Debt - Maturities (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	Dec. 31, 2020	Dec. 31, 2019
Maturities of Long-term Debt and Capital Lease Obligations, including and Short Term Debt [Abstract]
Debt	$ 471	$ 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	1,195
Long-term Debt, Maturities, Repayments of Principal in Year Two	2,795
Long-term Debt, Maturities, Repayments of Principal in Year Three	3,675
Long-term Debt, Maturities, Repayments of Principal in Year Four	48
Long-term Debt, Maturities, Repayments of Principal in Year Five	4,590
Long-term Debt, Maturities, Repayments of Principal after Year Five	11,661
Debt Instrument, Unamortized Discount (Premium) and Debt Issuance Costs, Net	(428)
Debt	23,536	14,678
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	86
Long-term Debt, Maturities, Repayments of Principal in Year Three	3,500
Long-term Debt, Maturities, Repayments of Principal in Year Four	0
Long-term Debt, Maturities, Repayments of Principal in Year Five	3,709
Long-term Debt, Maturities, Repayments of Principal after Year Five	11,288
Debt Instrument, Unamortized Discount (Premium) and Debt Issuance Costs, Net	(290)
Debt	18,293
Debt, principal amount	18,583	10,583
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	1,047
Long-term Debt, Maturities, Repayments of Principal in Year Two	145
Long-term Debt, Maturities, Repayments of Principal in Year Three	175
Long-term Debt, Maturities, Repayments of Principal in Year Four	48
Long-term Debt, Maturities, Repayments of Principal in Year Five	881
Long-term Debt, Maturities, Repayments of Principal after Year Five	373
Debt Instrument, Unamortized Discount (Premium) and Debt Issuance Costs, Net	(141)
Debt	2,528
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	148
Long-term Debt, Maturities, Repayments of Principal in Year Two	1,064
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	0
Debt Instrument, Unamortized Discount (Premium) and Debt Issuance Costs, Net	3
Debt	1,215
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	1,500
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	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	49,959
Long-term Debt, Maturities, Repayments of Principal in Year Two	28,402
Long-term Debt, Maturities, Repayments of Principal in Year Three	18,685
Long-term Debt, Maturities, Repayments of Principal in Year Four	13,471
Long-term Debt, Maturities, Repayments of Principal in Year Five	15,276
Long-term Debt, Maturities, Repayments of Principal after Year Five	10,639
Debt Instrument, Unamortized Discount (Premium) and Debt Issuance Costs, Net	1,245
Debt	137,677	$ 140,029
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	27,583
Long-term Debt, Maturities, Repayments of Principal in Year Two	13,983
Long-term Debt, Maturities, Repayments of Principal in Year Three	10,835
Long-term Debt, Maturities, Repayments of Principal in Year Four	10,323
Long-term Debt, Maturities, Repayments of Principal in Year Five	9,117
Long-term Debt, Maturities, Repayments of Principal after Year Five	9,939
Debt Instrument, Unamortized Discount (Premium) and Debt Issuance Costs, Net	1,313
Debt	83,093
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	22,376
Long-term Debt, Maturities, Repayments of Principal in Year Two	14,419
Long-term Debt, Maturities, Repayments of Principal in Year Three	7,850
Long-term Debt, Maturities, Repayments of Principal in Year Four	3,148
Long-term Debt, Maturities, Repayments of Principal in Year Five	6,159
Long-term Debt, Maturities, Repayments of Principal after Year Five	700
Debt Instrument, Unamortized Discount (Premium) and Debt Issuance Costs, Net	(68)
Debt	54,584
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	180
Long-term Debt, Maturities, Repayments of Principal in Year Two	0
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	(3)
Debt	$ 471

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

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