Share-Based Compensation (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2016

Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]

Schedule of Share-based Payment Award, Stock Options, Valuation Assumptions [Table Text Block]

Inputs and assumptions used to calculate the fair value at grant date were as follows:

	2015			2016
Fair value per stock award	$	16.98		$	15.56
Grant date stock price	16.03			13.54
Assumptions:
Ford’s stock price expected volatility (a)	23.3		%	23.1		%
Expected average volatility of peer companies (a)	24.1		%	26.4		%
Risk-free interest rate	1.09		%	0.98		%
Dividend yield	3.74		%	4.43		%

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(a) Expected volatility based on three years of daily closing share price changes ending on the grant date.

Restricted Stock Units Activity [Table Text Block]

During 2016, activity for RSUs was as follows (in millions, except for weighted average fair value):

	Shares		Weighted- Average Fair Value
Outstanding, beginning of year	27.4		$	15.04
Granted	17.5		13.54
Vested	(11.1	)	14.07
Forfeited	(0.4	)	14.13
Outstanding, end of year	33.4		14.49
RSUs expected to vest	32.9		N/A

Fair And Intrinsic Value Of Restricted Stock Units [Table Text Block]

Additional information about RSUs for the years ended December 31 was as follows (in millions, except for weighted average fair value):

	2014		2015		2016
Fair value of vested shares	$	102	$	126	$	157
Weighted average grant fair value (per unit)	15.40		15.86		13.54
Compensation cost (a)	95		125		135

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(a) Net of tax benefit of $49 million, $65 million, and $72 million in 2014, 2015, and 2016, respectively.