Just bought aftermarket ANCO blades for my 06 F150 and new 2008 ESCAPE.
Both take 20" according to the manuals.
Been using these for 10 yrs on many F150s, but the arm on the ESCAPE doesnt have the 90 degree loop...you have to push tabs on both sides of the ESCAPE summer blades to remove them.

None of the adaptors seem to work to make the winter blade mount on the ESCAPE (oddball shaped) wiper arm.

So are these not interchangeable or do I need a special adaptor or a proprietary FORD blade on the ESCAPE?

 

most wiper blades come with the adaptors in the package. maybe you got a bad package?

 

Might want to go back to where you bought them and look at another box.

 

I went to another aftermarket store and they didn't have anything that would fit. Did some research on Internet and found some complaints about it. Can this be true? Ford made a 2008 truck with an oddball wiper arm and nothing else will fit?
What do you guys think of this clip:
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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.

 

can you throw up some pictures of the wiper arm? I can't picture what you are talking about

 

a wiper arm from another vehicle must be able fit on there.maybe try a 07, or 09 escape arm.take one of the arms off and drag it into the local parts store and compare to other arms untill you get one that is close

 

I just put a set of rain x one's on my '08 Escape, but don't buy those cause they suck.

 

Sorry but camera is on the fritz so no photos. The blade has 2 plastic tabs instead of the 90-180degree standard loop receptacle. Sounds crazy they would implement a proprietary blade for just one year, but nothing off the shelf fits it!