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	Dec. 31, 2014	Sep. 30, 2014	Jun. 30, 2014	Mar. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013	Sep. 30, 2013	Jun. 30, 2013	Mar. 31, 2013	Dec. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013	Dec. 31, 2012
Segment Information [Line Items]
Revenues, Sales net Automotive									$ 135,782us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet	$ 139,369us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet	$ 126,567us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet
Revenues, Financial Services									8,295us-gaap_FinancialServicesRevenue	7,548us-gaap_FinancialServicesRevenue	6,992us-gaap_FinancialServicesRevenue
Revenues									144,077us-gaap_Revenues	146,917us-gaap_Revenues	133,559us-gaap_Revenues
Income before income taxes	(56)	1,021	2,118	1,259	1,007	2,091	1,819	2,123	4,342	7,040	7,638
Depreciation and tooling amortization									7,385	6,504	5,486
Amortization of intangibles									15us-gaap_AmortizationOfIntangibleAssets	11us-gaap_AmortizationOfIntangibleAssets	10us-gaap_AmortizationOfIntangibleAssets
Interest expense									3,496us-gaap_InterestExpense	3,689us-gaap_InterestExpense	3,828us-gaap_InterestExpense
Interest Income									244us-gaap_InvestmentIncomeInterest	213us-gaap_InvestmentIncomeInterest	342us-gaap_InvestmentIncomeInterest
Unrecognized Tax Benefits Interest Income									96f_UnrecognizedTaxBenefitsInterestIncome	11f_UnrecognizedTaxBenefitsInterestIncome	9f_UnrecognizedTaxBenefitsInterestIncome
Cash outflow for capital spending									7,463	6,597	5,488
Equity in net income/(loss)									1,275	1,069	588
Total assets	208,527us-gaap_Assets				202,179us-gaap_Assets				208,527us-gaap_Assets	202,179us-gaap_Assets	189,571us-gaap_Assets
Automotive [Member]
Segment Information [Line Items]
Revenues, Sales net Automotive	33,762	32,779	35,365	33,876	35,575	33,857	36,079	33,858	135,782	139,369	126,567
Income before income taxes									2,548	5,368	5,928
Depreciation and tooling amortization									4,252	4,064	3,655
Amortization of intangibles									15	11	10
Interest expense									797	829	713
Interest Income									193	163	272
Unrecognized Tax Benefits Interest Income									109	0	0
Cash outflow for capital spending									7,360	6,566	5,459
Equity in net income/(loss)									1,246	1,046	555
Total assets	90,079				90,479				90,079	90,479	86,623
Automotive [Member] \| Ford North America [Member]
Segment Information [Line Items]
Revenues, Sales net Automotive									82,376	86,494	77,368
Income before income taxes									6,898	8,809	8,125
Depreciation and tooling amortization									2,279	2,064	1,893
Amortization of intangibles									14	9	9
Interest expense									0	0	0
Interest Income									46	99	72
Unrecognized Tax Benefits Interest Income									0
Cash outflow for capital spending									4,270	3,694	3,089
Equity in net income/(loss)									147	127	127
Total assets	61,316				59,054				61,316	59,054	51,742
Automotive [Member] \| Ford South America [Member]
Segment Information [Line Items]
Revenues, Sales net Automotive									8,799	10,847	10,081
Income before income taxes									(1,162)	(33)	213
Depreciation and tooling amortization									309	272	256
Amortization of intangibles									0	0	0
Interest expense									0	0	0
Interest Income									0	0	0
Unrecognized Tax Benefits Interest Income									0
Cash outflow for capital spending									497	756	668
Equity in net income/(loss)									0	0	0
Total assets	5,142				7,056				5,142	7,056	6,819
Automotive [Member] \| Ford Europe [Member]
Segment Information [Line Items]
Revenues, Sales net Automotive									29,457	27,255	25,759
Income before income taxes									(1,062)	(1,442)	(1,720)
Depreciation and tooling amortization									1,179	1,269	1,111
Amortization of intangibles									0	1	0
Interest expense									0	0	0
Interest Income									5	6	0
Unrecognized Tax Benefits Interest Income									0
Cash outflow for capital spending									1,619	1,249	1,074
Equity in net income/(loss)									107	125	113
Total assets	14,181				15,260				14,181	15,260	20,295
Automotive [Member] \| Middle East and Africa [Member]
Segment Information [Line Items]
Revenues, Sales net Automotive									4,406	4,533	4,890
Income before income taxes									(20)	(69)	85
Depreciation and tooling amortization									141	125	115
Amortization of intangibles									0	0	0
Interest expense									0	0	0
Interest Income									0	1	0
Unrecognized Tax Benefits Interest Income									0
Cash outflow for capital spending									135	154	152
Equity in net income/(loss)									0	0	0
Total assets	1,155				1,038				1,155	1,038	1,045
Automotive [Member] \| Asia Pacific [Member]
Segment Information [Line Items]
Revenues, Sales net Automotive									10,744	10,240	8,469
Income before income taxes									589	327	(59)
Depreciation and tooling amortization									344	334	280
Amortization of intangibles									1	1	1
Interest expense									0	0	0
Interest Income									2	4	0
Unrecognized Tax Benefits Interest Income									0
Cash outflow for capital spending									839	713	476
Equity in net income/(loss)									1,321	794	315
Total assets	8,285				8,071				8,285	8,071	6,722
Automotive [Member] \| Other Automotive [Member]
Segment Information [Line Items]
Revenues, Sales net Automotive									0	0	0
Income before income taxes									(755)	(656)	(470)
Depreciation and tooling amortization									0	0	0
Amortization of intangibles									0	0	0
Interest expense									797	829	713
Interest Income									140	53	200
Unrecognized Tax Benefits Interest Income									109
Cash outflow for capital spending									0	0	0
Equity in net income/(loss)									0	0	0
Total assets	0				0				0	0	0
Automotive [Member] \| Special Items [Member]
Segment Information [Line Items]
Revenues, Sales net Automotive									0	0	0
Income before income taxes									(1,940)	(1,568)	(246)
Depreciation and tooling amortization									0	0	0
Amortization of intangibles									0	0	0
Interest expense									0	0	0
Interest Income									0	0	0
Unrecognized Tax Benefits Interest Income									0
Cash outflow for capital spending									0	0	0
Equity in net income/(loss)									(329)	0	0
Total assets	0				0				0	0	0
Financial Services [Member]
Segment Information [Line Items]
Revenues, Financial Services	2,108	2,141	2,046	2,000	1,995	1,918	1,844	1,791	8,295	7,548	6,992
Income before income taxes									1,794	1,672	1,710
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Amortization of intangibles									0	0	0
Interest expense									2,699	2,860	3,115
Interest Income									51	50	70
Unrecognized Tax Benefits Interest Income									(13)	0	0
Cash outflow for capital spending									103	31	29
Equity in net income/(loss)									29	23	33
Total assets	121,388				115,057				121,388	115,057	105,012
Financial Services [Member] \| Ford Credit [Member]
Segment Information [Line Items]
Revenues, Financial Services									8,606	7,805	7,189
Income before income taxes									1,854	1,756	1,697
Depreciation and tooling amortization									3,112	2,422	1,806
Amortization of intangibles									0	0	0
Interest expense									2,656	2,730	3,027
Interest Income									51	50	69
Unrecognized Tax Benefits Interest Income									(13)
Cash outflow for capital spending									18	16	18
Equity in net income/(loss)									29	23	33
Total assets	122,108				115,608				122,108	115,608	104,596
Financial Services [Member] \| Other Financial Services [Member]
Segment Information [Line Items]
Revenues, Financial Services									135	192	267
Income before income taxes									(60)	(84)	13
Depreciation and tooling amortization									21	18	25
Amortization of intangibles									0	0	0
Interest expense									43	130	88
Interest Income									0	0	1
Unrecognized Tax Benefits Interest Income									0
Cash outflow for capital spending									85	15	11
Equity in net income/(loss)									0	0	0
Total assets	5,560				5,679				5,560	5,679	7,698
Financial Services [Member] \| Elims Intersegment [Member]
Segment Information [Line Items]
Revenues, Financial Services									(446)	(449)	(464)
Income before income taxes									0	0	0
Depreciation and tooling amortization									0	0	0
Amortization of intangibles									0	0	0
Interest expense									0	0	0
Interest Income									0	0	0
Unrecognized Tax Benefits Interest Income									0
Cash outflow for capital spending									0	0	0
Equity in net income/(loss)									0	0	0
Total assets	(6,280)				(6,230)				(6,280)	(6,230)	(7,282)
Intersector [Member]
Segment Information [Line Items]
Total assets	210,443				203,905				210,443	203,905
Intersector [Member] \| Elims Consolidated [Member]
Segment Information [Line Items]
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Income before income taxes									0	0	0
Depreciation and tooling amortization									0	0	0
Amortization of intangibles									0	0	0
Interest expense									0	0	0
Interest Income									0	0	0
Unrecognized Tax Benefits Interest Income									0
Cash outflow for capital spending									0	0	0
Equity in net income/(loss)									0	0	0
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