Originally Posted by DrMichaelR

I'm a newbie here but thought I'd provide an answer on the Stealth Hitch fit for a 2022 A6 Allroad. Yes, it does fit, although Stealth has not confirmed and therefore does not (yet) list fit for the 2022 on their website. Richard at Stealth was helpful and indicated he was 90% confident of fit on the 2022. I was not confident in 2 installers nearby in CO who said "no problem", flat fee of $500 to install, but warned me that if it doesn't fit they will charge me the $500 anyway and it's my problem. So I decided to use Stealth's excellent instructions and go at it myself. I had a few challenges, largely because of my inexperience. (1) how hard to pry with pry tools to release clips on the fascia, (2) how to disconnect the left plug from the fascia (did not figure it out so I just swung out the left-connected fascia and rested in on 2 boxes while I worked on the new bits, (3) the fascia support bracket had a cable run through it so I also swung it out of the way while working, (4) had to remove the space saver spare and tools to get to the inside reinforcement beam bolt, (5) cut the heat shield before installing the Stealth hitch frame rather than after as shown in the instructions, (6) cut the heat shield with a Dremel and 456 cutter (slower than a grinder but works), (7) reinserting the fascia was tedious as some of the clips behind the wheel wells need to be in front of the attachment which is hard to see, (8) used black metal-reinforced plastic door edge guard along the heat shield and fascia cut edge to give it a more finished look. No interference issues with the hatch foot sensor at all...works perfectly. Hopefully I can upload a couple of photos of the finished product...sorry I did not take pics during the process...too busy trying to do a decent job. The finished product works as intended, fits. The heat shield and fascia cuts would likely have been a bit straighter and cleaner with an experienced hand, but the edge guard makes up for my lack of experience. Although it took me an entire afternoon rather than the 2 hours Stealth suggests, I'm confident anyone with a little skill can do this and probably within the 2 hours if they have done it before. Would I do again rather than take it to an installer...absolutely. Hope this helps for those of you waiting on a Stealth hitch for your 2022 A6 Allroad.


View from directly underneath. The Stealth latch block touches the fascia cutout. Note the edge guard on the heat shield cut. Cutout allows access to the spring-loaded handle and lock for the receiver latch pin.

View from behind. Latch block is flush with fascia.

With the receiver inserted.

With a 1-Up EquipD bike rack...highly recommended!

Bikes loaded and ready to go!