etrailer | Beginner’s Guide to Installing the Curt Trailer Hitch Receiver on a 2017 Hyundai Elantra
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Today on our 2017 Hyundai Elantra, we're taking a look at installing a Curt Trailer Hitch Receiver Class I, part number C11424. Here's what it looks like once it's installed. You can see this nice round tubular design. It fits up faily close to the bottom side of our rear fascia. It's got some nice safety chain loops that's going to accommodate most of your safety chains. This is going to be our Class I hitch, so it's going to have a 1/2 inch hitch pin hole.
It's designed to have 200 pounds of tongue weight, which is our downward force, and 2000 pounds of towing weight. You want to make sure that your vehicle is rated to hold that amount of rate. You can check with your manufacturer or your auto manual. This is going to be a bolt-on design, no drilling required. Our hitch does come with this hitch pin and clip. We'll go ahead and do some measurements that's going to help you in selecting your accessories such as a bike rack or a cargo carrier. From the center of the hitch pin hole to the outermost part of the bumper is going to be about 4-1/2 inches.
From the ground to the inside of the top of the receiver tube, it's going to be about 10-1/4 inches. To begin our install, we need to remove this plastic panel here on the driver's side. It's going to have three clips or pushpins we're going to have to remove. We'll just take a flatblade screwdriver or a panel tool, pry in between and take them out. There's also going to be a couple of 10 mm nuts. We'll have one here, one here and there's going to be two more in the back side here.
We'll remove this panel. For later re-installation, we're going to have to put a notch in it so it will fit around our new hitch. Now on the back side of our bumper attachment here, we're going to have two 14 mm headed bolts. We have one on this side and one on this side. We're going to remove those two. We'll do this for both sides.
Then we're going to slide our hitch up into place and we'll install the new supplied hardware. We have this 3/8-inch U-bolt that's going to sit over the factory tow hook. Then we'll have some nuts and washers that will go on the bottom side there as well. When we've got that sitting in place, we can take our hitch and slide it into position and install it with our 10 mm hardware. Once we have all four of the bolts going into the back side here, two on each side, we're going to run those down and snug them up. Our U-bolt here is going to take a 3/8-inch flat washer and then a 3/8-inch nut. Now we'll take a 14 mm socket and we can snug these up as well. You want to make sure you tighten these evenly so it will sit nice and flush. Now we're going to go ahead and torque these down to specifications that are in our instructions. Once we've torqued all four bolts on the back side of our bumper, we can come down to our U-bolt here and we'll torque that to specifications as well. You want to go back and forth so you have it even. Now it's entirely up to you if you want to reinstall this plastic shield here. If you do, you're going to have to cut a notch in it. We've gone ahead and held it up in place. We've figured out we're going to have to cut out a slice there and we can slide it in from the back side and reattach it. We're going to take a pair of tin snips or you can use a sharp razor knife. We're just going to cut it out and then we can test fit it into place. We'll reinstall our nuts and our clips. That's going to do it for our look at and install of the Curt Trailer Hitch Receiver Class I, part C11424, on our 2017 Hyundai Elantra.
Do you think I can run a small pressure washing business with this attachment if I buy a small trailer?
In the owner's manual, Hyundai doesn't recommend towing with the 2017 Elantra. They do not list a towing capacity. However, doing a Google search on the capacity brings a result of 750 lbs. In either event, even though the hitch has a 2000 lb towing capacity, you'll be limited by the actual capacity of the vehicle itself which is either zero or 750 lbs. We recommend contacting your local Hyundai dealer for clarification.
www.etrailer.com/Trailer-Hitch/CURT/C11424.html
@@etrailer thanks I appreciate, I have a 2018
You're very welcome! The 2018 owner's manual makes zero mention of trailer towing, so the assumption would be that Hyundai prohibits towing with the 2018 model, as well. Your dealer might have more info/input...
@@etrailer thanks you for all your knowledge 🏆
@@95RichTnf You're very welcome, we're happy to help!
I need this but class 3 to carry a sport bike that weighs 400 pounds plus the carrier equipment is another 100. I need one 2" able to support at least 600 pounds downforce for a 2018 Hyundai Elantra. Is there anywhere to find it?
None of our hitch suppliers offer a class III hitch for a Hyundai Elantra. Your best bet would be to use a small trailer to transport your bike. Unfortunately, even if a Class III was available, the structure of the vehicle where the hitch attaches very likely wouldn't be able to support the kind of weight you're talking about.
Please I need to know how much weight can it hold. Im not using a trailer I'm using a carrier
The Curt # C11424 has a 200 lb tongue weight capacity, which means that the weight of your carrier and what's loaded on it cannot exceed 200 lbs.
www.etrailer.com/tv-install-trailer-hitch-2017-hyundai-elantra-c11424.aspx
Will this get in the way of them changing my oil, or should I just buy lifetime oil before doing this so I'm good?
Are you dumb? Its installed in the rear.
@@Ultimate007Trini bro idk where the oil goes, I'm just guessing it's with the fuel since those are where the liquids go
That's a joke ..right?
Will this fit on 2017 sport? The bumper is different
The Cranemeister I have the same question just picked up one last month and woukd like to put a tow hitch on mine.
Most likely no, 2017 Sport have tow screw accesses instead of hook, that is welded on the driver's side frame end. Unfortunately, we are all nicely screwed by hitch makers and seams like they don't care much too. I've purchased/returned another brand from Etrailer - DrawTite PN 24939, a hidden hitch receiver that was listed as good fit for 2017 sport frame on their web page. Yep, that was wrong info.
Got a hitch installed from U-Haul today and they removed the panel from the driver side and the heat shield. My car now has a very slight rattle from the exhaust. What would you/you all recommend I do to fix the rattle?
Call them & tell them to fix it since they caused it.
@@Zaptosis I ended up taking it back the next day and they were able to fix the problem.
@@Ivan_Luna.mp4 That's awesome! Glad to hear it worked out.
I have the same car, how many pounds of torque the screws need?
If you click this link, you can see the torque values listed in the instructions. We don't publish or mention specific torque values, because the hitch manufacturer can change the hardware over time.
www.etrailer.com/instructions.aspx?pn=C11424
Do you have dealers that do install?
We do the installs at our shop in Wentzville, MO. You can purchase the product from us and contact a local shop to see if they could install it for you.
www.etrailer.com/Trailer-Hitch/Curt/C11424.html
I have a 2018 Elantra will this particular hitch handle towing a hot dog cart?
You will need to know the weight of the trailer. You will be fine as long as you don't exceed the capacities of the vehicle or the capacities of the hitch.
www.etrailer.com/Trailer-Hitch/Curt/C11424.html
Any updates?
Dam car is missing the tow hitch!