Debt - Maturities (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	Dec. 31, 2019	Dec. 31, 2018
Maturities of Long-term Debt and Capital Lease Obligations, including and Short Term Debt [Abstract]
Debt	$ 600	$ 600
Operating Segments \| Automotive
Maturities of Long-term Debt and Capital Lease Obligations, including and Short Term Debt [Abstract]
Long-term Debt, Maturities, Repayments of Principal in Next Twelve Months	1,446
Long-term Debt, Maturities, Repayments of Principal in Year Two	719
Long-term Debt, Maturities, Repayments of Principal in Year Three	1,975
Long-term Debt, Maturities, Repayments of Principal in Year Four	151
Long-term Debt, Maturities, Repayments of Principal in Year Five	30
Long-term Debt, Maturities, Repayments of Principal after Year Five	10,635
Debt Instrument, Unamortized Discount (Premium) and Debt Issuance Costs, Net	278
Debt	14,678	13,547
Operating Segments \| Automotive \| Corporate debt
Maturities of Long-term Debt and Capital Lease Obligations, including and Short Term Debt [Abstract]
Long-term Debt, Maturities, Repayments of Principal in Next Twelve Months	0
Long-term Debt, Maturities, Repayments of Principal in Year Two	0
Long-term Debt, Maturities, Repayments of Principal in Year Three	86
Long-term Debt, Maturities, Repayments of Principal in Year Four	0
Long-term Debt, Maturities, Repayments of Principal in Year Five	0
Long-term Debt, Maturities, Repayments of Principal after Year Five	10,497
Debt Instrument, Unamortized Discount (Premium) and Debt Issuance Costs, Net	234
Debt	10,349
Operating Segments \| Automotive \| Other debt
Maturities of Long-term Debt and Capital Lease Obligations, including and Short Term Debt [Abstract]
Long-term Debt, Maturities, Repayments of Principal in Next Twelve Months	855
Long-term Debt, Maturities, Repayments of Principal in Year Two	128
Long-term Debt, Maturities, Repayments of Principal in Year Three	100
Long-term Debt, Maturities, Repayments of Principal in Year Four	151
Long-term Debt, Maturities, Repayments of Principal in Year Five	30
Long-term Debt, Maturities, Repayments of Principal after Year Five	138
Debt Instrument, Unamortized Discount (Premium) and Debt Issuance Costs, Net	44
Debt	1,358
Operating Segments \| Automotive \| Other debt \| DOE ATVM Incentive Program
Maturities of Long-term Debt and Capital Lease Obligations, including and Short Term Debt [Abstract]
Long-term Debt, Maturities, Repayments of Principal in Next Twelve Months	591
Long-term Debt, Maturities, Repayments of Principal in Year Two	591
Long-term Debt, Maturities, Repayments of Principal in Year Three	289
Long-term Debt, Maturities, Repayments of Principal in Year Four	0
Long-term Debt, Maturities, Repayments of Principal in Year Five	0
Long-term Debt, Maturities, Repayments of Principal after Year Five	0
Debt Instrument, Unamortized Discount (Premium) and Debt Issuance Costs, Net	0
Debt	1,471
Operating Segments \| Automotive \| Other debt \| Delayed Draw Term Loan
Maturities of Long-term Debt and Capital Lease Obligations, including and Short Term Debt [Abstract]
Long-term Debt, Maturities, Repayments of Principal in Next Twelve Months	0
Long-term Debt, Maturities, Repayments of Principal in Year Two	0
Long-term Debt, Maturities, Repayments of Principal in Year Three	1,500
Long-term Debt, Maturities, Repayments of Principal in Year Four	0
Long-term Debt, Maturities, Repayments of Principal in Year Five	0
Long-term Debt, Maturities, Repayments of Principal after Year Five	0
Debt Instrument, Unamortized Discount (Premium) and Debt Issuance Costs, Net	0
Debt	1,500
Operating Segments \| Ford Credit
Maturities of Long-term Debt and Capital Lease Obligations, including and Short Term Debt [Abstract]
Long-term Debt, Maturities, Repayments of Principal in Next Twelve Months	52,388
Long-term Debt, Maturities, Repayments of Principal in Year Two	31,264
Long-term Debt, Maturities, Repayments of Principal in Year Three	21,752
Long-term Debt, Maturities, Repayments of Principal in Year Four	10,530
Long-term Debt, Maturities, Repayments of Principal in Year Five	10,606
Long-term Debt, Maturities, Repayments of Principal after Year Five	13,158
Debt Instrument, Unamortized Discount (Premium) and Debt Issuance Costs, Net	(331)
Debt	140,029	$ 140,066
Operating Segments \| Ford Credit \| Unsecured Debt
Maturities of Long-term Debt and Capital Lease Obligations, including and Short Term Debt [Abstract]
Long-term Debt, Maturities, Repayments of Principal in Next Twelve Months	27,898
Long-term Debt, Maturities, Repayments of Principal in Year Two	16,893
Long-term Debt, Maturities, Repayments of Principal in Year Three	12,827
Long-term Debt, Maturities, Repayments of Principal in Year Four	7,054
Long-term Debt, Maturities, Repayments of Principal in Year Five	8,101
Long-term Debt, Maturities, Repayments of Principal after Year Five	10,273
Debt Instrument, Unamortized Discount (Premium) and Debt Issuance Costs, Net	(395)
Debt	83,441
Operating Segments \| Ford Credit \| Secured Debt
Maturities of Long-term Debt and Capital Lease Obligations, including and Short Term Debt [Abstract]
Long-term Debt, Maturities, Repayments of Principal in Next Twelve Months	24,490
Long-term Debt, Maturities, Repayments of Principal in Year Two	14,371
Long-term Debt, Maturities, Repayments of Principal in Year Three	8,925
Long-term Debt, Maturities, Repayments of Principal in Year Four	3,476
Long-term Debt, Maturities, Repayments of Principal in Year Five	2,505
Long-term Debt, Maturities, Repayments of Principal after Year Five	2,885
Debt Instrument, Unamortized Discount (Premium) and Debt Issuance Costs, Net	64
Debt	56,588
Operating Segments \| Other Segments \| Unsecured Debt
Maturities of Long-term Debt and Capital Lease Obligations, including and Short Term Debt [Abstract]
Long-term Debt, Maturities, Repayments of Principal in Next Twelve Months	130
Long-term Debt, Maturities, Repayments of Principal in Year Two	180
Long-term Debt, Maturities, Repayments of Principal in Year Three	0
Long-term Debt, Maturities, Repayments of Principal in Year Four	0
Long-term Debt, Maturities, Repayments of Principal in Year Five	0
Long-term Debt, Maturities, Repayments of Principal after Year Five	294
Debt Instrument, Unamortized Discount (Premium) and Debt Issuance Costs, Net	4
Debt	$ 600

Amount of short-term and long-term debt and lease obligation.

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