Wiper problems of the 2008 Ford Escape

I shut my back hatch lightly being it is not hard to shut went to walk away and my glass exploded. Glass was everywhere in the car and as far as 3 feet behind the car. I had glass in my hair. I'm just glad it happened after I turned around. It was raining and a little chilly but not cold.

Tl the contact owns a 2008 Ford Escape. When the contact entered the vehicle and closed the front passenger door, the front passenger window slid down into the door and could not be raised. There were no warning indicators illuminated. The failure occurred four times on the front driver's side window, six times on the front passenger window, twice on the rear passenger window, and once on the rear driver's side window. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic each time to have the failures repaired. The contact called town east Ford (located at 18411 lyndon b johnson fwy, mesquite, TX 75150,(972) 584-9140) and informed them of the failures. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired by the dealer. The manufacturer was notified. The failure mileage was 150,000.

Car was stationary, parked in a parking lot. Rear tailgate glass was open, tailgate itself was closed. I was loading groceries into the car when the rear window glass exploded. I wasn't in the process of closing the glass. I did not see or hear anything hit the window.

Three out of four windows have failed due to regulaters. When auto shops were asked about the problem, the reply was that it is a common problem. Repairs range from two hundred to six hundred dollars. It would seem that the factory would address a problem as common as this. Two windows came down while driving and one while parked.

In the last 12 months 3 of the 4 electric windows in my wife's Ford Escape have fallen into the door due to the regulators failing. I find it hard to believe that a recall for this equipment problem has not been called. In 2 of the incidents, the windows fell while being parked in a business parking lot which could've made the vehicle open to theft.

The contact owns a 2008 Ford Escape. The contact stated that abnormal fumes emitted into the interior of the vehicle when the air conditioning unit was activated. The vehicle was taken to a private mechanic. The manufacturer was not contacted. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure mileage was 80,000 and the current mileage was 83,000.

I have a 2008 Ford Escape. The problem concerns the wipers. Each time it has snowed and we have needed to drive in it, snow and ice builds up on the middle 2/3rds of the blade lifting it enough so the blade does not make contact and clean the windshield. I called the dealership where we purchased the vehicle and asked for "winter blades", I was told that was not available, I then asked if they could put different arms on our vehicle so it could accept "regular" wipers, I was again told no. The wiper is called a contour wiper and what both the dealership and Ford motor consumer line have told me, there is no other wiper arm or blade that will fit this vehicle. Ok, now the danger factor arises when driving in snowy conditions, the blade looses contact with the windshield, hence the windshield builds up snow and ice and visibility is near zero. The only way to clean it is to stop, no matter where you are and clean it, and this is not easy on a very busy highway, problem is, when you lose visibility, you have no choice but to stop wherever you are. The design is so poor and I can not believe in any testing that this did not arise. And to design and put such a limited availability product on a vehicle that causes such a dangerous condition is totally unacceptable. They do not have a single option for a consumer to replace these wipers except with the exact same dangerous product. I would like to know how I may get Ford to take a return on this vehicle or to replace this wiper. Thanks.

2008 Ford Escape - windshield wipers. The 2008 model Escape utilizes a new "springless" wiper design. The Ford edge and taurus also use the same wiper design for 2008. The design does not place enough downward pressure on the windshield to allow for consistent contact leaving large areas completely missed by the blade. I've noticed this to be more problematic in cold weather, which may be a result of the blade material stiffening allowing for curved blade to not flex and lie flat against the windshield surface. I've contacted Ford and the dealer, and Ford does not make a winter blade for this vehicle. After market blades are also not an option because the connection between the blade arm and blade only supports the Ford stock wipers. Ford also does not currently offer an optional blade arm for this vehicle that would utilize a different connector. With the wipers consistently missing sections of the windshield, the driver's field of view becomes limited presenting an unsafe driving condition. Replacing the blades with the same exact design of blade will not correct the design problem.