Faults:

Reverse lights stopped working

Interior lights won't go off when doors are closed

Plastic trim at sides of seats fell off

Spring fell off one of the rear seats.

General Comments:

Very spacious interior

Acceptable build quality

4 front cup holders

Seat back trays in the rear

Front swivel seats and arm rests

Very easy to steer

Good visibility

Good at speed on the motorway

Not as good on rural roads although you will get used to it over time.

Faults:

Fuel system relay.

Catalytic converter.

Starter motor.

Gearbox mounting.

Speaker grills.

Idle solenoid valve.

Seat belt retaining clips.

Blocked bulkhead drains.

Brake master cylinder (Ford recall).

Nasty flat spot at 2000 RPM. Still haven't cured this. Can anyone help?

Cables in flexible tube to rear tailgate keep breaking.

General Comments:

Despite all the trouble I've had, I'm quite attached to the old bus. With a wife, 3 kids and a dog, the old girl has been put through hell. I agree that the interior trim quality is very poor.

The driving position is great, you can see over all the cars in a traffic jam!

2.0 litre seriously under-powered and very thirsty (and mine rattles a bit - hydraulic tappets).

Considering buying the diesel version for better economy.

Faults:

There were quite a few little faults with the car, but nothing too major:

The entire braking system needed to be replaced, due to a water leak, (but Ford recalled the model for this, so it was repaired free of charge).

The steering rack needed to be replaced earlier in the year, due to a lot of play in the steering.

Water leaked in to the central locking system, and needed replacing.

Engine mounting screw came loose driving over a speed hump.

Brake disks needed replacing at about 50,000 miles.

Seat trays came away from the back of two of the seats, and the Ford dealer couldn't even get them back on.

Sunroof leaked whilst in a car-wash, meaning that the clock (mounted just underneath the sunroof) needed replacing.

Speaker grills got cracked easily, but I was charged over £100 by the local Ford garage to fix them.

Heating/ventilation system got blocked up, and needed to be cleared out, and the pollen filter replaced.

Airbag warning light illuminated, requiring a new air bag unit.

On very cold and icy mornings, the door locks were frozen, and I was were unable to enter the car for a couple of hours.

Reversing lights failed, just before the car was part-exchanged.

Smell of fuel, noticed shortly before the car was part-exchanged.

Some small pieces of trim have fallen off.

General Comments:

Very large and spacious MPV. Excellent visibility, but because of this lots of heat gets in, so air conditioning would have been very useful. In the winter the car steamed up very quickly so the air-conditioning would also have come in useful here.

Lots of small faults, but considering the high milage in the short space of time, it was very reliable.

All seven seats were very comfortable with plenty of legroom and headroom.

The Galaxy, is the most car-like of the full size MPV's.

Fairly high fuel consumption.

The 2.0 litre engine had plenty of power, even when the car was full up with people and luggage.

Overall, was a very versatile, mostly reliable and spacious car, and I was very sad to see it go.

Faults:

I've had the car for 2 years and I am on my 3rd complete set of tyres - I've only done 30,000 miles - yes I've had tracking and alignment checked - and I check the inflation regularly.

Battery went dead for no apparent reason - I'm still worried it might occur again - garage could not explain it.

Interior is NOT very family proof - all the seat valances are falling off, the drinks holders are broken, and 1 of the sun visors fell off.

The drain holes below the front windscreen get blocked up very easily and I have come back to find the car footwells full of water on a couple of occasions.

The front door electric windows worked erratically for the first year of use - now, fortunately resolved.

General Comments:

The car is great for a family and we find it great to be able to throw bikes and children in or all the paraphanalia kids involve.

I like it, but wonder if Ford could sort out these basic problems.