CURT 13315 Class 3 Trailer Hitch, 2-Inch Receiver, Fits Select Mazda CX-5

Unlike others, the box the hitch came in was relatively unmanaged, and the hitch was in good shape inside. It’s stout, and once attached fits perfectly under the bumper of my 2023 cx5.Install as others have mentioned can be tricky. I watched many videos and read a lot of the reviews here. Here’s my 2 cents on the install:If you have a lift or ramps, it will make your life easier for sure. Others reported doing it without ramps so I installed it from the ground. It’s a lot more awkward trying to angle and lift the hitch into place and under the bumper fascia with the small clearance from the ground with the exhaust lowered.Get a friend to help. While you can get creative and put it on yourself, even with my wife helping, we struggled a bit on the alignment of the hitch and getting the first bolts started with the two of us. Would be a lot harder just myself. I ended up using Jack stands to help support the hitch during this part of the install.Use packing tape for the washers as suggested in the videos. I read in one review where superglue was used and almost went that route. The hole in the washers is smaller than that on the hitch itself, and the tape allows a little bit of flex/movement in the washers to help finagle pulling the bolt through with the fish wire. I think having a truely fixed washer ups the chances of struggling getting both front and rear bolts to line up unless you get lucky on exactly where you glued the washer on.Overall, very doable diy, but there was some frustration and cursing during the install. The hitch is great, used it this weekend for my bike carrier! I plan to go back in a few weeks to make sure the bolts are still properly torqued down.

Perfect design very will built fits perfectly, install was straight forward and super easy.

This fit perfect my Mazda CX-5 2023. Was installed at a U-Haul in less than 30 min.

This is an excellent hitch that is easy install. Very well built and I feel confident in the capacity ratings. We used this primarily for bike racks and ocassional towing of a CT90 on dirtbike rack. With our new CX-5 (added AWD) it was a no brainer to purchase the same hitch and install it. We continue to use this regularly for bikes, dirtbikes, mopeds, and last summer even towed a small ski boat comfortably. My brother was so impressed he also purchased the hitch for his wife's CX-5. The hitch is tucked up and out of the way without requiring any cutting or modifications to the car. I'm very happy with the installation. Install time is less than an hour if you know what you're doing.Purchased this with:CURT 56377 for plug and play wiring harness https://amzn.to/3S2Yii9 (see my review how to easily wire to rear 12v outlet for temporary use)CURT 21510 hitch pin https://amzn.to/3XYrBq8 I like the rubber coating to prevent chipping of the hitch safety chain rings.

The dealer wanted to charge me over $400 plus labor to install a hitch on my Mazda CX-5. So I just casually looked to see if I could find one cheaper and maybe pay someone else to install it. After reading reviews, I settled on this one. After ordering, I started watching videos and realized I could install it myself. The fish wire included with this made install a breeze! Definitely a hack I'll use in future. My husband and I installed this in roughly 45 minutes. The hardest part of the task was us arguing about how to slide it in to seat it (turns out I was right, he was wrong, so we had to pull it back and reseat it lol). Everyone said it was hard to pull out the exhaust hangars, it wasn't. Pop them out using a screwdriver to pry them with a little effort. He held it in place, I installed and torqued all the hardware. Popped the exhaust back on. It was too easy. The packaging was damaged and torn when it arrived as others have mentioned, but the hitch itself was not damaged. Save yourself some money and do it yourself. I have hauled the bike rack, a store rack that I have, and a small kayak trailer. I couldn't be happier, or prouder of the hundreds of dollars I saved for a great quality and highly rated product.

Solid construction. This hitch fits well on my Mazda 2019 CX-5. Does exactly what it’s supposed to do. I took a star off because the installation was a real chore. You have to lower the muffler which was a serious pain. The instructions said this would take like twenty minutes to install. This may be true if you have all of the necessary tools handy, but I didn’t, so this may be my fault. Anyway, a helpful tool to have would be the exhaust remover wrench/pliers. Everything else you probably have. Overall though, I’m very satisfied with this hitch. Well built! I would purchase this again. My only complaint is twenty minutes to install is only possible under ideal conditions: all necessary AND SPECIFIC tools ready, high lift car jack, etc. Otherwise, without these, it may take closer to an hour or more to manipulate things. It’s also very heavy and awkward so an extra set of hands is highly recommended!

Curt Manufacturing Class III 2” receiver hitch for 2021 Mazda CX-5 fit perfectly. Hitch arrived on time, good condition, and all hardware included.Curt online video was very good at detailing steps to follow. Will reiterate what others share: 1) tape the washers in place and 2) get help from one other person to place hitch. I tried to go solo and “may” have eventually succeeded but once i got help installation was 3x easier.