Has anyone added a towing hitch after?

[Rockslide]

From what I have heard, retail pricing on the "kit" to add the hitch/electrics is ~$2,000 for those without the NATO plug, and ~$3,000 with the NATO plug.

I haven't confirmed this directly with the parts in my hand, but from what I've been told the "kit" is the hitch itself, the trailer control module (this provides all the light outputs as well as interfaces with the rest of the vehicle to automatically turn off rear parking sensors, modify the ABS and stability programming, etc when a trailer is detected), and the complete wiring harness to/through the rear bumper. That harness includes the rear parking sensor wires, trailer connection wiring, and, if optioned, the NATO plug wiring from the interior to the exterior.

An enterprising individual could absolutely purchase the cheaper kit and transfer over the NATO plug wiring form their current bumper harness.

This doesn't include labor, if I were to take a complete guess in the dark, I'd assume 3-5 hours for the install as it also involves some control module recoding to tell the rest of the vehicle that there is now a trailer module in place.

All the above information is specific to MY24/24.2 North American vehicles

Interesting info, thanks. So, if one has the Nato outlet and not the hitch option, is the Nato plug not wired from the factory? I’m more interested in the Nato outlet than the actual hitch at the moment. I’m thinking of adding a ARB to the Nato outlet.

 

[anand]

Interesting info, thanks. So, if one has the Nato outlet and not the hitch option, is the Nato plug not wired from the factory? I’m more interested in the Nato outlet than the actual hitch at the moment. I’m thinking of adding a ARB to the Nato outlet.

NATO and hitch are separate options.

If you have the High amp switch panel (and thus the NATO plug) with or without the hitch the NATO plug works in the same manner.

When you are adding the hitch after production, the wiring harness that you must buy is one piece with the NATO plug wiring (if you have that option), thus the price difference