2001 Ford Galaxy: MOT pass rate and reliability

60.2% of 2001 Ford Galaxies pass the MOT first time, measured across 221 DVSA tests on that model year alone. The average one had covered 130,742 miles.

How the 2001 compares

  • Against all Ford Galaxies (70.2%, 59,826 tests): -10 points
  • Against all 2001 cars (66.2%): -6 points
  • National first-time pass rate, all cars and years: 77%

Every Ford Galaxy model year

Pass rates fall as cars age, so the only fair comparison for a 2001 car is other cars of the same age. The full run for the Ford Galaxy:

Year Pass rate Tests Avg mileage
2001 60.2% 221 130,742
2002 58.1% 332 134,506
2003 57.5% 678 140,849
2004 53.7% 844 139,940
2005 55.5% 1,395 139,382
2006 57.5% 1,757 146,755
2007 59.4% 3,324 148,068
2008 62.5% 3,487 143,621
2009 63.7% 3,888 139,585
2010 64% 4,245 133,098
2011 64.1% 4,456 128,008
2012 64% 4,490 123,881
2013 66.3% 3,964 122,337
2014 65.9% 4,464 115,124
2015 72.1% 2,612 115,730
2016 84.5% 4,889 100,172
2017 84.4% 5,310 87,665
2018 84.8% 3,604 87,756
2019 84.2% 2,655 59,816
2020 86.4% 1,584 39,381
2021 79.1% 1,327 39,120

What this means if you are buying a 2001 Galaxy

The 2001 is a weaker year for this model, passing 10 points less often than the Ford Galaxy average. Some of that is simply age, so compare it against the 2001 figure for all cars above rather than against newer examples. Check the exact car with the free MOT history checker before you buy, and run its VIN and mileage through our free VIN decoder and clocking check.

What a 25-year-old car fails on

A 2001 car is 25 years old now, and age drives the failure mix more than the badge does. Across all cars tested, these are the categories that actually cause failures:

  • Lights and electrical: 10.36% of all cars tested
  • Suspension: 8.65% of all cars tested
  • Tyres: 6.23% of all cars tested
  • Brakes: 6.1% of all cars tested
  • Visibility: wipers, washers, glass: 4.65% of all cars tested
  • Body, chassis and structure: 3.18% of all cars tested

That is high mileage, so timing belts, clutches, suspension bushes and corrosion are the items worth budgeting for rather than the MOT itself. On a 2001 Ford Galaxy the average at test was 130,742 miles, so treat anything far above that as a car that has worked harder than its peers, and anything far below as one worth checking for the faults that come from standing still.

The strongest year for this model is 2020 at 86.4%, and the weakest in our data is 2004 at 53.7%. That 32.7 point spread across the model's life is why comparing a 2001 car against a newer one tells you very little.

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