Pass rate
68.8%
Below average — 4.1 pts behind the 72.9% that cars this age and mileage manage.
Across 1,408 recorded tests.
Typical repair bill £71–£192
2002 Ford Galaxy MOT pass rate
- 2002
- typical 131,391 mi
Check your postcode
Most common fault
Suspension
24.9% of faults · 21.0% nationally
mostly worn arm bushes, split ball-joint boots and broken coil springs.
Part only £35–£75 for Suspension pin or bush excessively worn. What fitting it takes →
10.3 pts down across model years — 11.3% in 2002, 1.0% in 2018.
Which year to buy
- Best 2023 91.9% pass
- Avoid 2004 66.2% pass
Across the 24 years on record, a spread of 25.7 points. See every year →
- First-attempt pass
- 59.0%
- Typical mileage
- 131k mi
The 2002 Ford Galaxy MOT pass rate is 68.8% of its MOT tests — 4.1 points behind what its age and mileage predict. Suspension is the biggest single reason it fails, at 24.9% of what testers record.
Expert verdict
Body & chassis: 2.2× the national share
Body & chassis accounts for 12.3% of everything recorded on the 2002 Ford Galaxy, against 5.6% nationally — 6.7 points above. Suspension is still the single largest share at 24.9%, but at 21.0% nationally that one is ordinary. Look underneath for corrosion near the jacking points and suspension mounts; surface rust is normal, flaking metal is not.
- Falls short of its own age and mileage. Like-for-like, cars this age and mileage expect about 72.9%; this one manages 68.8% — 4.1 points below. Age is a fair excuse; this is not age.
- When it fails, it costs. Only 14% of this model’s typical repairs come in under £30 in parts — the failures here tend to be the kind that need a garage rather than a bulb.
Written from this page's own figures: fault shares against the national composition, the like-for-like pass rate, and the priced repair list. How these are worked out
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How does the 2002 Ford Galaxy compare?
Cars of this age and mileage average 72.9%, so this figure is 4.1 points behind what its age and mileage predict. On a first attempt, before any retests, the figure drops to 59.0%. The median 2002 Ford Galaxy in this dataset had covered 131,391 mi.
58% of the tests on this vehicle ran on Diesel, which passed 69.5% of the time. Pass rates also shift with the test month: tests recorded October–March passed 68.4% of the time, April–September 69.4%.
The single most recorded failure item is "Headlamp lens slightly defective", noted on 6.89% of tests.
- 1,408 recorded tests behind this page.
- 68.8% overall pass rate, 59.0% on a first attempt.
- Across every year of the Ford Galaxy, the average is 76.8% — best year 2023 (91.9%), worst 2004 (66.2%).
Figures count every completed test on this vehicle-year in the dataset, including retests. See methodology for the exact definition.
This page's data
- Tests analysed
- 1,408
- Typical mileage (median)
- 131,391 mi
- Make and model
- Ford Galaxy
- Updated
- 2026-11-07
Source: DVSA anonymised MOT test data (2023–2025), OGL v3.0.
Top part to budget for
Headlight Bulb
Usually a DIY or independent-garage job.
Does mileage affect the Galaxy MOT pass rate?
Pass rate by odometer reading. Bar lengths start at 58% so small gaps stay visible.
Fuel type and reliability
Pass rate by fuel type. Diesel is the most common here (58% of tests).
Where the Ford Galaxy is most common
Across all Galaxy model years on record (2000–2023): 89,658 Ford Galaxy cars tested in a recordable postcode area, across 225,557 tests. Birmingham (B) has the most, with 3,122 cars tested there. Cars are counted by the postcode area of the MOT station, so this is where they were tested, not necessarily where their owners live.
| # | Postcode area | Cars | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Birmingham (B) | 3,122 | 81.4% |
| 2 | Peterborough (PE) | 2,205 | 77.0% |
| 3 | Leicester (LE) | 1,999 | 79.2% |
| 4 | Sheffield (S) | 1,716 | 78.4% |
| 5 | Reading (RG) | 1,689 | 77.0% |
| 6 | Bristol (BS) | 1,639 | 71.1% |
| 7 | Nottingham (NG) | 1,588 | 74.2% |
| 8 | Ipswich (IP) | 1,459 | 75.1% |
| 9 | Chelmsford (CM) | 1,444 | 79.3% |
| 10 | Coventry (CV) | 1,437 | 78.9% |
| 11 | Liverpool (L) | 1,412 | 78.7% |
| 12 | Cardiff (CF) | 1,326 | 73.5% |
| 13 | Gloucester (GL) | 1,301 | 71.6% |
| 14 | Northampton (NN) | 1,297 | 76.5% |
| 15 | Southampton (SO) | 1,290 | 74.7% |
| 16 | Romford (RM) | 1,275 | 87.1% |
| 17 | Norwich (NR) | 1,266 | 75.3% |
| 18 | Oxford (OX) | 1,264 | 76.1% |
| 19 | London (E) | 1,245 | 90.2% |
| 20 | Basildon (SS) | 1,225 | 80.2% |
The twenty areas with the most Ford Galaxy cars in the record, sorted by car count — sort the columns for a different question. Cars tested at a station whose postcode area could not be resolved are counted in the model's total but in no area, so the shares add up to slightly under 100% even across every area, and an area's cars are a subset of the model's. Pass rate is blank below 30 tests in an area, where a percentage is noise rather than a finding. How this model's pass rate varies by postcode →
Regional pass rates for the Galaxy
| Region | Tests | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|
| South East | 337 | 70.3% |
| South West | 227 | 60.8% |
| East of England | 220 | 66.8% |
| West Midlands | 160 | 73.8% |
| London | 113 | 74.3% |
| East Midlands | 109 | 68.8% |
| North West | 99 | 66.7% |
| Yorkshire | 69 | 63.8% |
| Wales | 56 | 82.1% |
Regions come from the postcode area recorded at the test station. Areas on region borders are assigned to the region with the majority of their population.
What fails a 2002 Galaxy
Everything a tester recorded on this vehicle, grouped into the inspection sections that produced it. The notch on each bar is the national share, so you can see at a glance whether this car is unusual or just ordinary.
A test can record several items, so these percentages do not add up to 100%. The exact strings, with prices, are in the full DVSA record at the bottom of this page.
Before your test
Three checks worth doing on a 2002 Galaxy
These are not generic tips — they are the faults recorded most often on this exact model, rewritten as things you can check yourself. All three take about ten minutes and cost nothing.
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Check the lights 6.9% of tests
“headlamp lens slightly defective”
Switch everything on and walk round the car: both headlamps on dip and main, every indicator, both brake lights, reverse, fog and the two number-plate lamps. A bulb is a few pounds and a five-minute job.
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Check corrosion 5.8% of tests
“component mounting prescribed areas prescribed area excessively corroded significantly reducing structural strength”
Look under the sills, around the jacking points and where the suspension mounts meet the body. Flaking, holed or crumbly metal fails; a brown stain on sound metal does not.
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Check the suspension joints 5.5% of tests
“ball joint dust cover severely deteriorated”
With the car parked on level ground, rock the top of each front wheel in and out while someone watches the suspension arm. Clunks, or rubber boots split and greasy, are what testers record here.
Shares are the proportion of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item, so they overlap: one test can record several.
What it costs to get a 2002 Galaxy through its MOT
Across the 10 items that are recorded most often on this model, the average repair comes to £71–£192 — and 14% of those repairs are parts that cost under £30.
- Average repair across the 10 common items
- £71–£192
- Cheapest common item: headlamp lens slightly defective
- £5–£25
- Dearest common item: component mounting prescribed areas…
- £180–£450
- Common items a careful owner can do at home
- 20%
- Repairs that still cost under £30
- 14%
Estimates from typical UK parts prices, weighted by how often each item appears in 1,408 MOT tests on this vehicle. They exclude diagnostics, retest fees and garage labour where the part is a DIY fit, and they are not figures from the DVSA dataset. Older and higher-mileage examples cost more than the average. How these estimates are built → · All MOT repair costs → · Cheapest cars to put through a test →
Every year of the Galaxy, side by side
24 model years on record, from 2000 to 2023. Across them the pass rate runs from 66.2% to 91.9% — a spread of 25.7 points. The bar under each year is the item that failed it most often.
- 2000 68.8% component mounting prescribed…
- 2001 68.3% joints constant velocity boot…
- 2002 68.8%headlamp lens slightly defective
- 2003 68.0% joints constant velocity boot…
- 2004 66.2% component mounting prescribed…
- 2005 67.0% joints constant velocity boot…
- 2006 68.5% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2007 70.5% position lamp with a multiple…
- 2008 71.7% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2009 72.9% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2010 73.5% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2011 73.2% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2012 73.7% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2013 74.7% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2014 74.6% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2015 78.4% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2016 86.2% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2017 86.5% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2018 87.4% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2019 86.6% headlamp not working on dipped…
- 2020 87.6% headlamp not working on dipped…
- 2021 84.1% headlamp not working on dipped…
- 2022 88.3% headlamp not working on dipped…
- 2023 91.9% headlamp not working on dipped…
Colour is the pass rate on a fixed scale, so a block means the same thing on any model. Each year links to its own page with the full fault breakdown.
Compare the 2002 Ford Galaxy with another year
The raw pass rate mostly measures age. The year comparison adds the like-for-like figure, the mileage bands and the repair bill.
Other 2002 cars with a similar record
- Vauxhall Corsa 68.8%
- Volkswagen Polo 68.7%
- Honda Accord 68.7%
- Peugeot 307 68.9%
- Citroen C3 68.6%
- Peugeot 206 69.1%
Closest pass rates among 2002 cars with at least 2,000 tests, so a small sample cannot flatter itself into the list. See the full rankings: best and worst MOT pass rates.
The full DVSA record for the 2002 Ford Galaxy 10 failure items · 6 advisories · 10 inspection categories · mileage brackets · all of it in the page, none of it above the fold
Every inspection category
Shares of the 5,797 individual items recorded on this vehicle, and the same share across all cars nationally. A single test can record several items, so a row is not a percentage of tests.
| Category | Items | This car | Nationally | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Suspension | 1,465 | 24.90% | 20.98% | +3.92 |
| Brakes | 1,261 | 21.40% | 20.89% | +0.51 |
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | 738 | 12.50% | 12.21% | +0.29 |
| Body, chassis, structure | 727 | 12.30% | 5.57% | +6.73 |
| Tyres | 488 | 8.30% | 19.76% | −11.46 |
| Noise, emissions and leaks | 275 | 4.70% | 5.52% | −0.82 |
| Steering | 260 | 4.40% | 2.57% | +1.83 |
| Non-component advisories | 223 | 3.80% | 4.18% | −0.38 |
| Visibility | 189 | 3.20% | 4.97% | −1.77 |
| Identification of the vehicle | 171 | 2.90% | 1.76% | +1.14 |
The exact failure items, in the tester's words
| Recorded item | Severity | Tests | Est. cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Headlamp lens slightly defective Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Minor | 6.9% | £5–25 |
| Component mounting prescribed areas prescribed area excessively corroded significantly reducing structural strength Suspension | Major | 5.8% | £180–450 |
| Ball joint dust cover severely deteriorated Suspension | Minor | 5.5% | £18–45 |
| Joints constant velocity boot severely deteriorated Body, chassis, structure | Minor | 5.3% | £80–250 |
| Steering rack gaiter missing or no longer prevents the ingress of dirt Steering | Major | 4.8% | £120–300 |
| Joints constant velocity boot split or insecure, no longer prevents the ingress of dirt Body, chassis, structure | Major | 4.5% | £80–250 |
| Headlamp aim projected beam image is obviously incorrect Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 4.5% | £30–80 |
| Windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view Visibility | Minor | 4.5% | £80–200 |
| Rigid brake pipes excessively corroded Brakes | Major | 3.6% | £80–180 |
| Pins and bushes pin or bush excessively worn Suspension | Major | 3.5% | £40–150 |
Severity is as recorded: Major and Dangerous fail the test outright; Minor and Advisory do not. Costs are estimates from typical UK parts prices — see how they are built.
What testers noted without failing the car
Advisories are the early warnings — the same parts a year or two before they fail. Reading them is how you tell a car that has been maintained from one that has been patched.
| Recorded item | Severity | Tests | Est. cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rigid brake pipes excessively corroded Brakes | Advisory | 30.5% | £80–180 |
| Pins and bushes pin or bush excessively worn Suspension | Advisory | 19.1% | £40–150 |
| Tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm Tyres | Advisory | 17.8% | £45–95 |
| Brake discs in such a condition that it is seriously weakened Brakes | Advisory | 17.1% | £45–110 |
| Engine oil leaks leaking excessively from engine Noise, emissions and leaks | Advisory | 12.1% | £200–700 |
| Registration plates inscription illegible Identification of the vehicle | Advisory | 11.2% | £20–80 |
Pass rate by mileage
| Mileage | Tests | Pass rate | Median odometer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0-30k | 3 | 100.0% | 8,056 mi |
| 30-60k | 39 | 76.9% | 46,681 mi |
| 60-90k | 162 | 66.7% | 79,065 mi |
| 90-120k | 323 | 73.4% | 105,290 mi |
| 120k+ | 870 | 67.2% | 158,627 mi |
Source: 1,408 recorded tests on this vehicle-year. Every row above is recomputed from the same DVSA extract as the rest of the page — see the methodology.
2002 Galaxy MOT questions
What is the MOT pass rate for a 2002 Ford Galaxy?
68.8% of the 1,408 2002 Ford Galaxy tests in this dataset passed, against a national average of 72.9% for cars first used in 2002. First-attempt pass rate: 59.0%.
What are the most common MOT failures on a 2002 Ford Galaxy?
The three most recorded items are headlamp lens slightly defective (6.89%), component mounting prescribed areas prescribed area excessively corroded significantly reducing structural strength (5.82%), ball joint dust cover severely deteriorated (5.47%). Percentages are the share of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item.
Does mileage affect the 2002 Ford Galaxy MOT pass rate?
Yes. Cars under 30,000 miles passed 100.0% of the time, falling to 67.2% for those over 120,000 miles. The median 2002 Ford Galaxy in this dataset had covered 131,391 mi.
Which fuel type is most reliable for a 2002 Ford Galaxy?
Diesel: 69.5% pass rate across 820 tests. Petrol: 67.7% pass rate across 582 tests. Shares are of the tests on this vehicle that recorded each fuel type.
Does the season affect the 2002 Ford Galaxy MOT pass rate?
Tests recorded in the winter months (October–March) passed 68.4% of the time; summer months (April–September) passed 69.4%. Brakes, tyres and lights are tested harder in bad weather, but the difference is small on most models.