2003 Ford Galaxy zetec review from UK and Ireland

Heater controls failed 10,000 miles.

Switch on door for courtesy light broke 17,500 miles.

This car was purchased against my wishes, the family liked it, but I didn't. however I have to say that it has surprised me greatly with its versatility and practicality.

The car is used daily as my transport to and from manchester for work and returns around 50 miles to the gallon. however every three weeks the car is loaded up with two adults two children two dogs a roof box and one and a half tons of caravan on the back and it copes perfectly, the engine is strong enough to pull up any hill without any major loss of speed, at sixty miles per hour the rev counter shows only 1900 rpm in sixth gear and fuel economy only drops to about 35 mpg.

Comfort is great even on long journeys, the sound sytem is superb and the heating and air-conditioning work well.

Visibility does suffer with all the headrests, but parking sensors help.

My only complaint with this car is that you cannot manually switch of the auxiliary heater which suplements the engine heat when the temperature drops below 10 centigrade, the heater is needed when the car is full, but wastes a lot of diesel when I travel alone.