Thor quality complaint

Coronadoron wrote:
.......until the middle of 2020 when, suddenly, the synthetic leather on the fold out couch began to massively flake exposing the woven under fabric. It is apparently a very low quality product. The paper thin leather-like covering is failing all over the couch.

Your complaint is very common across many motor home manufactures. The problem is a byproduct of the great recession of 2008/2009/2010. Though the seats continue to be manufactured in the USA, the vinyl fabric in rolls has since been purchased from China. When RV manufactures learned of the problem, the lower-end manufactures no longer offered vinyl, the higher-end brands switched to top grain leather to resolve the problem, but people with the problem are left very unhappy because the RV warranty is long expired. A few people replaced the vinyl with leather, some replace the entire seats, and some just throw a blanket over the ugly. One thing certain, it's a problem that originates in China and people like yourself are left to deal with it at your own expense.

If you plan to keep your rig a very long time, I would find out who supplied the seats to Thor and see if they can sell you real leather (or cloth) equivalent skins. Then either replace the skins yourself or get an upholstery shop involved.

For reference, our rig was built just prior to the great recession in the spring of 2007. We have vinyl seats that remain in perfect condition. But people who bought the same rig some years later, seemingly starting model year 2010, they are terribly disappointed like you are. Buy the same rig within the past 3 years or so and they are real leather.

A cloth interior also avoids the problem. Re-skinning with cloth would obviously be more affordable.