
Tow bar installed exactly as described on my 2008 Taurus X, but the receiver arrived damaged despite being in a box with lots of packaging. I suspect it was damaged before being shipped although I am not sure. Specified torque for passenger side bolts stripped out the horizontal one, but my torque wrench hasn't been calibrated probably since I was born. Muffler hanger basically sits right against the bar. So far I haven't noticed any noise. 146128
Wow!!! Unbelievabl;e that a 80 year old man could install item#75299 on his 2007 Ford Freestyle.....by imself. Yes!!! But it took me aprx 6 hours on my back in my garage...no lift involved. Followed the video and paper instructions. Removed the muffler bracket as instructed, but the muffler didn't lower enough to allow for the hitch to go over top. Had to angel, tug, pull...etc., used several wooden blocks to elevate, plus my floor jack. The fishing wires worked great....but one think that I didn't like was the self-threading bolts on the passenger side. I used the two on thebottom railing, but on the side I drilled out and used one of the bolts/washer etc. Makes for a more safter installation. All in all, I needless to say....sleep very sould after finishing this project. Next comes the light installation...piece of cake. 144759
The hitch was delivered to my door in record time. Very happy with the service. 118497
Quick, easy. No muss, no fuss 109792
ez install 88492
I was disappointed that the hitch was manufactured in Mexico and the ball mount was made in China. I worked with Ellen, her customer service skills were OUTSTANDING! She always kept me in the loop and is an excellent communicator. 86382
Great product! Just taking our time. My buddy and I put it on in about an hour. We backed the 2008 Ford Taurus X up on ramps in the driveway. We had an ipad to watch the video on how to install the trailer hitch off the etrailer.com website. Having the right tools made it a breeze. Was a little tricky putting exhaust back on, but that goes back to having the right tools and in that case a car lift would have been nice.. Lol. Once again Great product and will suggest to anyone that needs a trailer hitch to get it from etrailer.. Thanks etrailer.com! 82172
I don't have a hoist, so I backed my car up onto 2 steel ramps, and that was more than enough clearance. I referred only to the video during the install, and everything went smoothly. I took my time with everything, and even without a second person, I was still finished in about 2 hours. If you were to do it again, it would probably only take an hour. Also, delivery and followup by eTrailer was fantastic. I highly recommend them! 81309
Fit and finish was just as expected. Took a little longer to install, but hey, I'm pulling out my AARP card on this one. 79029
Seems to be a great hitch for the price. Very sturdy, good welds, and coated well. Time will tell but I am optimistic. I'm from Wisconsin so winter can be tough on just about anything taken on roads. Instructions were good, but the video and pictures provided on the website made it so easy to install. I took about 1 and a half hours start to finish...I think most of the time was taken fishing those bolts. Thank goodness for those fish wires! Also, I highly recommend a helper. If like me and you don't have a helper, I found that a floor jack also works very well. I would definitely recommend to others. 68650
Excellent product easily installed 64510
The toughest step was dealing with the unthreaded weld nuts on the car's frame but this site has helpful tips for that and the product itself came exactly as advertised and was very simple. I've seen other after-market hitches that look ugly and this design is very neat. I highly recommend. 61855
Product fit well and looked very good. Instruction were good, but a little vague on which holes with which bolts. Overall a good product. 57704
This was truly the best transaction I ever made. The hitch was to exacting dimensions, with NO alterations made to fit. The order was complete. Delivery was very fast. This place is A+++ in my book! Will order again when needed, and recommend to others... Thanks. 52533
Shipping was fast & was easy to put on. I will be using it friday. Thank You. TIM 48356
My son had it put on within hours. I am very happy with it. Thank you all at e-trailers for your help. It arrived the day you said it would. Now, I can take my medical scooter and go shopping : ) 47969
Great product easy to install but instructions were a little confusing. 47126
Watched the video on your site and install was simple. Thanks for offering great products etrailer. 45422
Etrailer was excellent to deal with. I live in British Columbia and had the hitch shipped to Sumas, WA. The hitch was shipped right away, exactly as promised and was delivered in great condition. It took the garage less than 30 min to mount it. Etrailer is a great company to deal with. It is very easy coming back across the border, no hassles with customs. The hitch looks great on my wife's car. I will definitely order from etrailer again. 43882
Received product as described, love the free shipping. not that easy to get the bolt holes lined up yet finally got it. works well for the bike rack 43252
The hitch and wireing were easy to install and work great. The videos on the website were the biggest help for the install 42769
Product was delivered promptly, fit nicely and installation was not difficult. Instructions, while brief, we're excellent. 36364
This is my second vehicle I have bought a Hitch for and it's just like the first one "GREAT" and was easy to install will be making future purchases. 36318
Installed great and was very easy! It is flush with bumper on 2008 Taurus X 36089
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