Exhibit 31.2
CERTIFICATION
I, Lewis Booth, Executive Vice President and Chief
Financial Officer of Ford Motor Company, certify that:
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I have reviewed this Annual Report on Form 10-K for
the year ended December 31, 2009 of Ford Motor Company;
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Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain
any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact
necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under
which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period
covered by this report;
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Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and
other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all
material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash
flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this
report;
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The registrant's other certifying officer(s) and I
are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and
procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and
internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act
Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and
have:
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(a) Designed such disclosure controls and
procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be
designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information
relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is
made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the
period in which this report is being prepared;
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(b) Designed such internal control over
financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial
reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable
assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the
preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance
with generally accepted accounting principles;
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(c) Evaluated the effectiveness of the
registrant's disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this
report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls
and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based
on such evaluation; and
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(d) Disclosed in this report any change in
the registrant's internal control over financial reporting that occurred
during the registrant's most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant's
fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially
affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant's
internal control over financial reporting;
and
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The registrant's other certifying officer(s) and I
have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control
over financial reporting, to the registrant's auditors and the audit
committee of the registrant's board of directors (or persons performing
the equivalent functions):
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(a) All significant deficiencies and
material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over
financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the
registrant's ability to record, process, summarize and report financial
information; and
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(b) Any fraud, whether or not material,
that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in
the registrant's internal control over financial
reporting.
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Dated: February 25, 2010
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/s/ Lewis Booth
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L.W.K. Booth
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Executive Vice President and
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Chief Financial
Officer
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