Pass rate
74.7%
Below average — 3.9 pts behind the 78.6% that cars this age and mileage manage.
Across 15,642 recorded tests.
Typical repair bill £30–£95
2013 Ford Galaxy MOT pass rate
- 2013
- typical 110,991 mi
Most common fault
Suspension
20.8% 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
- 67.1%
- Typical mileage
- 111k mi
The 2013 Ford Galaxy MOT pass rate is 74.7% of its MOT tests — 3.9 points behind what its age and mileage predict. Suspension is the biggest single reason it fails, at 20.8% of what testers record.
Check your postcode
MOT pass rates are national — type your postcode to see how Ford Galaxy does in your corner of the country.
Expert verdict
Lamps & electrics: 1.6× the national share
Lamps & electrics make up 19.7% of everything recorded on the 2013 Ford Galaxy, against 12.2% nationally — 7.5 points above. Suspension is still the single largest share at 20.8%, but at 21.0% nationally that one is ordinary. Walk round the car with the lights on before the test: bulbs, indicators and number-plate lamps are the cheapest failures to prevent and among the most common.
- Falls short of its own age and mileage. Like-for-like, cars this age and mileage expect about 78.6%; this one manages 74.7% — 3.9 points below. Age is a fair excuse; this is not age.
- Failures here tend to be cheap ones. 58% of the repairs this model fails on cost under £30 in parts. The pass rate matters less than what a bad afternoon at the test centre actually costs you.
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 2013 Ford Galaxy compare?
Cars of this age and mileage average 78.6%, so this figure is 3.9 points behind what its age and mileage predict. On a first attempt, before any retests, the figure drops to 67.1%. The median 2013 Ford Galaxy in this dataset had covered 110,991 mi.
97% of the tests on this vehicle ran on Diesel, which passed 74.6% of the time. Pass rates also shift with the test month: tests recorded October–March passed 74.7% of the time, April–September 74.8%.
The single most recorded failure item is "Registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources", noted on 9.14% of tests.
- 15,642 recorded tests behind this page.
- 74.7% overall pass rate, 67.1% 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
- 15,642
- Typical mileage (median)
- 110,991 mi
- Make and model
- Ford Galaxy
- Updated
- 2026-11-05
Source: DVSA anonymised MOT test data (2023–2025), OGL v3.0.
Top part to budget for
Number Plate Lamp
Usually a DIY or independent-garage job.
Does mileage affect the Galaxy MOT pass rate?
Pass rate by odometer reading. Bar lengths start at 65% so small gaps stay visible.
Fuel type and reliability
Pass rate by fuel type. Diesel is the most common here (97% of tests).
Regional pass rates for the Galaxy
| Region | Tests | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|
| South East | 3,252 | 76.0% |
| East of England | 2,324 | 76.6% |
| South West | 1,981 | 70.2% |
| North West | 1,681 | 74.4% |
| West Midlands | 1,600 | 75.5% |
| Yorkshire | 1,278 | 75.3% |
| East Midlands | 1,177 | 74.8% |
| Wales | 777 | 73.9% |
| Scotland | 764 | 69.6% |
| North East | 458 | 75.3% |
| London | 350 | 84.0% |
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 2013 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 2013 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 9.1% of tests
“registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources”
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 the windscreen 3.5% of tests
“windscreen damaged”
Check the driver’s side of the screen within the swept area for chips and cracks; anything larger than 10mm in the driver’s central view is a fail. Most chips can be resin-repaired for far less than a new screen.
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Check the suspension joints 3.0% of tests
“pins and bushes pin or bush excessively worn”
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 2013 Galaxy through its MOT
Across the 10 items that are recorded most often on this model, the average repair comes to £30–£95 — and 58% of those repairs are parts that cost under £30.
- Average repair across the 10 common items
- £30–£95
- Cheapest common item: stop lamp not working
- £3–£12
- Dearest common item: joints constant velocity boot split or…
- £80–£250
- Common items a careful owner can do at home
- 60%
- Repairs that still cost under £30
- 58%
Estimates from typical UK parts prices, weighted by how often each item appears in 15,642 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 2013 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 2013 cars with a similar record
- Kia Ceed 74.7%
- Hyundai IX20 74.7%
- Peugeot 207 74.7%
- Hyundai IX35 74.6%
- Nissan X-Trail 74.6%
- Kia Sportage 74.9%
Closest pass rates among 2013 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 2013 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 37,927 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 | 8,011 | 20.80% | 20.98% | −0.18 |
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | 7,620 | 19.70% | 12.21% | +7.49 |
| Tyres | 6,577 | 17.00% | 19.76% | −2.76 |
| Brakes | 6,211 | 16.10% | 20.89% | −4.79 |
| Body, chassis, structure | 2,724 | 7.10% | 5.57% | +1.53 |
| Non-component advisories | 1,653 | 4.30% | 4.18% | +0.12 |
| Noise, emissions and leaks | 1,505 | 3.90% | 5.52% | −1.62 |
| Visibility | 1,423 | 3.70% | 4.97% | −1.27 |
| Steering | 1,351 | 3.50% | 2.57% | +0.93 |
| Identification of the vehicle | 852 | 2.20% | 1.76% | +0.44 |
The exact failure items, in the tester's words
| Recorded item | Severity | Tests | Est. cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Minor | 9.1% | £5–20 |
| Position lamp not working Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 6.8% | £5–25 |
| Joints constant velocity boot split or insecure, no longer prevents the ingress of dirt Body, chassis, structure | Major | 4.6% | £80–250 |
| Joints constant velocity boot severely deteriorated Body, chassis, structure | Minor | 4.6% | £80–250 |
| Position lamp with a multiple light source up to 1/2 not functioning Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Minor | 3.6% | £5–25 |
| Windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view Visibility | Minor | 3.5% | £80–200 |
| Stop lamp not working Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 3.4% | £3–12 |
| Pins and bushes pin or bush excessively worn Suspension | Major | 3.0% | £40–150 |
| Track rod end ball joint has excessive play Steering | Major | 2.3% | £18–45 |
| Position lamp not working Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Rectified | 2.1% | £5–25 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm Tyres | Advisory | 25.9% | £45–95 |
| Pins and bushes pin or bush excessively worn Suspension | Advisory | 14.4% | £40–150 |
| Brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick Brakes | Advisory | 12.5% | £18–45 |
| Brake discs in such a condition that it is seriously weakened Brakes | Advisory | 12.3% | £45–110 |
| Coil spring corroded so that its cross sectional area is reduced and seriously weakened Suspension | Advisory | 8.8% | £25–65 |
| Engine oil leaks leaking excessively from engine Noise, emissions and leaks | Advisory | 6.5% | £200–700 |
Pass rate by mileage
| Mileage | Tests | Pass rate | Median odometer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0-30k | 61 | 96.7% | 23,371 mi |
| 30-60k | 969 | 80.7% | 49,713 mi |
| 60-90k | 3,403 | 75.0% | 76,834 mi |
| 90-120k | 4,607 | 73.8% | 104,788 mi |
| 120k+ | 6,392 | 74.3% | 167,340 mi |
Source: 15,642 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.
2013 Galaxy MOT questions
What is the MOT pass rate for a 2013 Ford Galaxy?
74.7% of the 15,642 2013 Ford Galaxy tests in this dataset passed, against a national average of 78.6% for cars first used in 2013. First-attempt pass rate: 67.1%.
What are the most common MOT failures on a 2013 Ford Galaxy?
The three most recorded items are registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources (9.14%), position lamp not working (6.76%), joints constant velocity boot split or insecure, no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (4.62%). Percentages are the share of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item.
Does mileage affect the 2013 Ford Galaxy MOT pass rate?
Yes. Cars under 30,000 miles passed 96.7% of the time, falling to 74.3% for those over 120,000 miles. The median 2013 Ford Galaxy in this dataset had covered 110,991 mi.
Which fuel type is most reliable for a 2013 Ford Galaxy?
Diesel: 74.6% pass rate across 15,151 tests. Petrol: 78.4% pass rate across 491 tests. Shares are of the tests on this vehicle that recorded each fuel type.
Does the season affect the 2013 Ford Galaxy MOT pass rate?
Tests recorded in the winter months (October–March) passed 74.7% of the time; summer months (April–September) passed 74.8%. Brakes, tyres and lights are tested harder in bad weather, but the difference is small on most models.