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[JasonH]

Good point Sounds2K. If the fluid is old and contains a fair bit of moisture it will boil at 100C in the calipers. That means no brakes, well braking on steam rather than brake fluid.

New brake fluid boils at around 300C.

[Markjay]

Good point Sounds2K. If the fluid is old and contains a fair bit of moisture it will boil at 100C in the calipers. That means no brakes, well braking on steam rather than brake fluid.

New brake fluid boils at around 300C.

300C? 300C? anyone mentioned 300C?  

[familyman]

If servo action okay worn pads and discs below min thickness can do this as mentioned. check fronts but check min thickness of rear discs as well, often overlooked, rear brakes work nearly just as hard as the front due to abs and no load propotion valve, brake balance slightly different with abs.  Not sure of price of pads from vauxhall but i have nearly always used EBC greenstuff pads, ignoring the max power boys brigade these pads especially with new discs give nice sharp brakes with good feel. although as i said i'm new to Omega so not sure how they would be, I would suspect as good as if not better than original. also no noticeable difference in pad/disc life

[Matchless]

I had exactly the same symptoms on my Elite when I first got it running, very scary with caravan on the back.
Couldnt find any cause so fitted a set of genuine Vx pads and transformed the brakes, much more responsive and no fade.
I think the ones fitted were marked Powerstop or something similar.