Ford Galaxy: 64% pass.

53,465 tests of cars aged 3 and over passed first time 64% of the time in 2025. For cars of the same ages, 68% would be expected: 4 points worse than that.

How it does as it ages.

01 / By age

Source: Anonymised MOT tests and results (Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency) Checked 4 Nov 2026, 13:37

Diesel
Age of car	Pass first time	All cars this age	Fixed at the station	Failed	Tests
3 years	73%	88%	7%	20%	897
4 years	82%	86%	4%	14%	1,714
5 years	80%	84%	5%	15%	1,965
6 years	77%	82%	6%	16%	2,601
7 years	78%	79%	6%	16%	4,681
8 years	79%	76%	5%	17%	4,641
9 years	72%	73%	7%	21%	3,250
10 years	57%	70%	9%	34%	3,184
11 years	58%	67%	8%	35%	3,933
12 years	57%	64%	8%	34%	3,330
13 years	57%	62%	8%	35%	3,769
14 years	55%	60%	9%	36%	3,496
15 years	55%	58%	9%	37%	3,170
16 years	54%	57%	9%	37%	2,775
17 years	55%	57%	8%	37%	2,492
18 years	52%	57%	7%	41%	1,847
19 years	51%	57%	7%	42%	866
20 years	49%	57%	6%	45%	632

Petrol
Age of car	Pass first time	All cars this age	Fixed at the station	Failed	Tests
5 years	81%	84%	3%	16%	106
6 years	84%	82%	5%	11%	110
7 years	80%	79%	3%	16%	147
8 years	84%	76%	1%	15%	127
9 years	73%	73%	5%	22%	83
10 years	67%	70%	9%	25%	57
11 years	60%	67%	4%	35%	113
12 years	58%	64%	6%	36%	286
13 years	55%	62%	10%	35%	493
14 years	57%	60%	11%	32%	515
15 years	60%	58%	14%	26%	274
16 years	54%	57%	8%	38%	165
17 years	49%	57%	9%	42%	189
18 years	55%	57%	10%	35%	162
19 years	53%	57%	10%	37%	103
20 years	55%	57%	7%	38%	121

Ages with fewer than 30 tests are left out. "All cars this age" is every make and model at that age, so you can see whether this one does better or worse than most.

A pass rate is the share of normal MOT tests a car passed first time, with no repair needed at the test station. A car that failed and was fixed on the spot is counted separately. Retests, aborted tests and other vehicles are left out.
The figures say how often cars of a kind pass, not how reliable or safe they are. Cars that are looked after better, or that are driven fewer miles, pass more often, and that differs by model. Groups of fewer than 30 tests are left out.
Make and model names are as DVSA records them, and a model can appear under more than one name.

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02 / Related

Data sources

Anonymised MOT tests and results (Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency). Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. MOT test results for cars, counted by make, model and age from DVSA's anonymised data. The counts are ours; DVSA does not endorse them.