2021-2023 Toyota Sienna: Trailer Receiver Hitch and Light Adapter Install
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- Опубликовано: 7 июл 2024
- How to install the an EcoHitch receiver and Tekonsha direct-fit trailer light harness on a 2021-2023 Toyota Sienna minivan. This hitch mounts behind the bumper cover for an OEM look and finish, allowing the rear kick-sensor to function as designed (if installed). The receiver is powder-coated stainless steel.
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Chapters
0:00 Tail Light Removal
0:55 Bumper Cover Removal
2:35 Bumper Removal
3:47 Unboxing
3:55 Receiver Install
5:15 Wiring Harness Install
9:15 Trimming Bumper Cover
9:38 Installing Bumper Cover
10:13 Tail Light Install
11:41 Finished Look 
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Best looking hitch so far for the new generation siennas
Incredible video. This should be the only hitch for the car. Thanks for a great video.......
Thank you for your help! This info is exactly what I needed!
Great video! Why would Toyota not use this hitch for their factory-installed option? (For example on the Woodland edition.)
Super useful video, thank you for doing this for us.
loving it
Great job and thank you.
This is a nice clean hitch. The factory hitch is very ugly. Thanks for the video.
Good Golly ! That's alot to take apart! Kind of hate to do this with a newer vehicle. I guess it's doable if you're good at the memory game! Thanks for the video.
lol, it was a lot!
Exactly what I was thinking!
Cereal... first new car for me, paid cash and then some over msrp for a 23 platinum..... but I and only me, maybe my son will mess with it like this so early in her life.
Thx a lot for this video ❤️👍 Very useful . I would buy beer 🍺 or wissky for your !❤️👍👍👍
I bought my hitch over 6 months ago , i was waiting for video like u done because original installation instruction ---- suck
Excelente
Best trailer hitch for Sienna I ever seen.
Waiting for my new Sienna to arrive some time by end of this year. Where you located? Can you install the same one for me?
Let me add one point, the van shown in this video came from factory with no donut spare tire or spare tire bracket. The procedure will be slightly different in case the van comes with OEM spare tire. Newer Siennas (all trims) accept donut spare tire, 2WD or AWD. It's $75 factory option.
Nice and thanks for the video. I think this is a LE. What will happen with the sensor in a XLE trim?
Where is your shop based out of? I love this hitch but not interested in installing it myself. I have been looking at the the Curt III hitch, it just hands so low, this one looks like its a little higher.
does this mean the woodland edition hitch from the factory will prevent the kick sensor not to work for the rear hatch?
Great video, is it necessary to remove the back tires? Thanks
Can this work on a 2023 Braun mobility convention van?
It probably helps to separate the nuts and and bolts by vehicle location as they may have different sizes.
Hi @5:07 what is the dimension of the bolt ?
honestly, for wiring, just get the toyota OEM converter. its a single plug, no touching the wires at all. toyota part PK96008B03 for the 2021 and 2022 sienna's. it comes with a grommet, and a plug and play setup without any cutting or splicing.
…..See “Car care nut” RUclips channel , he shows you how to put in OEM wire harness.
Cannot agree more, it honestly took 15 minutes to install the OEM harness, including drilling a hole on the interior panel to put the rubber grommet in (that way I just plug in my 4-pin on the inside and run a 6’ extension out the back door so everything is on the interior). I was so relieved a bit the bullet and got it once I saw that it’s literally pre-wired for the OEM harness, including studs for mounting it.
How much is that run for?
@@phuong539$150-$200
You need 2 parts from Toyota. The hitch wire and the converter for proper install. Super clean though.
How much is this installation?
Excellent final results. But too much of manual intervention to make it worthwhile for a DIY-er
What was the light adapter you bought here?
www.etrailer.com/Trailer-Wiring/Toyota/Sienna/2021/TK69FR.html?vehicleid=20216003149
@5:17 is that an 8th seat and where is the part number????😮
Can I do all this without removing the wheels?
Yeah, I don't think leaving them on would change much
1x(10/24/22)….4:30..cbif….Thanks finish later
How do you reinstall the kick-sensor?
I ran into the same problem. I ended up just removing it completely.
This car did not have it. The manual says to move it back up 2 inch and drill new holes for it on the other side of the sensor, was quite simple.
I doube our Sienna's power to towing something, it's weak
Will this hitch work for the bumper with backup sensors too?
I would double check on the website included in the video description, but I believe it does accommodate sensors.
If you are installing the 4-pin harness and using the factory connector, why don't you use the Toyota OEM trailer harness? It will cost a bit more but I think it is well worth the extra money you paid for it. Unless you are going to install the 5-pin or 7-pin connector, then you will have to cut/connect wires and the factory harness will be no good. I installed a Curt hitch receiver with the Toyota harness and it comes with the rubber hole plug/seal so you will not need to cut a hole to feed the wire through.
hi Joe, any issue with the Curt receiver ground clearance? It looks easy enough to install vs. removing the back lights and panel, cutting it to fit the hitch on a brand new van. Does the kick sensor still work ok?
How's the crash/safety rating of this hitch bumper compared to the OEM bumper
I'm not sure what it would be, but it definitely seems more substantial. It's steel instead of aluminum and bolts to the frame in more locations than the OEM bumper.
@@MasterJacks It's supposed to do a controlled crush in case of an impact. Substantial is not a desirable feature for that part. That along with cutting the bumper cover means I will definitely not be using this one when I get my Sienna next year. The fact they included 3/4" bolts when all bolts on cars have been metric for decades is just pathetic to me.
Most of the time you get hit from behind if you have a hitch it saves your rear end.(bumper only) From experience. As opposed to not having a hitch for obvious reasons the hitch acts as the first point of impact. The other thing is between the steel and aluminum steel will win.aluminium is lighter though. So you killing two birds with one stone this way. Look at most images of rear end collision that part is just reinforcement. There is lots of crumble points after that coming inwards on the unibody frame to take impact depending on severity. At impact aluminum doesn't bend that well especially thick hard aluminum like this it just cracks or shutter with sudden impact. Which material is easier to drill steel or aluminum.
Steel projectile when it tears away from the rest of the vehicle. When you change the design of something, it would be best not to over build something that is engineered to fail and deform to the crash rather tear loose and become a steel missile with you ahead of it.
@@Recapolythor999 dude you are overthinking. This is at the rear of the vehicle. It's good for rear end collision if someone rear ends you.or hits you from the back. Come on now. It has the strength to pull 4000 pounds and stop the same because it's a hitch rated for the same and at impact(accident) it's going to do just fine. It's just a reinforcement even in the original form(aluminium) your imagination of this piece dislodging from the frame is exaggerated. If it was being replaced by a weaker piece of metal I would understand where you're coming from. But this is literally the same in strength or better. The downside is its heavier and it's not the same shape and size therefore there's an emptiness in between the pieces. There's usually a styrofoam shaped piece that's wedged between the aluminium and bumper cover. Do a little more research I been flipping cars for a living so am not just imagining things. Crash tests put different scenarios at play and they're worried about the safety of the people inside and how much cushion is provided.when things go wrong they go wrong u can't do anything about. So stop worrying about this kind of stuff. What's you thoughts on deer guard?
What are the specs? Max tongue weight? Tow weight? Etc?
525 tongue and I believe 3500 towing just click the link for the hitch and you'll see it
I would put a metal bumper back on
Screw plastic
Hi how are
Do you speak Spanish
A question how I’m can order the hitch for 2021 Toyota Sienna??
Here is the link where you can buy it. Maybe you can find it other places too with the same part number 🤷♂️
torkliftcentral.com/available-online/2021-toyota-sienna-featured-stainless-steel-rust-free-trailer-hitch-receiver
What model is this hitch
EcoHitch X7422S
torkliftcentral.com/available-online/2021-toyota-sienna-featured-stainless-steel-rust-free-trailer-hitch-receiver#
hey can I get the link the one you get there is not the one 🙈
Are you looking for a link to the bumper or the lighting harness?
torkliftcentral.com/2021-toyota-sienna-featured-stainless-steel-rust-free-trailer-hitch-receiver
Who does this installation for people that don't have time or skills to do install ?
And does this hitch interfere if you add a aftermarket bumper to the back for adding protection
I love that we compromise the safety of the van by putting an aftermarket steel bumper for the engineered O.E.M. tested designed one from Toyota, maybe why I ended up with the factory hitch and didn't install the eco-hitch one.
Most of the time you get hit from behind if you have a hitch it saves your rear end.(bumper only) From experience. As opposed to not having a hitch for obvious reasons the hitch acts as the first point of impact. The other thing is between the steel and aluminum steel will win.aluminium is lighter though. So you killing two birds with one stone this way. Look at most images of rear end collision that part is just reinforcement. There is lots of crumble points after that coming inwards on the unibody frame to take impact depending on severity. At impact aluminum doesn't bend that well especially thick hard aluminum like this it just cracks or shutter with sudden impact. Which material is easier to drill steel or aluminum.
@@maxiest200508 so the designed and engineered way it has been made from factory was flawed and a wielder knew better than a professional design team, then ran through tests and safety issues. Verses what you have to do to make this fit. Ok 👍
That hollow aluminum bar is designed to crush for low speed accidents like minor fender benders. You’ll definitely transfer more energy with steel tubing there as its much stronger, and mounts to the same location as the OEM one. But so will the OEM. One can argue in a moderate speed collision a reinforced tube steel may prevent a vehicle from pushing farther into the cargo and 3rd row too.
Look at the rear crash test videos of minivans, 1) You notice none have hitches 2)the entire rear end crumbles. I don’t mind having a thick steel tube closer to where another vehicle’s bumper will impact.
Anybody install near Los angles area?
Beautiful result but what a lot of work/hassle compared to the uglier one. But you really should keep the electrical connector inside the car and safe from the weather and road and just let the rear door close over it when you have a trailer attached.
Omg I wish I knew this receiver. Mine from Amazon has this ugly bar sticking out. But this is too much work for me...
Way too much work
Yah no.
I wonder if it is possible to upgrade a Toyota Sienna hybrid to a plug-in hybrid with a more powerful battery, what do you think?
….Don’t know why Toyota isn’t doing this already. I would buy it
NOPE
Will it void the warranty?