clear coat flaking off roof edge panels

[katoomer]

A couple months ago I noticed the clear coat peeling or flaking off in a half dozen or so spots on the radiused roof edge panels on our coach. Always in the middle of the panel, never near the edge and only on a horizontal area not vertical. I can actually peel it off with my fingernail. Coach has been winter stored under cover for the first 4 yrs. and had a cover for the last 2 winters. Always kept clean and waxed twice a year. Local body shop that I trust
says it it caused by poor adhesion when originally painted. If it was from cover rubbing on the paint I should not be able to scratch it off with my fingernail so please don't suggest that. I also noticed a soft spot in the middle of one panel in the fibreglass to the point that I could poke a hole in it with my finger if I pushed hard enough (poor fibreglass work). I'm hoping to do a bit of touch up with spray clear in affected areas only with the hope of stopping any further progression. Has anyone else had this problem with their Newmars?
Lucky for Newmar it didn't appear until long after my warranty expired (not lucky for me).

[imgoin4it]

Very common problem with Newmar products in that time frame. Per Newmar it was a problem with the clear coat product and they corrected it sometime later. Happened to mine and many others. I tried fixing mine. The color coat was so thin that it would sand off when sand paper touched it. Got an estimate to fix for $3000. Found that Newmar at that time had a special price to fix meaning repaint the roof and radius for $1200. I took mine to the factory and it was redone. Three years later still good.