Vauxhall Meriva A, a constantly recurring theme

Yet another Vauxhall taunts Malcolm in his household, but could this one actually be flawless?

Of course not, it's a Vauxhall, but is it worth looking beyond the flaw(s)?

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[eugeneoneal]

I had the dreaded power steering fail on me a few times two years ago(2006 1.3cdti), the fix that I found was to unplug the plugs in the foot well on the right hand side, then I used 'DeoxIT Contact Cleaning Fluid 2ml' on the plug pins and connectors. It's been fine ever since. I still have it to this day with no problems.

[stereostereo]

Ive got a meriva 1.4 47k fsh. Great wee car, engine underpowered, and road tax too high. 1.4 suffers timing chain rattle if oil/filter not changed, so do it. 1.6 far better engine and suits the car better with 100 bhp and has a timing belt. Its a very practical car and nice to drive, very quiet. I've got twin sunroors, cruise control, 4 electric windows, mirrors, and diamond black metalic paint. Cheap to buy easy to fix, forget EPS issues, easy to fix. No big deal, every car you buy has its inherent faults. Defo go get one.

[dancer]

i love yur view on meriva. i had 1400 petrol i did not like. no guts. but the 1700 diesel is amazing, god i work that hoss hard
she is GOOD, NEVER PUTS A FOOT WRONG.

[MRJWC]

power steering fail....
BATTERY
The battery when it gets older the cells dye very slowly thus low amps, so when you turn the wheel the motor on the colum needs a good 8amps to push & pull the drive shaft. I had the dreaded bloody fault and in when it happens I would turn off the engine ( even at a turning junction) then it over with a few revs and it was ok... so the battery was getting a "jump start" from the starter in hence the high ameres to the battery. So i did take it out and tested it with a shunt ( 150k resistor 50watts) and votage dropped down from 12.3volts to 7.9 volts. So got a bosch m4 its still going no problems thats now 3 years.
DONT
A car batterys life span is around 4 - 5 years especailly STOP & START

[risteardconchuir]

I love my Meriva for the spacious interior and feeling of being higher up on the road. But my 2008 1.4 Breeze has started with the power steering failure, especially in cold weather when it needs to warm up. As long as I keep the revs up it hasn't happened much though. The other two gripes are having much smaller cars pass by when going uphill and it takes so long to get the heaters warm, sometimes 40mins in very cold weather, perhaps due the spacious interior and lukewarm fans.

[kiwi_renegade]

Only just bought the 2005 1.7 DTI as my first car. I really hope none of these issues appear on mine, at least for the next few years and hopefully then I am able to sell it.

[NB_NB_NB]

Thanks for the upload. I'm due to look at a Meriva VXR next week, a private sale, but i'm not so sure with the EPS issue.

[MotorTorq_ZA]

I’d rather have power steering issues than burn to a crisp in a zafira

[comradebismarck]

That decided to commit suicide had me in tears 😂😂😂😂😂

[citic]

good review .... power stearing column errr sounds dangerous 17 CDTI ? i was thinking for a one man garden business ?

[butterbean]

I'm looking into buying one of these cars second hand. It has the EML on but the owners are telling me it's been on since before the last mot and it passed the mot with the light on. Is that true? Can it pass the mot with the eml light on.

[ooz]

I totally agree with everything you said i do have a vauxhall marie 17 diesel turbo with the bigger engine and the extra power really good car got the room at the back put the seats down becomes like minivan is everything I needed for practical and economic but it does have that issue with the power steering it's too bad if only Vauxhall came up with the better design for the engine steering column it would be perfect people that need car like that and I think much prettier than a Zafira and a little bit more comfortable but now Peugeot has taken over the company and the Vauxhall Meriva Mark 2 cars look ugly and still have the same problem is it possible you can do a video on a kia soul which is a similar car but seems to have all the right ticks mechanical and looks I would really appreciate it because I may need to buy one of those on a 1600 turbo diesel I like the way you explain the workings of a car easy to understand truthful need more like that on this YouTube thanks again

[chrisevansgardenservicesjo]

I’ve got the Vauxhall mareva design 1.6 in automatic and manual awsum car the 1.6 automatic and manual is awsum very quick car it’s also got 2 sun roofs and black out bk windows mine is a year 2008 the steering weel sensor only fails when water gets on it