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.
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1#11963 GMC GMC
0 complaints3 recalls
030015
#21963 American Trailers American Trailers
0 complaints1 recall
01005
#31963 Austin Healey 3000
0 complaints1 recall
01005
#41963 Autocar Autocar
0 complaints1 recall
01005
#51963 Blue Bird All American
0 complaints1 recall
01005
#61963 Chevrolet Chevrolet Truck
0 complaints1 recall
01005
#71963 Chevrolet Corvair
0 complaints1 recall
01005
#81963 Clark Clark
0 complaints1 recall
01005
#91963 Compton Compton
0 complaints1 recall
01005
#101963 Fabco Widetrack
0 complaints1 recall
01005
#111963 Flxible Flxible
0 complaints1 recall
01005
#121963 Flxible Transit Coach
0 complaints1 recall
01005
#131963 White Truck White Truck
0 complaints1 recall
01005
#141963 Western Star Western Star
0 complaints1 recall
01005
#151963 Am Hoist Am Hoist
0 complaints1 recall
01005
#161963 Gillig Gillig
0 complaints1 recall
01005
#171963 GMC 5000
0 complaints1 recall
01005
#181963 GMC 5500
0 complaints1 recall
01005
#191963 GMC 6000
0 complaints1 recall
01005
#201963 GMC 6500
0 complaints1 recall
01005
#211963 GMC PD4106
0 complaints1 recall
01005
#221963 GMC PD4107
0 complaints1 recall
01005
#231963 GMC S5000
0 complaints1 recall
01005
#241963 GMC S6M
0 complaints1 recall
01005
#251963 GMC S8M
0 complaints1 recall
01005
#261963 GMC SDH
0 complaints1 recall
01005
#271963 GMC SDM
0 complaints1 recall
01005
#281963 GMC T6H
0 complaints1 recall
01005
#291963 GMC TDM
0 complaints1 recall
01005
#301963 Great Dane Great Dane
0 complaints1 recall
01005
#311963 International Harvester 1000A
0 complaints1 recall
01005
#321963 International Harvester 183RE
0 complaints1 recall
01005
#331963 International Harvester C100
0 complaints1 recall
01005
#341963 International Harvester C1000
0 complaints1 recall
01005
#351963 International Harvester D1000
0 complaints1 recall
01005
#361963 Load King Load King
0 complaints1 recall1 TSBs
01015
#371963 Lufkin Lufkin
0 complaints1 recall
01005
#381963 Mack Mack
0 complaints1 recall28 TSBs
010285
#391963 Peerless Peerless
0 complaints1 recall
01005
#401963 Progress Progress
0 complaints1 recall
01005
#411963 Southern Southern
0 complaints1 recall
01005
#421963 Trailmobile Trailmobile
0 complaints1 recall
01005
#431963 Volkswagen Volkswagen
0 complaints1 recall
01005
#441963 Ford Ford
1 complaint0 recalls
10001
#451963 Chevrolet Impala
1 complaint0 recalls
10001
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Data sourced from NHTSA complaints, federal recalls, and safety investigations.