$810 For Factory Trailer Hitch Receiver

[Billy]

I just got a text from the dealer that I bought my Maverick from. $810 for a trailer hitch receiver and wiring, installed (plus tax). I was told when I ordered that it would delay delivery ($100 I think that it was). Does anyone know where I can get one, and install it myself? Or probably just wait until someone does make them.

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[Mike]

Good info in here

https://www.mavericktruckclub.com/forum/threads/hitch-receiver-installation-difficulties.11881/

Ford should have made this easier

ignore these guys. They’re like roaches in threads like this

 

[jtpc2021]

On the bright side, you can use your ford points, so it would actually be $600.

 

[Mike]

Hitch could be welded to crash bar possibly and hotwire the harness but I’d take it to a good hitch place if you want to go that route. Much cheaper than $800

https://www.mavericktruckclub.com/forum/threads/hitch-receiver-come-on-already.9249/page-6

 

[bbhaag]

Makes that $100 option seem like a steel doesn't it? To bad you cheeped out and listened to your dealer. Don't feel bad you're not the only one.

 

[Mymaverick2021]

I just got a text from the dealer that I bought my Maverick from. $810 for a trailer hitch receiver and wiring, installed (plus tax). I was told when I ordered that it would delay delivery ($100 I think that it was). Does anyone know where I can get one, and install it myself? Or probably just wait until someone does make them.

The hitch alone is $305 no wiring harness O and you'll have to find an Auto electrician that can wire it up so as not to void the warranty Long story short just bite the bullet and have the dealer install

 

[OleFordGuy]

What a crock of crap, a $100.00 factory costing $810.00 at the dealer and all due to ford/dealers encouraging customers to remove the option due to constraints

 

[thevol]

Thats more than the 4k option

 

[Mike]

Thats more than the 4k option

I got the 4K but if I was in this situation and didn't want to hotwire, I'd use a wireless solution temporarily until aftermarket figures it out. I haven't seen the wiring but I'll bet Ford will eventually correct this on newer models so you can plug and play. Stupid on a truck that its this difficult

 

[Mike]

Lol. Go away Troll

 

[TSAINTS1115]

OUTRAGE!

 

[Deleted member 5597]

Here’s what I just went through with an XL hybrid I picked up at a dealer after a customer canceled his order. The XL he ordered don’t have a hitch. It had almost everything else I wanted. My order I placed on 19 October with the Lux pkg and CP360 may not even get built this model year with all the constraints on packages, accessories, and parts which includes the shortage of chips. I refuse to remove anything, so I got extremely lucky to pick up this XL on 27 January.

I ordered the OEM crash bar with the receiver on it from Ford for $305. I took the truck to have it installed at a shop that specializes in installing hitches and harnesses, only to find out there’s no wiring harness nor pigtail on the truck at all to plug into. I paid $100 for the crash bar installation, and proceeded to speak to the shop foreman at the local Ford dealer. He printed schematics of the truck, went outside, opened my hood to check the fuse box, and sure enough, no fuses and connectors in the well for the harness. He got under the truck and confirmed that there isn’t a wiring harness.

Another member here ordered a wiring harness for a Bronco Sport and installed it himself. There are pigtails to plug into the rear lights, and the harness has a direct wire to the battery and its own fuse box. When he installed it, he had to switch the red and brown wires on the harness, and he got it to work.

I bought a Curt Bronco Sport wiring harness and went back to the trailer shop where I had the crash bar installed. I told him what I mentioned above, and showed him a picture. Within an hour, the harness was installed and now I have lights.

So, $305 for the hitch bar, $100 to install it, $108 for the wiring harness, and $175 to install it. $688 total.

Yes, way more expensive than $100, but keep in mind, this was an XL I picked up that a customer couldn’t take delivery on. Plus, I sure wasn’t going to wait around to who knows when for my hybrid XLT to be built. And lastly, I couldn’t go w/o the hitch and lights, as I make raised bed garden boxes and deliver them to customers using my 5’ x 8’ utility trailer.

 

[Johnkn]

^^ so ~$413 in parts...

Sounds reasonable.....


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