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Worst Vehicles of 1961

The most problematic 1961 model year vehicles ranked by NHTSA complaints, federal recalls, and safety investigations.

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1966196519641963196219601959195819571956
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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.
#11961 Trailmobile Trailmobile
0 complaints2 recalls
10
#21961 Clark Clark
0 complaints2 recalls
10
#31961 Progress Progress
1 complaints1 recalls
6
#41961 Mc Cabe Powers Mc Cabe Powers
1 complaints1 recalls
6
#51961 American Trailers American Trailers
0 complaints1 recalls
5
#61961 Austin Healey 3000
0 complaints1 recalls
5
#71961 Autocar Autocar
0 complaints1 recalls
5
#81961 Butler Butler
0 complaints1 recalls
5
#91961 Callahan Callahan
0 complaints1 recalls
5
#101961 Ce Howard Ce Howard
0 complaints1 recalls
5
#111961 Chevrolet Chevrolet Truck
0 complaints1 recalls
5
#121961 Chevrolet Corvair
0 complaints1 recalls
5
#131961 Clough Clough
0 complaints1 recalls
5
#141961 Compton Compton
0 complaints1 recalls
5
#151961 Converto Converto
0 complaints1 recalls
5
#161961 Cook Cook
0 complaints1 recalls
5
#171961 Copco Copco
0 complaints1 recalls
5
#181961 Custom Custom
0 complaints1 recalls
5
#191961 Dairy Equipment Dairy Equipment
0 complaints1 recalls
5
#201961 Dorsey Dorsey
0 complaints1 recalls
5
#211961 Fabco Widetrack
0 complaints1 recalls
5
#221961 Flxible Flxible
0 complaints1 recalls
5
#231961 Fruehauf Fruehauf
0 complaints1 recalls
5
#241961 Gh Hicks Gh Hicks
0 complaints1 recalls
5
#251961 Gindy Gindy
0 complaints1 recalls
5
#261961 Globe Globe
0 complaints1 recalls
5
#271961 Gmc 5000
0 complaints1 recalls
5
#281961 Gmc 5500
0 complaints1 recalls
5
#291961 Gmc 6000
0 complaints1 recalls
5
#301961 Gmc 6500
0 complaints1 recalls
5
#311961 Gmc Gmc
0 complaints1 recalls
5
#321961 Gmc S5000
0 complaints1 recalls
5
#331961 Great Dane Great Dane
0 complaints1 recalls
5
#341961 Heil Heil
0 complaints1 recalls
5
#351961 Hendrickson Hendrickson
0 complaints1 recalls
5
#361961 Highway Highway
0 complaints1 recalls
5
#371961 Hill Hill
0 complaints1 recalls
5
#381961 Hobbs Trailers Hobbs Trailers
0 complaints1 recalls
5
#391961 International Harvester 1000a
0 complaints1 recalls
5
#401961 International Harvester C100
0 complaints1 recalls
5
#411961 International Harvester C1000
0 complaints1 recalls
5
#421961 International Harvester D1000
0 complaints1 recalls
5
#431961 Kentucky Kentucky
0 complaints1 recalls
5
#441961 Kilgore Kilgore
0 complaints1 recalls
5
#451961 Load King Load King
0 complaints1 recalls
5
#461961 Lubbock Lubbock
0 complaints1 recalls
5
#471961 Mack Mack
0 complaints1 recalls28 TSBs
5
#481961 Miller Wldng Mb
0 complaints1 recalls
5
#491961 Motac Motac
0 complaints1 recalls
5
#501961 Nelson Nelson
0 complaints1 recalls
5

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