Ford Galaxy LX in general

The Ford Galaxy is probably the best known and most sold People carrier in the UK. This comes as no suprise, for as comfort, reliability, and sheer value for money, in my opinion, there is none better. First introduced to the shores of Britain in 1995/6, the Galaxy has kept its original features, but changed its shape slightly to go with the times. The model range consists of Petrol up to 2.8 litre engines and starting from 2.0 litre...And diesel 1.9 tdi, which is the best buy but are as rare as rocking horse poo!!!! I have decided to tell you about the 2 litre, as that was the first one in the catagory, and other than performance, the interior is ...  Read the complete review

Not so much an opinion, more a long and sorry tale of woe... Purchasing a Galaxy back in '96 was hardly a snap decision, as we've test driven and looked at all the other people movers available. It took 4 months for our eagerly anticipated shiny new Galaxy to arrive only to find that the garage hadn't even done a proper inspection on it - it was covered with chips and scuffmarks! We took up their offer of taking this Galaxy while another, hopefully unblemished model, was shipped over, which sounded like quite a good deal in the circumstances, but soon we started having problems: the bumpers started falling off (repeatedly), the driver’s door ...  Read the complete review

I have had a galaxy turbodiesel auto for 22 months now, it was bought brand new and serviced by a main dealer garage. In this time it has done over 100000 miles, it has had to have 3 new gearboxes, not one under warranty, I only received one year warranty. My cars brake servo failed and I had to pay for it myself until ford realised that there was a safety problem here, they refunded my money only when threatened with court action. They still have not sorted out the problem because my car is on its 4th brake servo now. The air conditioning smell and has had many faults. The car is currently off the road requiring a new wiring loom for the gearbox, maybe a weeks wait. On ...  Read the complete review

We have had our Galaxy for 4 months and I have fallen head over heels in love with it. Not because it's the newest car I've ever had (which it is) or because it's the biggest (which it is) but because it's the best. We have a 2 litre Galaxy GLX petrol version which is 5 years old. Although we also liked the VW Sharan and the Seat Alhambra (which are all the same chassis & body I believe) our budget was more suited to the Galaxy, which is one of the most affordable people carriers there is. We discounted the Toyota Previa as we needed rear doors on both sides, not just one. The reason we needed a bigger car was that we have 2 children who ...  Read the complete review

The Ford Galaxy is a people carrier that looks remarkably like the VW Sharran and the Seat people carrier, this is for a very good reason, as they are the same vehicle, with different badges and different (but very similar) specifications. The model I drive is the 2.0 basic petrol model. The seating can be arranged in many different ways around the two in rear, three in middle and two up front formation. The rear seats are designed very much for the smaller members of the family, anyone over four and a half feet will start to feel cramped. The middle row have reasonably good legroom and good visibility, there are also little fold-up tables and pockets for ...  Read the complete review