I am yet another Meriva owner with this dangerous fault, I have an 05 plate 1.4 life model and I am the 2nd owner having bought the car just under a year ago. Initially I had no problems for the first 3 months or so but the instances of the power steering simply turning off have increased steadily since then and I have experienced numerous faults which normally occur when I am just about to pull away at a junction when turning into or across traffic. My car has done 40,000 miles and is not quite 4 years old, I can ill afford the huge repair bills I have seen quoted and surely Vauxhall must be held accountable for this. Any new info you might have would be great to hear about.