Ford Galaxy 2018: MOT failure rate for its age

19.9% of 15,028 MOT tests of the Ford Galaxy first registered in 2018 failed at the first attempt (2019–2024; retests excluded). Against this model's own normal rate at the same ages the index is 93.5 (95% CI 90.2–96.9; 100 = normal for this model at that age): the 2018 Ford Galaxy fails less often than other build years of the same model at the same age.

Ford Galaxy built in 2018 at a glance
Measure	Value	Unit	Compared with	Years	Tests
Failed first time	19.9	%	all ages tested	2019–2024	15028
Index against this model at the same age (95% CI 90.2–96.9)	93.5	index	100 = normal for this model at that age	2019–2024	15028
Rank among this model's 22 build years	3	of 22	1 = fails least for its age	2019–2024	15028
Tested in 2024	3599	tests	median 73,764 miles	2024	3599

Built 2018 against Ford Galaxy normal for the age: first-time MOT failure share at each age, age 3: 20.6% vs 18.6%; age 4: 19% vs 18.8%; age 5: 18.6% vs 22.6%; age 6: 21.5% vs 25.7%. Axis from 0% to 30%. DVSA MOT bulk data, 2019–2024.

Check a 2018 Ford Galaxy by registration · All Ford Galaxy MOT statistics · Download the build-year table (CSV)

Data release dvsa-2024-v2 (24 Sep 2026) · page updated 30 Sep 2026 · full dataset (v5).

How does the 2018 Ford Galaxy fail at each age?

Cars built in 2018 were tested at ages 3 to 6 between 2019 and 2024. Each row compares their first-time failure share with what this model normally shows at that age, after allowing for the overall failure level of each test year.

Ford Galaxy built 2018: first-time MOT failure by age, against the model's normal rate at that age (2019–2024)
Age	Tests	Failed, %	95% interval	Normal for this model at that age, %	Index (100 = normal)
3	4,076	20.6	19.3–21.8	18.6	110.4
4	3,706	19	17.8–20.3	18.8	101.3
5	3,647	18.6	17.4–19.9	22.6	82.5
6	3,599	21.5	20.1–22.8	25.7	83.6

Source: DVSA MOT bulk data · Window: 2019–2024 · n = 15,028 (initial tests) · Method: normal rate = this model's first-time failure share at that age across its build years (cells of 400+ tests), adjusted for each test year's overall level; cells of 30+ tests, under 500 marked rough · Updated: 30 Sep 2026 · Release: dvsa-2024-v2 · CSV

What fails most on the 2018 Ford Galaxy?

The most common failure group on cars built in 2018 is lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment: 6.8 items per 100 first tests, against 33.7 across all build years of the Ford Galaxy. These counts are not age-adjusted: cars built in 2018 were tested at ages 3 to 6.

Failure items per 100 first tests, Ford Galaxy built 2018 against the Ford Galaxy in all build years (2019–2024, not age-adjusted)
Failure group	Built 2018, per 100	All build years, per 100	Items
Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment	6.8	33.7	1,155
Tyres	6.7	11.9	1,135
Visibility	6.1	9.6	1,045
Brakes	3.7	15	629
Seat belts and supplementary restraint systems	1.2	2.6	199

Source: DVSA MOT bulk data · Window: 2019–2024 · n = 17,048 (initial tests of this build year) · Method: failure items grouped by DVSA's top-level defect groups, per 100 initial tests; groups with 30+ items · Updated: 30 Sep 2026 · Release: dvsa-2024-v2 · CSV

How does 2018 compare with the years around it?

Among the 22 published build years of the Ford Galaxy, 2018 ranks 3 (1 = fails least for its age). 2017: index 75.6. 2019: index 104.4.

Ford Galaxy build years: index against the model at the same age (2019–2024)
Build year	Index (100 = normal)	95% interval	Verdict	Tests
1999	97.1	87.6–106.6	no different (rough estimate)	739
2000	99.1	91.6–106.6	no different (rough estimate)	1,235
2001	101.1	96.9–105.3	no different	4,026
2002	101.4	98.2–104.6	no different	6,876
2003	101.4	99.1–103.8	no different	13,231
2004	103.9	101.6–106.2	worse	13,742
2005	104.1	102.1–106.1	worse	18,888
2006	101.8	99.8–103.9	no different	18,870
2007	96.0	94.4–97.6	better	30,149
2008	95.9	94.3–97.6	better	29,596
2009	97.1	95.4–98.7	better	30,444
2010	98.8	97.1–100.5	no different	31,104
2011	100.3	98.6–102.0	no different	32,921
2012	104.2	102.5–106.0	worse	33,888
2013	106.7	104.7–108.8	worse	28,811
2014	115.7	113.5–117.8	worse	30,841
2015	116.6	113.7–119.5	worse	18,338
2016	74.0	72.1–75.9	better	30,873
2017	75.6	73.5–77.7	better	28,011
2018	93.5	90.2–96.9	better	15,028
2019	104.4	99.4–109.4	no different	8,216
2020	101.6	93.6–109.5	no different (rough estimate)	3,343

Source: DVSA MOT bulk data · Window: 2019–2024 · n = 429,170 (initial tests) · Method: observed failures against those expected for the same model at the same ages, test-year level adjusted; verdict follows the printed one-decimal bound · Updated: 30 Sep 2026 · Release: dvsa-2024-v2 · CSV

How to cite this page

MOT Risk Index (2026). Ford Galaxy 2018 MOT statistics (data release dvsa-2024-v2; full dataset motriskindex-families-2024-v5, DOI 10.5281/zenodo.22975051), updated 30 September 2026. motriskindex.co.uk/cars/ford-galaxy/2018/

How every figure is calculated: methodology. Age, test year and build year are tied together (age = test year − build year), so the test-year level is taken as observed, not estimated.

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