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Worst Vehicles of 1959

The most problematic 1959 model year vehicles ranked by NHTSA complaints, federal recalls, and safety investigations.

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How scoring works: Each complaint counts as 1 point, each recall as 5 points, and each federal investigation as 10 points. Click any vehicle to view its full reliability profile.
#11959 Volkswagen Volkswagen
1 complaints1 recalls
6
#21959 Austin Healey 3000
0 complaints1 recalls
5
#31959 Autocar Autocar
0 complaints1 recalls
5
#41959 Cadillac Cadillac
0 complaints1 recalls
5
#51959 Fabco Widetrack
0 complaints1 recalls
5
#61959 Mack Mack
0 complaints1 recalls28 TSBs
5
#71959 Trailmobile Trailmobile
0 complaints1 recalls
5
#81959 Western Star Western Star
0 complaints1 recalls
5
#91959 White Truck White Truck
0 complaints1 recalls
5
#101959 Austin Healey 100 6
0 complaints1 recalls
5
#111959 Williams Williams
0 complaints1 recalls
5

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