Not my experience. Avoid early Galaxies/Sharans. I had a Sharan and vowed never to drive another VW. The dealers were carp, but the car was worse - countless faults.
I got rid of it and we have had Citroen MPVs (Synergie and now C8) ever since as the family bus. Not faultless, but no worse than the Mercs I drive. Our C8 is now 7years old (although I think I might have written it off when I hit the central barrier last week at 75mph ... but that's another story!)
Not my experience. Avoid early Galaxies/Sharans. I had a Sharan and vowed never to drive another VW. The dealers were carp, but the car was worse - countless faults.
Early examples of most cars are best avoided IMHO. I had a 2002 Sharan for 5 years (a complex one - V6, 4WD, and all the toys) and the only thing it needed apart from servicing and tyres was a new battery.