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2004 Ford Escape wipers, windshield & visibility problems

17 complaints about wipers, windshield & visibility have been filed for the 2004 Ford Escape, which is 2% of all its NHTSA complaints.

At a glance

Complaints
17 2% of this year's complaints
Typical mileage
67,000 miles 16 complaints with mileage
Crashes and fires
0 and 0
Injuries and deaths
0 and 0

Source: NHTSA owner complaints

When wipers, windshield & visibility problems show up

Wipers, windshield & visibility complaints by mileage, 2004 Ford Escape Complaints by odometer reading in 20,000-mile steps. The median is about 67,000 miles. 0k to 20k miles: 3 complaints 20k to 40k miles: 1 complaints 40k to 60k miles: 3 complaints 60k to 80k miles: 3 complaints 80k to 100k miles: 3 complaints 100k to 120k miles: 0 complaints 120k to 140k miles: 2 complaints 140k to 160k miles: 0 complaints 160k to 180k miles: 1 complaints 180k to 200k miles: 0 complaints 200k+ miles: 0 complaints 040k80k120k160k200k miles Typical: 67,000 miles
Based on 16 complaints that include mileage. 44% were reported before 60,000 miles. The amber marker shows the median: half of these complaints happened before that mileage.
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MileageComplaints
0k to 20k miles3
20k to 40k miles1
40k to 60k miles3
60k to 80k miles3
80k to 100k miles3
100k to 120k miles0
120k to 140k miles2
140k to 160k miles0
160k to 180k miles1
180k to 200k miles0
200k+ miles0

What the data shows

Of the 16 wipers, windshield & visibility complaints that report mileage, the median is about 67,000 miles, and 44% were reported before 60,000 miles.

None of the wipers, windshield & visibility complaints mention a crash, fire, injury or death.

What owners wrote

Windshield of 2004 ford escape suddenly cracked from lower seal up to about 12 inches in length. No evident sign of impact to the glass, vehicle wasn't even on the road when it happened.

Reported at 11,000 miles, October 2004

My wife and I were commuting home when the rear windshield in our 2004 escape shattered on its own; we were traveling approximately 70MPH. We took it to the dealer and they informed us it's not covered under warranty saying, "well...you guys must have hit something or something must have hit it because glass just doesn't shatter like that." upon further insistance that it does, the dealer still refused to repair it under warranty and we can't believe this repair isn't covered (we just passed the 12,000 mile mark).

Reported at 70 miles, February 2005

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