Ford Credit Finance Receivables Net (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2019	Dec. 31, 2018	Dec. 31, 2017
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Wholesale Loans Percentage of Dealer Financing	94.00%
Financing Receivable, before Allowance for Credit Loss	$ 107,867	$ 110,486
Financing Receivable, before Allowance for Credit Loss	107,867	110,486
Financing Receivable, Allowance for Credit Loss	(513)	(589)	$ (597)
Finance receivables, net	107,354	109,897
Current portion	53,651	54,353
Non-current portion	53,703	55,544
Net finance receivables subject to fair value	99,168	101,471
Uncollected Interest Receivable Excluded From Finance Receivable	251	264
Consumer
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Financing Receivable, before Allowance for Credit Loss	73,882	76,114
Financing Receivable, before Allowance for Credit Loss	73,882	76,114
Financing Receivable, Allowance for Credit Loss	(496)	(566)	(582)
Finance receivables, net	73,386	75,548
Continuing Involvement with Continued to be Recognized Transferred Financial Assets, Amount Outstanding	38,300	40,700
Consumer | Retail financing
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Financing Receivable, before Allowance for Credit Loss	73,882	76,114
Financing Receivable, before Allowance for Credit Loss	73,882	76,114
Unearned interest supplements	(3,589)	(3,508)
Non-consumer
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Financing Receivable, before Allowance for Credit Loss	33,985	34,372
Financing Receivable, before Allowance for Credit Loss	33,985	34,372
Financing Receivable, Allowance for Credit Loss	(17)	(23)	$ (15)
Finance receivables, net	33,968	34,349
Continuing Involvement with Continued to be Recognized Transferred Financial Assets, Amount Outstanding	26,800	25,700
Non-consumer | Dealer financing
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Financing Receivable, before Allowance for Credit Loss	33,985	34,372
Financing Receivable, before Allowance for Credit Loss	33,985	34,372
Fair Value, Nonrecurring | Fair Value, Inputs, Level 3
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Fair value (b)	99,297	100,877
Ford Credit
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Sales-type Lease, Lease Income	380	375
Ford Credit | Consumer
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Financing Receivable, before Allowance for Credit Loss	77,471	79,622
Financing Receivable, before Allowance for Credit Loss	77,471	79,622
Ford Credit | Consumer | Retail Installment Contracts
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Financing Receivable, before Allowance for Credit Loss	68,905	70,874
Financing Receivable, before Allowance for Credit Loss	68,905	70,874
Ford Credit | Finance leases, gross | Retail financing
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Finance leases, gross	8,566	8,748
Operating Segments | Ford Credit
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Unearned interest supplements	(363)
Operating Segments | Ford Credit | Securitization Transactions VIE Primary Beneficiary and Non VIEs Primary Beneficiary
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Finance receivables, net	64,900	$ 66,200
Disposal Group, Held-for-sale, Not Discontinued Operations | Operating Segments | Ford Credit
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Loans Receivable Held-for-sale, Net, Not Part of Disposal Group	1,500
Forso Nordic AB | Disposal Group, Held-for-sale, Not Discontinued Operations | Operating Segments | Ford Credit
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Loans Receivable Held-for-sale, Net, Not Part of Disposal Group	$ 1,200