Required minimum liquidity amount per the debt covenant.

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- Definition

Amount of contractual obligation, including but not limited to, long-term debt, capital lease obligations, operating lease obligations, purchase obligations, and other commitments.

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- Definition

Contractual interest rate for funds borrowed, under the debt agreement.

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-Name Regulation S-X (SX)

-Number 210

-Section 02

-Paragraph 22

-Article 5

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-Subparagraph (SX 210.5-02.22(a)(1))

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- Definition

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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-Name Accounting Standards Codification

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-SubTopic 210

-Section S99

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-Subparagraph (SX 210.9-03.16)

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-Name Regulation S-X (SX)

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-Section 02

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-Section S99

-Paragraph 1

-Subparagraph (SX 210.7-03.16)

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Date the first payment under the line of credit must be paid, in CCYY-MM-DD format.

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Description of the frequency of periodic payments, which may be presented in a variety of ways (for example, monthly, quarterly, annually).

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The effective interest rate during the reporting period.

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- Definition

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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Amount of the required periodic payment applied to principal.

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Amount of borrowing capacity currently available under the credit facility (current borrowing capacity less the amount of borrowings outstanding).

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Debt and Commitments - Debt Instruments ATVM Incentive Program, EIB Credit Facility, and Automotive Credit Facilities (Details)			12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2014 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2014 Automotive [Member] USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2014 DOE ATVM Incentive Program Automotive [Member] USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2014 EIB Credit Facility [Member] Ford Romania SA [Member] Automotive [Member] USD ($)	Dec. 21, 2009 EIB Credit Facility [Member] Ford Romania SA [Member] Automotive [Member] GBP (£)	Dec. 31, 2014 EIB Credit Facility [Member] Ford of Britain [Member] Automotive [Member] USD ($)	Jul. 12, 2010 EIB Credit Facility [Member] Ford of Britain [Member] Automotive [Member] GBP (£)	Dec. 31, 2014 Revolving Credit Facility, Maturing April 30, 2019 [Member] Automotive [Member] USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2014 Revolving Credit Facility, Maturing April 30, 2017 [Member] Automotive [Member] USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2014 Revolving Credit Facility, Committed to Ford Credit [Member] Automotive [Member] USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2014 Revolving Credit Facility [Member] Automotive [Member] USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2014 Automotive Affiliates Debt [Member] Automotive [Member] USD ($)
Notes Due [Abstract]
Line of Credit Facility, Maximum Borrowing Capacity			$ 5,900,000,000	$ 486,000,000	£ 400,000,000	$ 701,000,000	£ 450,000,000	$ 9,000,000,000	$ 3,000,000,000	$ 2,000,000,000	$ 12,200,000,000	$ 822,000,000
Line of Credit Facility, Remaining Borrowing Capacity			4,400,000,000
Line of Credit Facility, Interest Rate During Period			2.30%
Line of Credit Facility, Frequency of Payments			quarterly
Line of Credit Facility, Periodic Payment			148,000,000
Line of Credit Facility, Date of First Required Payment			Sep. 15, 2012
Debt Instrument, Interest Rate, Stated Percentage				4.44%		4.00%
Debt Covenant Minimum Liquidity Amount											4,000,000,000
Line of Credit Facility, Amount Outstanding											58,000,000	175,000,000
Contractual Obligation	$ 119,171,000,000us-gaap_ContractualObligation	$ 13,824,000,000	$ 4,424,000,000