Finance Receivables - Credit Quality (Details) (USD $) In Millions	6 Months Ended																																																																															6 Months Ended					6 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2011	Jun. 30, 2011 Financial Services [Member] North America Retail [Member] Ford Credit [Member] Consumer [Member]	Dec. 31, 2010 Financial Services [Member] North America Retail [Member] Ford Credit [Member] Consumer [Member]	Jun. 30, 2011 Financial Services [Member] North America Retail [Member] Ford Credit [Member] Consumer [Member] Pass	Dec. 31, 2010 Financial Services [Member] North America Retail [Member] Ford Credit [Member] Consumer [Member] Pass	Jun. 30, 2011 Financial Services [Member] North America Retail [Member] Ford Credit [Member] Consumer [Member] Special Mention	Dec. 31, 2010 Financial Services [Member] North America Retail [Member] Ford Credit [Member] Consumer [Member] Special Mention	Jun. 30, 2011 Financial Services [Member] North America Retail [Member] Ford Credit [Member] Consumer [Member] Substandard	Dec. 31, 2010 Financial Services [Member] North America Retail [Member] Ford Credit [Member] Consumer [Member] Substandard	Jun. 30, 2011 Financial Services [Member] North America Dealer loans Ford Credit [Member] Non Consumer Portfolio Segment [Member] Internally Assigned Grade [Member]	Dec. 31, 2010 Financial Services [Member] North America Dealer loans Ford Credit [Member] Non Consumer Portfolio Segment [Member] Internally Assigned Grade [Member]	Jun. 30, 2011 Financial Services [Member] North America Dealer loans Ford Credit [Member] Non Consumer Portfolio Segment [Member] Group I	Dec. 31, 2010 Financial Services [Member] North America Dealer loans Ford Credit [Member] Non Consumer Portfolio Segment [Member] Group I	Jun. 30, 2011 Financial Services [Member] North America Dealer loans Ford Credit [Member] Non Consumer Portfolio Segment [Member] Group II	Dec. 31, 2010 Financial Services [Member] North America Dealer loans Ford Credit [Member] Non Consumer Portfolio Segment [Member] Group II	Jun. 30, 2011 Financial Services [Member] North America Dealer loans Ford Credit [Member] Non Consumer Portfolio Segment [Member] Group III	Dec. 31, 2010 Financial Services [Member] North America Dealer loans Ford Credit [Member] Non Consumer Portfolio Segment [Member] Group III	Jun. 30, 2011 Financial Services [Member] North America Dealer loans Ford Credit [Member] Non Consumer Portfolio Segment [Member] Group IV	Dec. 31, 2010 Financial Services [Member] North America Dealer loans Ford Credit [Member] Non Consumer Portfolio Segment [Member] Group IV	Jun. 30, 2011 Financial Services [Member] North America Ford Credit [Member] Consumer [Member] Direct financing leases [Member]	Dec. 31, 2010 Financial Services [Member] North America Ford Credit [Member] Consumer [Member] Direct financing leases [Member]	Jun. 30, 2011 Financial Services [Member] North America Ford Credit [Member] Consumer [Member] Direct financing leases [Member] Pass	Dec. 31, 2010 Financial Services [Member] North America Ford Credit [Member] Consumer [Member] Direct financing leases [Member] Pass	Jun. 30, 2011 Financial Services [Member] North America Ford Credit [Member] Consumer [Member] Direct financing leases [Member] Special Mention	Dec. 31, 2010 Financial Services [Member] North America Ford Credit [Member] Consumer [Member] Direct financing leases [Member] Special Mention	Jun. 30, 2011 Financial Services [Member] North America Ford Credit [Member] Consumer [Member] Direct financing leases [Member] Substandard	Dec. 31, 2010 Financial Services [Member] North America Ford Credit [Member] Consumer [Member] Direct financing leases [Member] Substandard	Jun. 30, 2011 Financial Services [Member] North America Ford Credit [Member] Non Consumer Portfolio Segment [Member] Wholesale [Member] Internally Assigned Grade [Member]	Dec. 31, 2010 Financial Services [Member] North America Ford Credit [Member] Non Consumer Portfolio Segment [Member] Wholesale [Member] Internally Assigned Grade [Member]	Jun. 30, 2011 Financial Services [Member] North America Ford Credit [Member] Non Consumer Portfolio Segment [Member] Wholesale [Member] Group I	Dec. 31, 2010 Financial Services [Member] North America Ford Credit [Member] Non Consumer Portfolio Segment [Member] Wholesale [Member] Group I	Jun. 30, 2011 Financial Services [Member] North America Ford Credit [Member] Non Consumer Portfolio Segment [Member] Wholesale [Member] Group II	Dec. 31, 2010 Financial Services [Member] North America Ford Credit [Member] Non Consumer Portfolio Segment [Member] Wholesale [Member] Group II	Jun. 30, 2011 Financial Services [Member] North America Ford Credit [Member] Non Consumer Portfolio Segment [Member] Wholesale [Member] Group III	Dec. 31, 2010 Financial Services [Member] North America Ford Credit [Member] Non Consumer Portfolio Segment [Member] Wholesale [Member] Group III	Jun. 30, 2011 Financial Services [Member] North America Ford Credit [Member] Non Consumer Portfolio Segment [Member] Wholesale [Member] Group IV	Dec. 31, 2010 Financial Services [Member] North America Ford Credit [Member] Non Consumer Portfolio Segment [Member] Wholesale [Member] Group IV	Jun. 30, 2011 Financial Services [Member] International Retail [Member] Ford Credit [Member] Consumer [Member]	Dec. 31, 2010 Financial Services [Member] International Retail [Member] Ford Credit [Member] Consumer [Member]	Jun. 30, 2011 Financial Services [Member] International Retail [Member] Ford Credit [Member] Consumer [Member] Pass	Dec. 31, 2010 Financial Services [Member] International Retail [Member] Ford Credit [Member] Consumer [Member] Pass	Jun. 30, 2011 Financial Services [Member] International Retail [Member] Ford Credit [Member] Consumer [Member] Special Mention	Dec. 31, 2010 Financial Services [Member] International Retail [Member] Ford Credit [Member] Consumer [Member] Special Mention	Jun. 30, 2011 Financial Services [Member] International Retail [Member] Ford Credit [Member] Consumer [Member] Substandard	Dec. 31, 2010 Financial Services [Member] International Retail [Member] Ford Credit [Member] Consumer [Member] Substandard	Jun. 30, 2011 Financial Services [Member] International Dealer loans Ford Credit [Member] Non Consumer Portfolio Segment [Member] Internally Assigned Grade [Member]	Dec. 31, 2010 Financial Services [Member] International Dealer loans Ford Credit [Member] Non Consumer Portfolio Segment [Member] Internally Assigned Grade [Member]	Jun. 30, 2011 Financial Services [Member] International Dealer loans Ford Credit [Member] Non Consumer Portfolio Segment [Member] Group I	Dec. 31, 2010 Financial Services [Member] International Dealer loans Ford Credit [Member] Non Consumer Portfolio Segment [Member] Group I	Jun. 30, 2011 Financial Services [Member] International Dealer loans Ford Credit [Member] Non Consumer Portfolio Segment [Member] Group II	Dec. 31, 2010 Financial Services [Member] International Dealer loans Ford Credit [Member] Non Consumer Portfolio Segment [Member] Group II	Jun. 30, 2011 Financial Services [Member] International Dealer loans Ford Credit [Member] Non Consumer Portfolio Segment [Member] Group III	Dec. 31, 2010 Financial Services [Member] International Dealer loans Ford Credit [Member] Non Consumer Portfolio Segment [Member] Group III	Jun. 30, 2011 Financial Services [Member] International Dealer loans Ford Credit [Member] Non Consumer Portfolio Segment [Member] Group IV	Dec. 31, 2010 Financial Services [Member] International Dealer loans Ford Credit [Member] Non Consumer Portfolio Segment [Member] Group IV	Jun. 30, 2011 Financial Services [Member] International Ford Credit [Member] Consumer [Member] Direct financing leases [Member]	Dec. 31, 2010 Financial Services [Member] International Ford Credit [Member] Consumer [Member] Direct financing leases [Member]	Jun. 30, 2011 Financial Services [Member] International Ford Credit [Member] Consumer [Member] Direct financing leases [Member] Pass	Dec. 31, 2010 Financial Services [Member] International Ford Credit [Member] Consumer [Member] Direct financing leases [Member] Pass	Jun. 30, 2011 Financial Services [Member] International Ford Credit [Member] Consumer [Member] Direct financing leases [Member] Special Mention	Dec. 31, 2010 Financial Services [Member] International Ford Credit [Member] Consumer [Member] Direct financing leases [Member] Special Mention	Jun. 30, 2011 Financial Services [Member] International Ford Credit [Member] Consumer [Member] Direct financing leases [Member] Substandard	Dec. 31, 2010 Financial Services [Member] International Ford Credit [Member] Consumer [Member] Direct financing leases [Member] Substandard	Jun. 30, 2011 Financial Services [Member] International Ford Credit [Member] Non Consumer Portfolio Segment [Member] Wholesale [Member] Internally Assigned Grade [Member]	Dec. 31, 2010 Financial Services [Member] International Ford Credit [Member] Non Consumer Portfolio Segment [Member] Wholesale [Member] Internally Assigned Grade [Member]	Jun. 30, 2011 Financial Services [Member] International Ford Credit [Member] Non Consumer Portfolio Segment [Member] Wholesale [Member] Group I	Dec. 31, 2010 Financial Services [Member] International Ford Credit [Member] Non Consumer Portfolio Segment [Member] Wholesale [Member] Group I	Jun. 30, 2011 Financial Services [Member] International Ford Credit [Member] Non Consumer Portfolio Segment [Member] Wholesale [Member] Group II	Dec. 31, 2010 Financial Services [Member] International Ford Credit [Member] Non Consumer Portfolio Segment [Member] Wholesale [Member] Group II	Jun. 30, 2011 Financial Services [Member] International Ford Credit [Member] Non Consumer Portfolio Segment [Member] Wholesale [Member] Group III	Dec. 31, 2010 Financial Services [Member] International Ford Credit [Member] Non Consumer Portfolio Segment [Member] Wholesale [Member] Group III	Jun. 30, 2011 Financial Services [Member] International Ford Credit [Member] Non Consumer Portfolio Segment [Member] Wholesale [Member] Group IV	Dec. 31, 2010 Financial Services [Member] International Ford Credit [Member] Non Consumer Portfolio Segment [Member] Wholesale [Member] Group IV	Jun. 30, 2011 Financial Services [Member] Retail [Member] Ford Credit [Member] Consumer [Member]	Dec. 31, 2010 Financial Services [Member] Retail [Member] Ford Credit [Member] Consumer [Member]	Jun. 30, 2011 Financial Services [Member] Dealer loans Ford Credit [Member] Consumer [Member]	Dec. 31, 2010 Financial Services [Member] Dealer loans Ford Credit [Member] Consumer [Member]	Jun. 30, 2011 Financial Services [Member] Dealer loans Ford Credit [Member] Non Consumer Portfolio Segment [Member] Internally Assigned Grade [Member]	Dec. 31, 2010 Financial Services [Member] Dealer loans Ford Credit [Member] Non Consumer Portfolio Segment [Member] Internally Assigned Grade [Member]	Jun. 30, 2011 Financial Services [Member] Ford Credit [Member] Finance Receivables [Member] Consumer [Member]	Jun. 30, 2011 Financial Services [Member] Ford Credit [Member] Consumer [Member] Direct financing leases [Member]	Dec. 31, 2010 Financial Services [Member] Ford Credit [Member] Consumer [Member] Direct financing leases [Member]	Jun. 30, 2011 Financial Services [Member] Ford Credit [Member] Non Consumer Portfolio Segment [Member] Wholesale [Member] Internally Assigned Grade [Member]	Dec. 31, 2010 Financial Services [Member] Ford Credit [Member] Non Consumer Portfolio Segment [Member] Wholesale [Member] Internally Assigned Grade [Member]	Jun. 30, 2011 Financial Services [Member] Ford Credit [Member] Pass	Jun. 30, 2011 Financial Services [Member] Ford Credit [Member] Special Mention	Jun. 30, 2011 Financial Services [Member] Ford Credit [Member] Substandard
Credit quality ratings:
Term, in days, for credit quality rating																																																																																					current to 60 days past due		greater than 120 days past due
Term, range in days, for credit quality rating (low)																																																																																						P61d
Term, range in days, for credit quality rating (high)																																																																																						P120d
Financing receivables
Financing Receivable By Credit Quality Indicator		$ 36,982	$ 37,549	$ 36,804	$ 37,348	$ 102	$ 119	$ 76	$ 82	$ 1,047	$ 1,117	$ 777	$ 785	$ 160	$ 208	$ 99	$ 107	$ 11	$ 17	$ 7	$ 17	$ 6	$ 17	$ 1				$ 14,378	$ 13,273	$ 11,808	$ 10,540	$ 2,170	$ 2,372	$ 385	$ 353	$ 15	$ 8	$ 9,376	$ 9,147	$ 9,276	$ 9,068	$ 52	$ 60	$ 48	$ 19	$ 66	$ 33	$ 38	$ 5	$ 16	$ 15	$ 11	$ 12	$ 1	$ 1	$ 2,972	$ 2,927	$ 2,960	$ 2,914	$ 8	$ 10	$ 4	$ 3	$ 10,260	$ 8,851	$ 6,144	$ 5,135	$ 2,526	$ 2,189	$ 1,576	$ 1,527	$ 14		$ 46,358	$ 46,696			$ 1,113	$ 1,150		$ 2,979	$ 2,944	$ 24,638	$ 22,124
Non-accrual
Number of days accrual of interest on receivables and revenue on operating leases is discontinued	time a receivable is determined to be uncollectible, bankruptcy status notification, or 120 days past due
Greater than 120 days past due		76	82																																			48	19																	4	3
Less than 120 days past due		328	355																																			4	26																		1
Total recorded investment in consumer receivables in non-accrual status		404	437																																			52	45																	4	4																	456	482						4	4
Number of days when an account goes into non-accrual status																																																																																P90d
Non bankrupt accounts in the process of collection, minimum days																																																																																P91d
Non bankrupt accounts in the process of collection, maximum days																																																																																P120d
Finance receivables greater than 90 Days and still accruing interest																																																																										$ 20	$ 7	$ 4	$ 1