Hi, I have a 1998 Bonneville SE with 127,000 miles. I have owned since 2006, and it has been a great, well taken care of vehicle but there has been one persistent problem, the Paint peels off in large chunks. When I first bought the car, a little spot on the rear fender started to peel off, it was about the size of a quarter, so I quikly sanded it, primed, and painted it (Midnight Blue which is the color of the vehicle) and I thought i could put that problem in the book. But ever since then, the problem has only gotten worse, to the point now that i can't even take my car to through the car wash without paint somewhere coming off. The largest problem areas seem to be the hood, and all four fender/quarter panel areas. The chunks that come off now can be as large as several inches square, up to a foot. I know a lot of older gm vehicles from the late 80'*/early 90'* ad this issue, but I thought it was fixed by 98. Any ideas on what I can do?

Unless someone has a miracle cure the only thing I can see is to repaint the whole car. Most likely what you wanted to hear, but its the only thing I can think of, and then the car will be one solid layer of paint, instead of a patchwork of a fix here and there.

Yeah thats what I think I am going to have to eventually do, my problem is I don't know if it is really worth it, i mean the car can't be worth more then $3500, so I don't know how much a decent paint job would cost. I have spent a lot of time and effort repairing spots, and I get it to match very well, but as soon as wash the car, another spot peels off, and all that work was for nothing. I know Maaco or whatever does pretty cheap paint jobs, but do they look any good?

from what i've seen theyre allright, definatley not the best

Sounds like bad primer from the factory. I thought this only happened to cars in the 95 time frame. Same thing happened to my 95. Got sick of fixing small spots so I stripped it and repainted it.

Thats about the only way to really fix the problem. Stripe it and start fresh