Finance Receivables - Impaired and in Non-Accrual Status and Troubled Debt Restructurings (Details) (Financial Services [Member], Ford Credit [Member], USD $) In Millions	3 Months Ended	6 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2011	Jun. 30, 2011	Dec. 31, 2010
North America | Dealer loans | Non Consumer Portfolio Segment [Member] | Impaired Financing Receivable with Related Allowance [Member]
Financing receivables impaired and in non-accrual status
Recorded Investment in Impaired Loans & Loans on Non-accrual Status	$ 62	$ 62	$ 64
Unpaid Principal Balance	62	62	64
Related Allowance	8	8	10
Average Recorded Investment	66	66	69
Impaired And Non-Accrual Financing Receivable Collections	1	1
North America | Dealer loans | Non Consumer Portfolio Segment [Member] | Impaired Financing Receivable with No Related Allowance [Member]
Financing receivables impaired and in non-accrual status
Recorded Investment in Impaired Loans & Loans on Non-accrual Status	2	2	2
Unpaid Principal Balance	2	2	2
Related Allowance
Average Recorded Investment	7	7	9
Impaired And Non-Accrual Financing Receivable Collections		0
North America | Non Consumer Portfolio Segment [Member] | Wholesale [Member] | Impaired Financing Receivable with Related Allowance [Member]
Financing receivables impaired and in non-accrual status
Recorded Investment in Impaired Loans & Loans on Non-accrual Status
Unpaid Principal Balance
Related Allowance
Average Recorded Investment
Impaired And Non-Accrual Financing Receivable Collections		0
North America | Non Consumer Portfolio Segment [Member] | Wholesale [Member] | Impaired Financing Receivable with No Related Allowance [Member]
Financing receivables impaired and in non-accrual status
Recorded Investment in Impaired Loans & Loans on Non-accrual Status	15	15	8
Unpaid Principal Balance	15	15	8
Related Allowance
Average Recorded Investment	18	18	19
Impaired And Non-Accrual Financing Receivable Collections	1	1
International | Dealer loans | Non Consumer Portfolio Segment [Member] | Impaired Financing Receivable with Related Allowance [Member]
Financing receivables impaired and in non-accrual status
Recorded Investment in Impaired Loans & Loans on Non-accrual Status
Unpaid Principal Balance
Related Allowance
Average Recorded Investment
Impaired And Non-Accrual Financing Receivable Collections		0
International | Dealer loans | Non Consumer Portfolio Segment [Member] | Impaired Financing Receivable with No Related Allowance [Member]
Financing receivables impaired and in non-accrual status
Recorded Investment in Impaired Loans & Loans on Non-accrual Status	2	2	1
Unpaid Principal Balance	2	2	1
Related Allowance
Average Recorded Investment	1	1	2
Impaired And Non-Accrual Financing Receivable Collections		0
International | Non Consumer Portfolio Segment [Member] | Wholesale [Member] | Impaired Financing Receivable with Related Allowance [Member]
Financing receivables impaired and in non-accrual status
Recorded Investment in Impaired Loans & Loans on Non-accrual Status	7	7	5
Unpaid Principal Balance	7	7	5
Related Allowance	2	2	2
Average Recorded Investment	3	3	8
Impaired And Non-Accrual Financing Receivable Collections		0
International | Non Consumer Portfolio Segment [Member] | Wholesale [Member] | Impaired Financing Receivable with No Related Allowance [Member]
Financing receivables impaired and in non-accrual status
Recorded Investment in Impaired Loans & Loans on Non-accrual Status	20	20	22
Unpaid Principal Balance	20	20	22
Related Allowance
Average Recorded Investment	18	18	29
Impaired And Non-Accrual Financing Receivable Collections		0
Dealer loans | Non Consumer Portfolio Segment [Member]
Financing receivables impaired and in non-accrual status
Recorded Investment in Impaired Loans & Loans on Non-accrual Status	66	66	67
Unpaid Principal Balance	66	66	67
Related Allowance	8	8	10
Average Recorded Investment	74	74	80
Impaired And Non-Accrual Financing Receivable Collections	1	1
Dealer loans | Financing Receivable Troubled Debt Restructurings [Member]
Troubled debt restructurings
Troubled debt restructurings	12	12
Non Consumer Portfolio Segment [Member]
Financing receivables impaired and in non-accrual status
Recorded Investment in Impaired Loans & Loans on Non-accrual Status	108	108	102
Unpaid Principal Balance	108	108	102
Related Allowance	10	10	12
Average Recorded Investment	113	113	136
Impaired And Non-Accrual Financing Receivable Collections	2	2
Non Consumer Portfolio Segment [Member] | Wholesale [Member]
Financing receivables impaired and in non-accrual status
Recorded Investment in Impaired Loans & Loans on Non-accrual Status	42	42	35
Unpaid Principal Balance	42	42	35
Related Allowance	2	2	2
Average Recorded Investment	39	39	56
Impaired And Non-Accrual Financing Receivable Collections	$ 1	$ 1