Capital Stock and Amounts Per Share (Details) (USD $)	0 Months Ended	3 Months Ended				12 Months Ended						2 Months Ended	3 Months Ended	7 Months Ended	12 Months Ended			1 Months Ended	4 Months Ended	7 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	Jan. 10, 2013	Dec. 31, 2012	Sep. 30, 2012	Jun. 30, 2012	Mar. 31, 2012	Dec. 31, 2012	Dec. 31, 2011	Dec. 31, 2010	Dec. 31, 2012 United Auto Workers Voluntary Employees Beneficiary Association Trust Secured Debt [Member]	Jan. 08, 2013 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, 2012 Convertible 2016 Notes [Member]	Nov. 08, 2012 Convertible 2016 Notes [Member]	Jul. 31, 2012 Convertible 2016 Notes [Member]	Dec. 31, 2012 Convertible 2016 Notes [Member]	Dec. 31, 2011 Convertible 2016 Notes [Member]	Dec. 31, 2010 Convertible 2016 Notes [Member]	Dec. 31, 2012 Convertible 2036 Notes [Member]	Dec. 14, 2012 Convertible 2036 Notes [Member]	Aug. 05, 2012 Convertible 2036 Notes [Member]	Dec. 31, 2012 Convertible 2036 Notes [Member]	Dec. 31, 2011 Convertible 2036 Notes [Member]	Dec. 31, 2010 Convertible 2036 Notes [Member]	Dec. 31, 2012 Convertible Debt Trust Preferred Securities [Member]	Dec. 31, 2011 Convertible Debt Trust Preferred Securities [Member]	Dec. 31, 2010 Convertible Debt Trust Preferred Securities [Member]	Dec. 31, 2012 Common Stock [Member]	Dec. 31, 2012 Class B Stock [Member]
Capital Stock And Amounts Per Share [Line Items]
Stock Voting Power Percentage																											60.00%	40.00%
First Liquidation Right Amount Available For Distribution Per Share																											0.50
Second Liquidation Right Amount Available For Distribution Per Share																												1.00
Third Liquidation Right Amount Available For Distribution Per Share																											0.50
Warrants [Abstract]
Number of shares called by warrants											362,391,305
Exercise price of warrants									9.01		9.20
Number of warrants exercised									362,000,000
Common stock shares issued from warrant exercise									106,000,000	72,000,000
Dividend Reinvestment [Abstract]
Common and Class B stock, per share dividend declared	$ 0.10					$ 0.15	$ 0.05	$ 0.00
Effect of Dividend on Convertible Notes [Abstract]
Common Stock, Dividends, Per Share, Cash Paid		$ 0.05	$ 0.05	$ 0.05	$ 0.05	$ 0.20
Debt Instrument, Interest Rate, Stated Percentage												4.25%			4.25%			4.25%			4.25%
Debt Instrument, Convertible, Conversion Ratio												109.8554	109.3202	107.5269				111.0495	110.5085	108.6957
Debt Instrument Convertible Principal Amount Used For Conversion Ratio												$ 1,000			$ 1,000			$ 1,000			$ 1,000
Basic and Diluted Income Attributable to Ford Motor Company [Abstract]
Basic income from continuing operations						5,665,000,000	20,213,000,000	6,561,000,000
Effect of dilutive Convertible Notes															46,000,000	64,000,000	173,000,000				2,000,000	2,000,000	37,000,000		40,000,000	182,000,000
Diluted income from continuing operations						$ 5,713,000,000	$ 20,319,000,000	$ 6,953,000,000
Basic and Diluted Shares [Abstract]
Basic shares (average shares outstanding)						3,815,000,000	3,793,000,000	3,449,000,000	9,000,000
Net dilutive options and warrants						101,000,000	187,000,000	217,000,000
Dilutive Convertible Notes															96,000,000	95,000,000	291,000,000				3,000,000	3,000,000	58,000,000		33,000,000	163,000,000
Diluted shares						4,015,000,000	4,111,000,000	4,178,000,000	53,000,000