It turns out they just repaired the original one so that the codes, etc. worked. I thought they did reconditioned ones with their own'brain' or that was what we were having. They do give a two year warranty on those, but that turns out to not be the case. They don't do a warranty on repairs to ones own. However the story has deepened. They did repair it again for a nominal fee and our great garage only charged us for two hours work so it was just less than £200 So great - the car 'was' working again. However, nightmare gets worse. Daughter drove the car to Derby from Oxford to get used to the drive. I brought car back to Oxford. We left it on drive for a week until yesterday when I thought I should give it a run. Nightmare scenario. P.S. gone again - just sitting on drive. Can't keep handing out £200 every few weeks. Having spent £1,100 now since March on the Power Steering in retrospect we should have gone for a new unit with warranty. Would it damage the car to drive it without Power Steering. I was thinking of swapping my car with my daughter. I don't want her to have to drive without Power Steering. I think I can manage. Thanks for advice so far.