Capital Stock and Amounts Per Share (Details) (USD $)	0 Months Ended		3 Months Ended								9 Months Ended	10 Months Ended	12 Months Ended			15 Months Ended	12 Months Ended								12 Months Ended			3 Months Ended	12 Months Ended					3 Months Ended	12 Months Ended	3 Months Ended	12 Months Ended				15 Months Ended		3 Months Ended	12 Months Ended	15 Months Ended
	Dec. 08, 2011	May 18, 2009	Dec. 31, 2011	Sep. 30, 2011	Jun. 30, 2011	Mar. 31, 2011	Sep. 30, 2010	Jun. 30, 2010	Mar. 31, 2010	Sep. 30, 2009	Sep. 30, 2010	Sep. 30, 2010	Dec. 31, 2011	Dec. 31, 2010	Dec. 31, 2009	Dec. 31, 2011	Dec. 31, 2011 Convertible 2016 Notes [Member]	Dec. 31, 2010 Convertible 2016 Notes [Member]	Dec. 31, 2009 Convertible 2016 Notes [Member]	Dec. 31, 2011 Convertible 2036 Notes [Member]	Dec. 31, 2010 Convertible 2036 Notes [Member]	Dec. 31, 2009 Convertible 2036 Notes [Member]	Dec. 31, 2011 United Auto Workers Voluntary Employees Beneficiary Association Trust Secured Debt [Member]	Dec. 31, 2009 United Auto Workers Voluntary Employees Beneficiary Association Trust Secured Debt [Member]	Dec. 31, 2011 Convertible Debt Trust Preferred Securities [Member]	Dec. 31, 2010 Convertible Debt Trust Preferred Securities [Member]	Dec. 31, 2009 Convertible Debt Trust Preferred Securities [Member]	Dec. 31, 2011 Retained Earnings [Member]	Dec. 31, 2011 Retained Earnings [Member]	Dec. 31, 2010 Retained Earnings [Member]	Dec. 31, 2009 Retained Earnings [Member]	Dec. 31, 2011 Convertible 2016 Notes [Member]	Dec. 31, 2011 Convertible 2036 Notes [Member]	Mar. 31, 2011 Convertible Debt Trust Preferred Securities [Member]	Dec. 31, 2010 Convertible Debt Trust Preferred Securities [Member]	Mar. 31, 2011 Convertible Debt Trust Preferred Securities [Member] Ford Motor Company Capital Trust I I [Member]	Dec. 31, 2011 Automotive [Member]	Dec. 31, 2010 Automotive [Member]	Dec. 31, 2009 Automotive [Member]	Dec. 31, 2011 Automotive [Member] Convertible 2016 Notes [Member]	Dec. 31, 2011 Automotive [Member] Convertible 2016 Notes [Member]	Dec. 31, 2010 Automotive [Member] Convertible 2016 Notes [Member]	Jun. 30, 2009 Automotive [Member] Convertible 2036 Notes [Member]	Dec. 31, 2011 Automotive [Member] Convertible 2036 Notes [Member]	Dec. 31, 2011 Automotive [Member] Convertible 2036 Notes [Member]	Dec. 31, 2010 Automotive [Member] Convertible 2036 Notes [Member]	Dec. 31, 2011 Capital Stock [Member]	Dec. 31, 2011 Class B Stock [Member]
Capital Stock And Amounts Per Share [Line Items]
Stock Voting Power Percentage																																															60.00%	40.00%
First liquidation right amount, per share																																															0.50
Second liquidation right amount, per share																																																1.00
Third liquidation right amount, per share																																															0.50
Convertible Securities [Abstract]
Convertible notes, principal amount																																								$ 883,000,000	$ 883,000,000	$ 883,000,000		$ 25,000,000	$ 25,000,000	$ 25,000,000
Convertible notes, conversion rate (in shares)																																								107.5269	107.5269			108.6957	108.6957
Convertible notes, conversion price per share																																			$ 17.38					$ 9.30	$ 9.30			$ 9.20	$ 9.20
Convertible notes, principal used for conversion ratio																																		100	50	50				1,000	1,000		1,000	1,000	1,000
Dilution result if all dilutive shares of a convertible security were converted																																95,000,000	3,000,000
Warrants [Abstract]
Warrants issued, number (in shares)																								362,391,305
Warrants issued, exercise price per share																								$ 9.20
Dilutive shares using the net share settlement methodology (in shares)																							111,000,000
Warrants outstanding, number (in shares)																							362,000,000
Dividend Reinvestment [Abstract]
Common and Class B stock, per share dividend declared	$ 0.05												$ 0.05	$ 0	$ 0
Dividends, common stock, cumulative amount													190,000,000	2,000,000	3,000,000													(190,000,000)	190,000,000	0	0
Trigger for change in conversion and/or exercise price, minimum percent													1.00%
Other Transactions Related to Capital Stock [Abstract]
Stock issued during period, shares, new issues		345,000,000								71,587,743	75,900,000	85,800,000
Stock issued during period, value, per share		$ 4.75
Proceeds from issuance of common stock		1,600,000,000								565,000,000	903,000,000	1,000,000,000	0	1,339,000,000	2,450,000,000																						0	1,339,000,000	2,450,000,000
Basic and Diluted Income/(Loss) Attributable to Ford Motor Company [Abstract]
Basic income/(loss) from continuing operations			13,615,000,000	1,649,000,000	2,398,000,000	2,551,000,000	1,687,000,000	2,599,000,000	2,085,000,000				20,213,000,000	6,561,000,000	2,712,000,000	190,000,000
Effect of dilutive Convertible Notes																	64,000,000	173,000,000	27,000,000	2,000,000	37,000,000	119,000,000			40,000,000	182,000,000
Diluted income/(loss) from continuing operations													$ 20,319,000,000	$ 6,953,000,000	$ 2,858,000,000
Basic and Diluted Shares [Abstract]
Average shares outstanding													3,793,000,000	3,449,000,000	2,992,000,000
Restricted and uncommitted-ESOP shares													0	0	(1,000,000)
Basic shares													3,793,000,000	3,449,000,000	2,991,000,000
Net dilutive options, warrants, and restricted and uncommitted-ESOP shares													187,000,000	217,000,000	87,000,000
Dilutive Convertible Notes																	95,000,000	291,000,000	45,000,000	3,000,000	58,000,000	189,000,000			33,000,000	163,000,000
Diluted shares													4,111,000,000	4,178,000,000	3,312,000,000
Shares not included in dilution calculation due to anti-dilutive effect															162,000,000