I am constantly cleaning the rear window (actually, most of the cargo door), as it seems that my escape is like a road vacuum cleaner. There must be a lot of vorticies, and this pressure decrease allows the road dirt to be "sucked up" and then cover the rear of the car.

Is there a way to prevent this? (Ya, I know, live in a totally rainless place!) Does Ford offer a spoiler?

Also, this would indicate to me that there is lots of air drag. If the flow profile were improved, the escape would get much better road mileage.

I get the dirt too and it rains here all the time.....Ford does offer a spolier, which claims to help keep the rear window clear, but I have not seen any proof of that. Defelct-a-sheild makes one too. Search on E-bay for Escape and Spoiler and you should get some hits.

Chris Brown

I live on a dirt road and a lot of mine comes off our big tires. Some have found that at least rear flaps help to hold down the spew.

Mike Maline - Sdctcher
2005 Ford Escape Hybrid Owner
California School Teacher

Hmm. I'd be interested if anyone knows about air drag. Will adding a spoiler reduce air drag and give better FE?

Mike Kinnell
Sonic Blue FEH AWD
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