Credit Facility, Guarantee by Third Party, Amount

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Required minimum liquidity amount per the debt covenant.

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Medium-term Notes, Noncurrent, Cumulative

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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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Period of time between issuance and maturity of debt instrument, in PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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The carrying value as of the balance sheet date of the current and noncurrent portions of long-term obligations drawn from a line of credit, which is a bank's commitment to make loans up to a specific amount. Examples of items that might be included in the application of this element may consist of letters of credit, standby letters of credit, and revolving credit arrangements, under which borrowings can be made up to a maximum amount as of any point in time conditional on satisfaction of specified terms before, as of and after the date of drawdowns on the line. Includes short-term obligations that would normally be classified as current liabilities but for which (a) postbalance sheet date issuance of a long term obligation to refinance the short term obligation on a long term basis, or (b) the enterprise has entered into a financing agreement that clearly permits the enterprise to refinance the short-term obligation on a long term basis and the following conditions are met (1) the agreement does not expire within 1 year and is not cancelable by the lender except for violation of an objectively determinable provision, (2) no violation exists at the BS date, and (3) the lender has entered into the financing agreement is expected to be financially capable of honoring the agreement.

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Maximum borrowing capacity under the credit facility without consideration of any current restrictions on the amount that could be borrowed or the amounts currently outstanding under the facility.

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Carrying value at the balance sheet date of the noncurrent portion of a financial instrument used to receive debt funding on a regular basis with original maturities ranging from 5-10 years.

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Amount of long-term loans classified as other, payable after one year or the operating cycle, if longer.

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Amount of cash outflow for payment of an obligation from a lender, including but not limited to, letter of credit, standby letter of credit and revolving credit arrangements.

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Debt - DOE ATVM Incentive Program, and Automotive Credit Facilities (Details) - Operating Segments £ in Millions, $ in Millions	1 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	Jan. 25, 2023 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2022 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2022 GBP (£)	Jun. 30, 2022 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2021 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2020 GBP (£)
Ford Credit
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Line of Credit Facility, Maximum Borrowing Capacity		$ 39,700			$ 39,800
Ford Credit \| local credit facilities [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Line of Credit Facility, Maximum Borrowing Capacity		2,100
Ford Credit \| 364-Day Revolving Facility
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Line of Credit Facility, Amount Outstanding		1,750
Ford Credit \| 364-Day Revolving Facility \| Subsequent Event [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Repayments of Lines of Credit	$ 1,750
Company excluding Ford Credit
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Line of Credit Facility, Maximum Borrowing Capacity		19,300
Company excluding Ford Credit \| Corporate Credit Facility [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Line of Credit Facility, Maximum Borrowing Capacity		13,500
Line of Credit Facility, Amount Outstanding		19
Company excluding Ford Credit \| Corporate Credit Facility [Member] \| June 23, 2025
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Line of Credit Facility, Maximum Borrowing Capacity		3,400
Company excluding Ford Credit \| Corporate Credit Facility [Member] \| June 23, 2027
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Line of Credit Facility, Maximum Borrowing Capacity		10,100
Company excluding Ford Credit \| Supplemental Credit Facility [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Line of Credit Facility, Maximum Borrowing Capacity		2,000
Company excluding Ford Credit \| Supplemental Credit Facility [Member] \| June 23, 2025
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Line of Credit Facility, Maximum Borrowing Capacity		1,900
Company excluding Ford Credit \| Supplemental Credit Facility [Member] \| September 29, 2024
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Line of Credit Facility, Maximum Borrowing Capacity		100
Company excluding Ford Credit \| local credit facilities [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Line of Credit Facility, Amount Outstanding		1,700
Company excluding Ford Credit \| Revolving Credit Facility [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt Covenant Minimum Liquidity Amount		4,000
Company excluding Ford Credit \| 364-Day Revolving Facility
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Line of Credit Facility, Maximum Borrowing Capacity		1,750
Company excluding Ford Credit \| 364-Day Revolving Facility \| June 22, 2023
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Line of Credit Facility, Maximum Borrowing Capacity		$ 1,750
Company excluding Ford Credit \| UK Export Finance Program \| Ford of Britain [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Credit Facility, Guarantee by Third Party, Amount \| £			£ 600			£ 500
Debt Instrument, Term		5 years
Company excluding Ford Credit \| Other debt
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Other Loans Payable, Long-term, Noncurrent		$ 682			768
Company excluding Ford Credit \| Other debt \| DOE ATVM Incentive Program
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Line of Credit Facility, Maximum Borrowing Capacity				$ 5,900
Company excluding Ford Credit \| Other debt \| UK Export Finance Program
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Other Loans Payable, Long-term, Noncurrent		$ 1,654			$ 843
Company excluding Ford Credit \| UK Export Finance Program \| Ford of Britain [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Medium-term Notes, Noncurrent \| £			750			£ 625
Medium-term Notes, Noncurrent, Cumulative \| £			£ 1,375