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- One of the most popular sport-utility vehicles in automotive history, the Ford Explorer elbowed millions of station wagons out of American driveways throughout the 1990s. Initially introducing it in 1991, Ford redesigned the Explorer for 1995, making that model year the first of the "second generation" Explorers. Despite the passage of time, rising fuel costs and Ford's continuing introduction of new and improved models, millions of 1995 Explorers remain on the road today.
- Although Ford would introduce a V8 in the Explorer in 1996, the 1995 model offered only one engine: a 4.0-liter pushrod V6 manufactured in Germany that produced 160 horsepower and enabled the Explorer to reach 60 miles per hour in 10.5 seconds. This power passed through either a four-speed automatic transmission or a Mazda five-speed manual. Fuel economy varied based on the transmission and whether or not the vehicle had four-wheel drive. A four-wheel drive, automatic Explorer returned 15 mpg in the city and 19 on the highway, while a two-wheel drive equipped with the Mazda five-speed manual showed 18 in the city and 23 on the highway.
- The 4.0-liter V6 took five quarts of oil, four quarts without a filter change. A full transmission fluid change on the five-speed automatic required ten quarts of automatic transmission fluid (ATF), while the Mazda five-speed manual took only 5.6 pints. The front differential held 3.5 pints of fluid, the rear differential held 5.5 pints and the transfer case held 2.5 pints. Although the 1995 Explorer returned truck-like fuel economy, all models came equipped with a 19.3-gallon gasoline tank.
- Proper maintenance is the key to keeping an older vehicle like the 1995 Explorer on the road. Explorerforum.com, a website dedicated to Ford Explorers and Explorer enthusiasts, recommends changing the motor oil at 3,000 mile intervals for severe service conditions, along with a chassis lube at the same time. Under regular service conditions, Edmunds.com recommends changing the oil at 5,000-mile intervals, with coolant (antifreeze) changes coming at 45,000 miles and automatic transmission fluid changes at 30,000 miles. Owners should change transfer case fluid at 30,000 miles as well. Under normal service conditions, air filters should be replaced at the same interval as transmission and transfer case fluids. Spark plug replacement intervals depend on the brand and type of spark plug used.
- The 1995 Ford Explorer came in XL, Sport, XLT, Eddie Bauer, Expedition and Limited trim levels, each of which implied different standard equipment and options. The two-door, two-wheel drive, manual XL constituted the entry level for the Explorer line, which topped out at the four-door, four-wheel drive, automatic Limited. The wide variety of trim levels offered on the Explorer for 1995 made it an attractive option to an equally wide variety of consumers.
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