Yup, and in 2020 the Ford factory is still installing angled down hitch receivers... as I found out with mine just the other day when I test fitted my shackle bracket (I don't tow regularly, but I do have some crap that I drag around the property from time to time).

If I did tow regularly, this would bother me. I have owned a few vehicles in the past with hitch receivers, and they were all level with the plane of the frame, which is how they're supposed to be. With mine angled down as it is now, I can just image how much more that would intensify with 500 lbs on the hitch and another 1,000 lbs worth of gear in the bed.

 

Unless somebody edited their post, I read the thread, and didn't see any mention of leveled or not, hence my comment. No need to be a d*ck. Notice I said if not leveled, then it'd be a tolerance issue. My 100% stock truck has the hitch almost perfectly leveled, meaning the air bubble is touching the line, rather than perfectly in the middle, but being within both lines, makes it officially level IMO. The draw bar looks level when installed. But if leveled, it'd definitely look crooked, hence my comment. Bottom line is if truck is stock, and hitch inclined, it should be replaced under warranty... IF no damage is found.

 

Mine is not angled down, but clockwise. I have a hitch step that clearly is closer to the bumper on the left side. I thought it was the step at first. I spent a lot of time figuring it out.

 

Funny that you should mention that, since as I crawled under my hitch on my new 2020 a couple days ago, I could clearly see that the rear bracket was also cocked a bit counterclockwise on mine, to the point they had to adjust the welding 'style' to make it work with the space they had left on the one side. Probably wouldn't notice it with a regular hitch installed, but I'm sure anything wider like a step would be.

Years ago I worked in a metal fab shop that mass produced not hitches, but things of a relatively similar nature... It is actually very easy to punch out and properly bend a few simple parts with a fair amount of accuracy (machines do all that), throw them in a jig, and blast a few welds on what needs to be welded...

How Ford's supplier can manage to do such a lousy job with these is beyond me.

 

Sorry if you were offended by my post. I was not intending to sound rude. The very first post in that thread talks about how numerous trucks still on the dealer's lot had tilted receivers. Obviously those would not be leveled trucks.

 

Has anyone brought this issue to Ford's twitter accounts? I don't use the service so I've got no idea, but I know it's a good resource for getting companies to address issues.

Don't go there to be an ***... polite posts with facts and sources are what corporate type will listen to. I'm betting most don't report the tilted receivers because they will never use them, and almost all that do don't go beyond the dealership for resolution. Ford may have no idea these tilted receivers are being noticed, and should take steps to get the supplier to align them properly.

 

After waiting close to three months of waiting, I got a call last Monday from the dealership that they were finally able to order a new hitch for my truck and it had been dropped off by FedEx (about a month ago they told me Ford had pulled all the part numbers for F150 hitches from the ordering system- apparently, Ford's corporate offices had gotten the message something was wrong across the entire line). The dealership had even learned from their previous two attempt(s) to replace the original angled replacement hitch because they made sure to check the newest replacement hitch to make sure it was straight and square before they even called me. I dropped the truck off Friday morning first thing and they called me at 4pm to let me know it was done. Lo and behold, this one is good! Hopefully everybody else with the angled hitches can start getting their replaced now, too.