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Worst Vehicles of 1963

The most problematic 1963 model year vehicles ranked by NHTSA complaints, federal recalls, and safety investigations.

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.
#11963 GMC GMC
0 complaints3 recalls
15
#21963 American Trailers American Trailers
0 complaints1 recall
5
#31963 Austin Healey 3000
0 complaints1 recall
5
#41963 Autocar Autocar
0 complaints1 recall
5
#51963 Blue Bird All American
0 complaints1 recall
5
#61963 Chevrolet Chevrolet Truck
0 complaints1 recall
5
#71963 Chevrolet Corvair
0 complaints1 recall
5
#81963 Clark Clark
0 complaints1 recall
5
#91963 Compton Compton
0 complaints1 recall
5
#101963 Fabco Widetrack
0 complaints1 recall
5
#111963 Flxible Flxible
0 complaints1 recall
5
#121963 Flxible Transit Coach
0 complaints1 recall
5
#131963 White Truck White Truck
0 complaints1 recall
5
#141963 Western Star Western Star
0 complaints1 recall
5
#151963 Am Hoist Am Hoist
0 complaints1 recall
5
#161963 Gillig Gillig
0 complaints1 recall
5
#171963 GMC 5000
0 complaints1 recall
5
#181963 GMC 5500
0 complaints1 recall
5
#191963 GMC 6000
0 complaints1 recall
5
#201963 GMC 6500
0 complaints1 recall
5
#211963 GMC PD4106
0 complaints1 recall
5
#221963 GMC PD4107
0 complaints1 recall
5
#231963 GMC S5000
0 complaints1 recall
5
#241963 GMC S6M
0 complaints1 recall
5
#251963 GMC S8M
0 complaints1 recall
5
#261963 GMC SDH
0 complaints1 recall
5
#271963 GMC SDM
0 complaints1 recall
5
#281963 GMC T6H
0 complaints1 recall
5
#291963 GMC TDM
0 complaints1 recall
5
#301963 Great Dane Great Dane
0 complaints1 recall
5
#311963 International Harvester 1000A
0 complaints1 recall
5
#321963 International Harvester 183RE
0 complaints1 recall
5
#331963 International Harvester C100
0 complaints1 recall
5
#341963 International Harvester C1000
0 complaints1 recall
5
#351963 International Harvester D1000
0 complaints1 recall
5
#361963 Load King Load King
0 complaints1 recall1 TSBs
5
#371963 Lufkin Lufkin
0 complaints1 recall
5
#381963 Mack Mack
0 complaints1 recall28 TSBs
5
#391963 Peerless Peerless
0 complaints1 recall
5
#401963 Progress Progress
0 complaints1 recall
5
#411963 Southern Southern
0 complaints1 recall
5
#421963 Trailmobile Trailmobile
0 complaints1 recall
5
#431963 Volkswagen Volkswagen
0 complaints1 recall
5
#441963 Ford Ford
1 complaint0 recalls
1
#451963 Chevrolet Impala
1 complaint0 recalls
1

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