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etrailer | Easily Install Your TowSmart Class III Trailer Hitch - 2023 Kia Sorento

Click for more info and reviews of this TowSmart Trailer Hitch: https://www.etrailer.com/Trailer-Hitc... Check out some similar Trailer Hitch options: https://www.etrailer.com/fitguide.htm Search for other popular Kia Sorento parts and accessories: https://www.etrailer.com/vehicle/2023... https://www.etrailer.com Don’t forget to subscribe!    / etrailertv   Full transcript: https://www.etrailer.com/tv-install-t... Hi everyone. Jesse here with Etrailer. Today we'll be taking a look at and I'll show you how to install the TowSmart Custom Fit Trailer Hitch Receiver on our 2023 Kia Sorento. Adding a hitch to a Kia Sorento makes a ton of sense. Possibly you're hauling a bunch of people in it. All those seats are filled, there's not a lot of extra storage space once they are full, so adding a hitch allows you to add that extra storage space that you need onto the rear of the vehicle, whether it be something like a cargo carrier or a bike rack, and you can even do some light duty towing with it. Just remember, if you plan on doing any towing with your vehicle, you will need to add on trailer wiring to keep you safe and legal out there on the road. Here's a closer look at our hitch installed on our neighbor's vehicle. As you can see, the cross tubes are completely hidden behind the fascia, so you have a real clean look on the back and you can only see the receiver opening. That receiver opening is gonna be your standard two inch by two inch opening. Then behind that we have another standard 5/8" pinhole. The pin and clip are not included with the hitch. However, we have many options available here at etrailer. Also, any accessory that you add on will most likely come with one included. Then we have a nice safety cable loop here, very spread out and open. Easy to access with whatever style safety cable you have. For example, this large clevis or even an S style like this. Now for some measurements, we'll start with our ground clearance. From the ground to the top of the inside of the collar here is 13-1/2" and then from the center of our pinhole to the edge of our bumper is about 4-1/2". You wanna keep that in mind for any folding accessories that you might add on to ensure they don't make contact with the vehicle. And for the weight capacities, with this hitch, we have a gross trailer weight of 4,500 pounds. That's the amount of weight that you can pull behind the vehicle. Then we have a maximum tongue weight of 675. That's the amount of weight pushing down on the hitch. Always be sure to double check your owner's manual to ensure that your vehicle can handle that weight safely. All in all, if you're looking for a hitch for your Sorento that has pretty good weight capacity numbers and will also look great on the back of it, you really can't go wrong with the TowSmart option. If you have any questions or concerns about this hitch or any of the other products that we offer here at etrailer, feel free to reach out to us. We'd be happy to get you pointed in the right direction. As far as the installation with this hitch, it's honestly a pretty easy process. However, you will need to get under the vehicle, lower the exhaust, and you also probably need an extra set of hands to lift the weight of the hitch up into place. If that's not something that you're looking to do yourself, maybe you just don't have the time to get it done before your next adventure. Feel free to check out our dealer locator. You can find someone local to you that would be happy to get this installed for you. If you are looking to see how this gets put on and follow along, and I'll walk you through the process. To begin our installation, you'll want to lower down your spare and set it aside to get it outta the way. Then we'll move on to lowering our exhaust down. We have a rubber hanger right here on the rear. I sprayed it down with some soapy water just to make it pop off a little easier. I'll get a pry bar in there to remove it. And then before we move on to any other hangers, I'm gonna grab a cam strap to support this. If you're working on the ground, you could just use something like a floor jack, just something that will keep us from damaging the exhaust when we drop it down. There's another hanger on the backside of our muffler here. You could use a pry bar or an exhaust hanger tool to get that one removed. And then we have one more towards the center kind of where our differential is and I'll get that popped loose. Then we can relax our cam strap a bit and get this lowered down. Now we will come to the driver's side. We have this plastic panel here that we need to get out of our way. So there's a couple push pin fasteners or a few push pin fasteners. You just use a flathead screwdriver, pop the ce