The GV70 Trailer Hitch Discussion

[Cafedelmar]

If I go to the MVG-AHK website I do not see any towbars for Genesis there.
Cafedelmar, do you have a link ?

Auf dem Internet ist hier noch kein Genesis erwähnt, ist zu neu. Hier musst du den Hersteller per Email anfragen. Hier die Link zur Homepage: Anhängerkupplung kaufen direkt vom Hersteller MVG

 

[Danielpaw]

I contacted the company and will report back.

 

[Cafedelmar]

So sieht das dann aus

 

[SnakeEyes]

If anyone is interested, I'm in Atlanta (GA) area and having mine removed next week by the dealer, never used, originally installed by the dealer as well

Is it the wiring and hitch? I am in atl and taking delivery end of October. Need a hitch.

 

[SnakeEyes]

Anyone have a picture of a draw tite hitch on their GV70?

 

[SnakeEyes]

Found one For those interested. Will be putting this on my soon to be delivered GV70 in ATL. Found a reliable installer.

 

[Cafedelmar]

Found one For those interested. Will be putting this on my soon to be delivered GV70 in ATL. Found a reliable installer.

do you think this is nice?

 

[SnakeEyes]

Nope, but have no other choice. The OEM is not much better. Have a boat … need a hitch.

 

[Cafedelmar]

Nope, but have no other choice. The OEM is not much better. Have a boat … need a hitch

Nope, but have no other choice. The OEM is not much better. Have a boat … need a hitch.

Have you seen my trailer hitch?

 

[SnakeEyes]

Yes, but have no idea how to get one like yours let alone find someone to install it. The guy doing draw-tite won’t install an OEM for “liability purposes”.

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[Cafedelmar]

Yes, but have no idea how to get one like yours let alone find someone to install it. The guy doing draw-tite won’t install an OEM for “liability purposes”.

ok, i hope there are other options

 

[nbklo]

I installed OEM hitch by myself in 2 hours. Did not have to jack the car up or drill any holes. Did have to slip the muffler off of the hangers. Just support the 2 exhaust pipes with jack stands, spray the hangers with WD40 use a long screw driver to pry and slid rubber hanger of the bracket. I also had a machine shop cut off that ugly bracket forholding the 7 wire trailer wiring harness because I don't neet a seven wire harness. I will use the hitch mostly for transporting my ebike.

 

[dhuhtala]

I installed OEM hitch by myself in 2 hours. Did not have to jack the car up or drill any holes. Did have to slip the muffler off of the hangers. Just support the 2 exhaust pipes with jack stands, spray the hangers with WD40 use a long screw driver to pry and slid rubber hanger of the bracket. I also had a machine shop cut off that ugly bracket forholding the 7 wire trailer wiring harness because I don't neet a seven wire harness. I will use the hitch mostly for transporting my ebike.

Pics?

 

[SnakeEyes]

Anyone install OEM hitch with wiring harness? I am now thinking OEM looks better than Draw-tite. Appears more hidden. Seems most folks on here are only using the hitch for bikes not boats.

 

[nbklo]

I agree the OEM looks best. Here's some pics.

 

[SnakeEyes]

Thanks for the pics. It doesn’t seem to be as noticeable. Did dealer install or did it come with the car? I don’t see the part attached for the electric plug did you remove it?

 

[nbklo]

I did the install myself. Wasn't difficult. Anyone with basic mechanical skills can do it. I took hitch to a metal shop to cut off the bracket for the electric plug. The hitch is still noticable and ugly but it's the best option we have at this time.

 

[SnakeEyes]

I just picked up our 2023 GV70 3.5T Sport Prestige with a dealer installed trailed hitch. My trade-in was a 2017 MB glc300 which had a class ll trailer hitch. Since the GV70 was also a class ll I thought the ball would be interchangeable but it is not. First the hitch is bigger at 2” versus the gcl300 at 1.25” and calls for same ball size but a bigger ball shank. Does this mean it is NOT a class ll?

 

[SnakeEyes]

New OEM hitch not as bad as I thought. Looking down a few feet away.

 

[albertcoco]

Anyone have any luck sourcing a trailer hitch for the GV70?
There is a site on internet called Genesis Parts and Accessories which happen to sell it for $499.00. With the cable kit, it adds about $50-100, more.