1994 Ford Aerostar XL Sport Extended 4X2 | In-Depth Review | Your Livingroom On Wheels

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For the longest time, since I have been doing this channel, and since I started reviewing older surviving cars, the Aerostar was one of the ones I have been wanting to film for a long time. The sad reality of it is, there just aren't a lot of them around anymore in really nice shape. Rust or fire was the main cause of their extinction, but also they were simply bought and used how they were intended; a family or cargo hauler, and, they slowly dissapeared off the roads. Now, here I am, thanks in part to a post on Facebook's Underappreciated Survivor's Page, that I am here with this Ford Aerostar!
Aerostar production was from 1985-1997 and ran for a single generation, however, conception was mid 70's with Ford Engineers wanting a garageable family van that was smaller in stature than the full-size Econoline, but retained the same built Ford tough idea. With a design freeze established around 1978 with the Ford Carousel concept van, and ultimately ending up on the auto show floor with the Concept Aerostar in 1984.
The first Aerostar rolled off the assembly line on June 15, 1985. Production ran all the way to August 22, 1997, produced solely at the Saint Louis Assembly Plant in Hazlewood, Missouri. The Aerostar Plant produced 2,029,577 vans in total, and ultimately passed the baton to its successor, the Ford Windstar, a full-unibody, front-wheel drive minivan.
Our van was produced in March of 1994.
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Base Price: $17,725
Total Options: $4,108
Destination Charge: $540
Total Price When NEW: $22,373
*Price does NOT reflect current local offers, incentives, rebates or any other deal or sale. Please contact the appropriate dealership if applicable that's listed at the beginning of the video for more information.
Exterior Color: Bimini Blue Metallic/Silver Metallic
Interior Color: Crystal Blue Cloth
Engine: 4.0L Cologne V6
Transmission: 4-Speed Automatic
Optional Equipment Shown on Vehicle:
Preferred Equipment Package 401A - $1,684
-XL Plus Convenience Group
-Privacy Glass
-Electronic Speed Control
-Tilt Wheel
Sport Appearance Package - $735
-Silver Metallic Front/Rear/Side Body Cladding
-Silver Metallic Side Running Board Steps
-Body Color Grille/Headlamp Surround
High-Capacity CFC-Free Air Conditioning - $576
-Rear Seat Fan Speed Control
Elect AM/FM Stereo/CASS/Clock Radio - $195
-Rear Radio Controls
-Audio Headphone Jacks (2) w/Individual Volume Control
-6 Stereo Speakers
Power Convenience Group - $538
-Power Windows
-Power Door Locks
-Dual Remote Power Mirrors
-Aero Sport Foldaway Mirrors
4.0L V6 Engine - $300
Automatic OD Transmission - $750
Electric Rear Window Defroster - $168
Luggage Rack - $143
Deluxe Paint Stripe Delete - ($29)
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@2H2521 11 месяцев назад

This is easily the nicest Aerostar I’ve ever seen, what a beautiful example! I always enjoy seeing the Ford’s of this era with the Sport appearance package too, it’s so 90’s but I love it.

@suomid420 День назад

I miss my 93 Aerostar my parents gave me it for my first vehicle and having that in high school was awesome for carting all my friends around. I even replaced all the speakers and had 4 12 inch subwoofers in it haha with two amps pushing 2000 watts of power. That van was a work of art. I loved it! Great Video!

@woodyvan6047 Год назад

I love this van,, a great ride!

@NeighborhoodCarReviews Год назад

We agree!

@SmokyMTNguy_ 6 месяцев назад

My grandma had one of the extended versions. Hers had red interior and the exterior was red with a lot of add on graphics and upgraded rims. It had factory curtains on the windows lol. I loved traveling with my grandparents in it.

@cesarballadares9317 11 месяцев назад

I had this mini van for 7 years, same color. I bought it in 2005 for $500 with 215,000 miles. It lasted till 2012 with 315,000 miles. It was my work van. Excellent vehicle. Good recollections.

@randallpickens5690 Год назад

We have a 1994 Ford Aerostar XL van which we have owned since 1998. I still drive it while at our summer home. Our kids grew up traveling in it in the summers. I love that the rear seats pull out easily and I can haul various items in it. Since I have owned it, it sits for the school year and is only driven in the summers. In about 1999 we had some troubles with it stopping after stomping on the gas. After stopping at about five Ford dealerships and having different electrical components replaced, with the issue happening again, we took it to an alley mechanic at someone’s recommendation and he shortly diagnosed it at the fuel pump seizing. After the fuel pump replacement, it ran great for many years, until at someone’s recommendation I had the transmission filter and fluid replaced. Not long after, the transmission went out and we had to put about $2000 into the repair. That was about 12 years ago and the Aerostar keeps cruising. After the fuel pump issue, someone recommended putting SeaFoam in the gas tank. I regularly put a can in when I do the last fill up before parking the van for the school year. I also change the oil at that time. I disconnect the battery and nearly every summer after reconnecting the van starts right up after setting for ten months. During the COVID-19 pandemic it sat for 22 months without being operated and still started up fine. I love my little green Aerostar.

@JohnnyDanger36963 11 месяцев назад

Reported for spam!

@LynxStarAuto 10 месяцев назад

@@JohnnyDanger36963? The man is sharing his experience

@JohnnyDanger36963 10 месяцев назад

@@LynxStarAuto he is posting the same comment on every channel several times per channel...its spam,or a bot. REPORTED

@TwistyTrav Год назад

My mom did daycare for 15 years and used this van the entire time. It was the exact same trim & color too! This van was a literal tank & put up with a lot of crap. The amount of kids it managed to transported in that time was crazy. We also used it for family trips & basically everything else. My favorite part growing up was being able to jump between the front & rear seats so easily with the ample space, especially as a kid. It died a very slow death & the final straw was when the throttle cable got stuck after being left to sit all winter long. As we started it up for the first time in 6 months, the throttle cable caused it to overrev & blew the engine instantly. Granted, it probably had over 200,000 miles at that point anyway.

@user-yn6ez7tw4i 11 месяцев назад

Всего 200 000? Почти новый, я года за три столько проезжаю

@philipmcrowsr7528 Год назад

nice video, take good care of it, it's longer lasting than new cars.

@NeighborhoodCarReviews Год назад

Thank you! Sadly, it’s not my van, but I hope whoever bought it treats it as it deserves!

@fordmuscleluis9710 Год назад

Glad you got this classic Ford Aerostar van I enjoyed the video

@JackRusselMan 2 месяца назад

My mom loved the Aerostar she would buy a new one every couple of years. She never really had a problem with them.

@philipmcrowsr7528 Год назад

I guarantee that Pioneer cd player's not stock, but it is a beautiful good condition classic van. the 1994 Ford Aerostar XLT Sport can accelerate from 0-60 in 8 seconds, Carry 2x 2"x12"x8' boards on top of the passenger side seating & has great maneuverability & also makes a good work vehicle, no idea why that wouldn't have door speakers or map pockets, but like I said, it's a beautiful classic.

@NeighborhoodCarReviews Год назад

The aftermarket radio is absolutely not stock. Not even close to the Ford head units used back then. Also, since it’s an XL, it didn’t get the up level door trim like the XLT or Eddie Bauer vehicles did. It’s weird, but that’s what Ford did back then. I was glad to see it in such amazing shape, so I had to jump on the opportunity to film a video of it. It even had the original window sticker in the glovebox! Love these unappreciated survivors!

@CAROLDDISCOVER-FINDER2525 Год назад

Helping you with your algorithm by leaving more comments. All three of my Vans have door pockets at the bottom and at the armrest. They are relatively base models. I think all three of them are the XL or maybe the XLT model. It would be interesting to have one at all wheel drive but I have an Astro van that's all wheel drive. If I remember right all three of my Vans or 1995. I'm sharing information if it helps anybody. I think these are really great vans, my cruise control is a second lever and it's below the turn signal washer switch hear it and it has buttons and turn knob. Now the other one they both are set up like what you have. And none of this is after market. I would suggest you put some kind of steering wheel cover around it

@NeighborhoodCarReviews 11 месяцев назад

Love this! Thank you!

@user-ns7zk5ql3g 9 месяцев назад

I will always love the Ford Aerostars! Much Survivier than any minis made now!!! And more Reliable!!

@CAROLDDISCOVER-FINDER2525 Год назад

You sure called me. I own Three of them even today. Tear them I've owned for around five years and the other one 12 years. Bought them on online auctions. The 3L a great motor. The 4.0 has its problems well documented. But it has been a good fan too. The first one had been my daily driver for years. And I think the most I have on any of these Vans 139,000 MI. Now body-on-frame there's little deceptive. It's more like a unibody construction because it's welded to the body. But they all have been a good van. One report or simply use it for storage and have it loaded down with paintbrushes and things like that so when I go out to maintain my properties. Another one well just has front 2 bucket 🪣 type seats. I actually bought some very high-quality brake parts and rotors and what-have-you and redid the brakes all the way around just very recently. More than what was negative but best way to do it. And I use it to haul my lawn mowers to go and maintain or maybe for camping different things. The first one I bought will I need to do something with it I just leave it set. I guess solid 25 miles to the gallon going down the interstate and if I stay on two-lane roads without stopping go I'll get 28 mi a gallon.

@EnthusiastCarHangar Год назад

The wheels looks so small. I like it. I also liked the Eddie Bauer trim. I had an Eddie Bauer Expedition. See my last video.

@CAROLDDISCOVER-FINDER2525 Год назад

One last comment. You forgot to mention the drawer under the front passenger seat. And also locks and it has a couple of compartment which is a great place to keep the money for your trips although I never use it to that. And a first-aid kit. Now you don't have to let you but you can and you don't have to lock it but you can hear it it makes for a handy place up front in that drawer to keep your vehicle insurance and registration information. So you can easily get at it without having to dig through the glove box or to the major can storage area in that drawer. Plus with the dual controls for the radio your kids can screw with you and change the station as you go down the road. Now if I remember right they have headphones plugged in then they're actually listening to whatever station they want to without interfering with you. But that has been a while back. But I do know from a very recent trip in the last week they can change the stations on the radio.

@NeighborhoodCarReviews 11 месяцев назад

Honestly, when I filmed it, I had NO IDEA about that drawer! It wasn't until later, after I uploaded it, that I found out about it!

@eddiemartin2262 4 месяца назад

The 1994 Ford Aerostar van was the best van ever the best van good on gas I wish Ford were to bring it back they broke the mold when they made that van❤❤❤😊

@CAROLDDISCOVER-FINDER2525 Год назад

It's kind of different where they mounted mirrors. Usually got your small little dinky mirrors at Mount where you got those wider mirrors. In that little triangular piece of glass in front of the mirrors that's usually where they mounted the big mirrors at. If you grab that van at all, then you know those side windows are useless a little triangle piece windows and front of the mirrors. Do they can help you find your pen or pencil if you drop it in there. I love the fact that it's rear rear-wheel drive and I wish it had a real frame underneath it. I can easily put to self propel mower side-by-side and they'll fit in there nicely. A decent-sized riding mower well the deck sometimes gives me trouble. I don't know how anybody can put 15 lb in the back of one of them. I don't know how you going to 5,000 lb because what you have to go to Hitch to is pretty lousy. Somebody put a dinky little receiver hitch on the back of the one with a 4.0 in it. Pinko garden cart with it. But any case I love my Vans. I have literally had the back trunk lid open and it's pouring down rain and I stood there talking to somebody else and you stay dry. The luggage rack on the roof they always leak. With those small skinny 14in tires do you really want to pull any weight? You better make sure it has Grayson trailer but even then it was shoved back into that van around. Especially with the extended model. We fabricated a tent like item so when we open up the hat and leave it open dropping the tint sides I am the cetera fasten them together. You have a tent with a solid roof the deck lid and it makes a handy place put another cot. I actually thought these Vans with developing large Coke colouring like a Volkswagen Vans did of the 1970s and earlier. Hasn't materialized yet. Search Craigslist cross-country you can find these vans. Some of them as nice as what you have but most of them are not. But if you want a camping vehicle and not spend my money. $750 to $2,500 if not a bad deal and people will come over to you and ask you questions about what is this? They are 30-years old and they were based on an English band begin with.

@MrBillybathgate5 9 месяцев назад

Excellent review

@caseymcculloch5027 11 месяцев назад

Awesome , mssing my 4.0 Aerostar, looking for another one but most are rotted out.

@entenmanny3061 10 месяцев назад

If Ford Motor Company is watching this, I believe they'll bring back the Aerostar. .... and if they do it right, Aerostar will sell fast..

@NeighborhoodCarReviews 10 месяцев назад

Oh man. Could you imagine a modern day Aerostar? That would be 👌🏼 I love that I was able to capture this time capsule and digitally preserve it for years to come!

@teddyboy252 Год назад

Owned one ten years was Great

@dave11686 Год назад

My mom had a 94 two tone

@teddyboy252 Год назад

Good job

@user-ns7zk5ql3g 9 месяцев назад

The Aerostar was always Bigger than any dodge caravans. And much Better!!

@justintyme1449 4 месяца назад

Nice, quick question.....do you happen to know the width of the cargo area, between the wheel wells? I'm planning on putting a queen size mattress on the load flat floor....60 inches or 5 feet is the mattress width Thanks in Advance 🙏

@fordmuscleluis9710 8 месяцев назад

For 1995 model year aerostar how come the Eddie bauer edition is no longer offered

@NeighborhoodCarReviews 8 месяцев назад

They phased their partnership with Eddie Bauer out slowly and by 2010, it was replaced ultimately with the King Ranch partnership. Also, since Ford ended production of the Aerostar for the 1997 model year, and by 1996, only offered it in XLT trim.

@teddyboy252 Год назад

Price please

@NeighborhoodCarReviews Год назад

I don’t know anything about pricing. I don’t work for any dealers, I just film the cars and go! Lol.

@MixerVM Год назад

Thumbs down for having the all-too-trendy "like, subscribe, and enable notifications" plug no less than 30 seconds in. Otherwise an excellent video and I'd love to see more.

@LynxStarAuto 10 месяцев назад

They are actually unibody construction.