Most Popular Concealed Cross Tube for 2016 Jeep Cherokee

This is my 3rd hitch from etrailer and another great transaction & install. Easily saves 2-3 times of what it would cost to have it done at a shop. The first 2 hitches were installed on newer vehicles, but this recent hitch was installed on a 1997 Jeep Cherokee. The online videos are a lifesaver! The weld nuts on the old Jeep were rusted really bad, but in the video they explain the best way to clean them out and it works. Their wiring kits are fool-proof & super easy to install. I'll continue to use etrailer for all my towing needs.

I'm very happy with this hitch. Shipping was quick, price was great, and the hitch was easy to install by myself. I watched the installation video and followed the process. I was most impressed that the holes on the hitch matched exactly with the holes in my car's frame and the process to pull bolts through the frame worked perfectly. Ready to go fishing??

From order to delivery, it was great. Delivered quickly and was just as described. Instructional video was very helpful and informative to get the job done without any issues. Would recommend to anyone looking for a hitch receiver

Installation went as described. An exception was I didn't have to remove the muffler on this jeep. I just lowered it about 8 inches and the hitch slipped in. I did the installation myself and it took a little longer than described in the manual. But, that's just me.

My order came ahead of time and it fit perfect. Thanks so much

Received ordered item the next day

Hitch was very well built. Great welds, and fit my Jeep Cherokee 1816 perfectly. Hitch was delivered very promptly (except for the one day delay of road closure)

Ridiculously easy to install on my 2015 Jeep Cherokee. All I used was my 1/2 torque wrench and a 21mm socket as described in the install video. The hitch was easy to handle. I did not even need help holding it up to install the bolts. Hitch appears to be good quality and was delivered ahead of schedule. i was a little concerned When I purchased the vehicle because it did not come with a factory hitch. We travel a lt with a small A frame trailer and we are hitting the road soon. The products and support at etrailer made the decision easier. I would add a picture but it would look just like the pictures already associated with the product.

This is a quality hidden mount hitch receiver. It was delivered super fast. Their recommend installation link had a place local to me. Lines of Lehigh valley in Quakertown. Perfect installation in a short time. My friend asked me to get an estimate for their car and they are also buying an etrailer and having it installed by linex as well. It looks great on our Jeep Cherokee

Wow! This was incredibly easy to install. I wish I did it years ago. Ordered at 6pm day 0. Received it 6pm day 1. Installed completely by 8pm day 1. Incredibly fast and easy. Still astounded that it was on my doorstep within 24 hours. Video was very helpful also. Just had to borrow a torque wrench from the shop (mine didn’t go up to 110ft/lbs). THANK YOU!

I have a mobile sharpening business and have an enclosed cargo trailer that I work out of. We just purchased a Dodge Durango and needed a hitch and wiring harness to pull the trailer. I have never installed a hitch or wiring harness before, but etrailer.com has the instructions posted so you can read them before making a purchase. It seemed easy enough, so I made my order. The order shipped the next business day and arrived in two days! Installing the hitch was a very simple process of removing 4 bolts, lifting the hitch into place, and reinstalling the 4 bolts. (Hint: If you’re installing on a Durango, or possibly other vehicles, lower the spare tire and get it out of the way. If you have big hands like me, it will be much easier to get to the bolts.) This hitch tucks very nicely under the bumper. There is no worry about banging your shins on it! It looks good too. If you are needing a hitch but are reluctant to try to install it yourself… don’t fret! etrailer.com has very clear instructions that are easy to understand. I would highly recommend this to ANYONE needing a hitch and wants to save a few bucks by installing it yourself.

So far, the hitch meets expectations. I have not used it for hauling a trailer, but I don't see how it couldn't perform that function. I am waiting to install the wiring harness until this weekend. We would only use this hitch for small trailers. This was installed on a 2022 Dodge Durango GT Plus. I chose to buy this model because it was promoted as being built in the USA. I saw sub $100 versions available on Amazon, but I didn't want to roll the dice on Chinese quality. The purchase/checkout process was efficient and easy. Shipping was quick and the hitch was packaged adequately in a large box. No damage to the finish was noted from shipping and handling. The minor scuffs noted were probably there from the manufacturing process. INSTALLATION: the process is not difficult, but there was a major difference on our vehicle that was not addressed in the included instructions or the online video. There is a large, semi-circular plastic shield to protect the spare. This shield MUST be addressed so that you do not have a layer of plastic between the metal parts of the hitch and frame rail. Eventually the plastic will crack and fall out, leaving the bolts loose. All you need is a 10mm deep well socket to remove the nuts and you will then have enough room to slip the sides of the hitch *behind* the plastic. Once the bolts are torqued in place (I also used Red Loctite and reduced the torque by 4 lb-ft for wet threads) the plastic cover can be forced in enough to reinstall the nuts.

American made good quality. All hardware included. Wire for feeding bolts and washers in frame worked great. I ran thin wires on the 3 remaining bolts through the frame to guide through the hitch as I jacked it up, so the bolts wouldn’t push into the frame. Ran a tap through the nut plate on the passenger side to clear the threads. On my 2001XJ. Shipping was fast. Recommended.

The matt black finish was just what I needed, looks good.

Well made, well finished and heavy duty product! If you are even halfway handy, you can install this yourself. Like anything, fitting is exact.

Product was all there but arrived with shipping damage. Might want to think about how to keep the heavy items from moving in the shipping carton or protect the outside edges with cardboard or something. I'll touch up the paint but wanted to give some feedback, you guys seem pretty receptive to input. Other than that there was good communication through the whole process. Fast service. Thank you.

Nice hitch. Unfortunately it broke through the box during shipping. UPS is tough on bulky heavy products but having zero packing material to keep it from sliding around in the box is more of the root cause problem in my opinion. This hitch has very little clearance at the receiver tube and bumper facier. I wasn’t able to use the anti rattle clamp that I also purchased.

Great hitch. Installed myself. Fairly straightforward. Recommend having something to hold the hitch in the up position while under the car to assist while installing. Only complaint, no torque rating for the bolts that hold the hangers. That would be helpful.

Came 2 days early, didn't take my money till they ship it. Plus I never like to order anything online because I'm afraid it won't fit. But they said it would an it did( 2016 chevy traverse). Also it says 45 mins to install. Sounds About right 10 mins asking the wife an kids to help hold it up with no luck, 10 mins looking for my tools 18mm & 3/4 wrench,10 mins looking at the picture of the instructions because what GUY really reads it? lol, 10 mins putting it on by myself laying on my back in the driveway using my leg to hold it up & 5 mins putting on 1 bolt by the muffler because I didn't read the instructions an lower the muffler out of my way hahahah. P.s is you have soft hands I suggest wearing gloves an waiting for the muffler to cool off because i didn't ??. But all in all it was easy & fast to put on even if your by yourself. Definitely ordering again if I need anything for her car. Thanks etrailer

The instructions were spot on The videos were extremely helpful Price was great, and buying the trailer hitch, wiring harness, and fuse together as a package made the project easy. I would not hesitate to do that again when necessary.

Etrailer, has not let me down. This hitch fits perfectly, anad the one i purchased for my 2015 cherokee did also. Great product, great company, will keep coming back.

My trailer hitch tried to get out of the box during shipping. Luckily everything was still in the box when I received it.

Yes! Town Car owners like to pull trailers with their Lincolns! If I had to change one thing to make this into a 5-Star product, it would be the length of the "2-inch" receiver square tube. It needs to extend rear-ward by an additional 2 inches. I had to hunt for a ball mount hitch that was 2 inches longer to adequate give clearance from the rear bumper. The dual exhaust tailpipe hangars didn't need to be touched for the Town Car. Two photos attached - I hope this helps. The photo shows a ball mount with 2-3/4 inch rise to give bottom of coupler 14 inches over the ground.

The quality of the hitch seems very good. The finish is thick and being in Canada with salt on the roads, it should stay rust free for awhile. Mounting the hitch on my 1988 Ford Crown Vic went well. There were no holes in the frame so I had to drill all 4 holes. At the holes near the end of the frame I could not use the supplied bolts due to the way the shocks on the bumper went inside the end of the frame. All in all it was an easy install with the car on a hoist and a helping hand from my brother.

Its been a year since installing the Hitch Receiver. Granted it nearly never rains here in Arizona but i use the hitch everyday and drive a dirt road so I end u reunning the truck through the car wash at least 4 x a week. The hitch stil looks and performs axactly the same as the day I installed it. Although its not recommended I managed to install mine by myself, with no lifs or jacks. It was a bit awkward but I had it installed in about 30 mins on my 2016 Jeep Patriot.

This hitch wasn't quite as easy to install as in the video without the car up on a rack. The video was helpful. The hitch requires some jockeying around to get both bolts to go in. I used a couple of jacks to make it happen. The brackets were a little narrow for my 2014 Jeep Compass so I used a few 1/8 inch washers on one side to avoid stressing the welds too much on tightening. In the end the install came out good and the hitch seems solid.

I liked the option of a 2 inch hitch for my small car. I use it for a bike rack. And really wasn’t interested in 1 1/4. So happy to have found it. My son installed it. He said it was an easier installation than the 1 1/4 would have been. Also, the hitch tucks up under the back of the car for a clean look.

Your notification system is top notch. Shipping was very fast and product quality is great, give my kudos to whoever welded my tow package.

Bombproof hitch. Installation was quite a challenge even though I've installed a 1.25" receiver on a different Prius before. A few tips, in no particular order: 1. The directions get driver's side and passenger side mixed up at one point. It's pretty easy to decipher though. 2. If you've never used a bolt fisher before, maybe watch a bit of YouTube on it before you start, and maybe practice fisher removal on a thin scrap of plywood before you commit. 3. Get a bunch of plastic clips in advance because you're likely to break some or all of the ones you remove. 4. You'll need to lift the car a bit, e.g. by backing it up on to a double stack of 2x6 scraps or with jack stands. 5. If you don't have a strong assistant, you'll need a jack to lift it. Because the center of gravity is behind the receiver, you'll also need to slide a strong metal or wood bar/pipe/rod through the receiver hole and a few inches back so you have something to balance on your jack. 6. Safety glasses for all the dirt that will rain down. 7. An extra car or way to get to the hardware store for the tool you're missing.

(2013 Prius Three, self-installed) The HITCH itself is incredible, and great quality. It's a strong performer. If you have a Prius and are doing a self-install, for the love of god just get a Class 1 hitch that's smaller and doesn't have the added bolt holes and wings to attach to the frame. Installation was a bitch, and I found myself regretting my sturdier choice for the Class 2 hitch while I was trying to install. Now, mind you, I used ramps at home in my garage, and did it mostly on my own, not a lift nor a team of people installing. It's heavy -- which means strong for the tow -- so trying to finagle it while tearing apart the underbelly of the Prius was just annoying as hell. Having to cut apart the rainshield/splash shield to even access the places that it needed to go in at the weird angles while holding this heavy chunk of metal up is trying on the patience and determination. I even wound up finagling THREE different jack stands to support parts of it while I attempted to maneuver the thing in, while fighting off the car's rain shield and such. Not to mention, it takes up so much space, being so beefy and strong, that it more or less disfigures the entire bumper and presses the side fender or bumper out in weird ways unless you have 10 times more patience to deal with the added body work to address it being SUCH a *TIGHT* fit, that you have to fight against the whole while. Again, the product *itself* is phenomenal and deserves great reviews. Just don't try to self-install at home on ramps if you've got a Prius, or you'll wind up wishing you had just bought a simpler, lighter, easier to install Class 1 hitch instead. And hopefully the smaller size of the Class 1 won't disfigure your back end.

Super fast free delivery! Others selling the same item for the same price but with a delivery of a week or more. It's already on my truck before the other guys would have even shipped it.

Package arrived in timely manner. Appears to be very sturdy with good exterior finish. Easily installed, I'm sure it will serve my needs.