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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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
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.
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?
I installed the Ecohitch on my 2021 Sienna with wheels on just this afternoon. Only difference is mine has the spare tire, which I think made the job a little easier. Great video by the way; very helpful!
no, what a silly question. if you get rear ended, it's totaled anyways why would warranty care about it. most important warranty is Engine/Transmission/battery, it touches none of this.
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.
I'm wondering what that was as well. It's an LE he's working on, which has an 8 seat version unlike other trim levels, so I'm guessing that spot is just where people store the 8th seat when not in use. I don't believe there's a place to install an 8th seat on other trim lines, but I'd love to learn that you could.
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?
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
