Vauxhall Meriva power steering fault causing loss of power assistance and EPS light to come on the dashboard.
Well it has happened sooner than I thought, Our Meriva has had the dreaded EPS light and power steering fault that so many Meriva owners have reported.My wife was driving and as she pulled out of a junction she lost all power assistance to the steering sending her into the oncoming lane narrowly avoiding a serious accident.
The fault is easily cleared by turning off the ignition and restarting the car but that is only a tempory solution as this can re occur at any time, it could be days, weeks or months but it will happen again.
The fault is a well known one and it appears to be caused by an over pressure on the power steering pump when on full steering lock. It is such a common fault that it was even the subject of a BBC Watchdog TV program.
Now some owners have had to pay for a replacement steering column and others seem to have been offered a free replacement under warranty by Vauxhall themselves even on older high mileage cars.
Now my Meriva is 10 years old and high milage so I dont think I will have much luck with a warranty claim but I am willing to give it a try so I will contact Vauxhall directly at the weekend and see what response I get and I will update this post with the results.
