Ford Credit Finance Receivables Aging (Details) - Ford Credit $ in Millions	12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2024 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2023 USD ($)
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Financing Receivable, before Allowance for Credit Loss	$ 112,500	$ 102,957
Operating Segments
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Financing Receivable, Allowance for Credit Loss, Writeoff	$ 575	405
Minimum \| Operating Segments
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Lessor, Sales-type Lease, Term of Contract	24 months
Maximum \| Operating Segments
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Lessor, Sales-type Lease, Term of Contract	60 months
Consumer \| Operating Segments
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Financing Receivable, before Allowance for Credit Loss	$ 83,218	78,274
Financing Receivable, Originated, More than Five Years before Current Fiscal Year	846	947
Financing Receivable, Year Five, Originated, Four Years before Current Fiscal Year	3,282	2,423
Financing Receivable, Year Four, Originated, Three Years before Current Fiscal Year	5,597	7,552
Financing Receivable, Year Three, Originated, Two Years before Current Fiscal Year	12,519	11,473
Financing Receivable, Year Two, Originated, Fiscal Year before Current Fiscal Year	24,477	20,502
Financing Receivable, Year One, Originated, Current Fiscal Year	$ 36,497	$ 35,377
Financing Receivable Percent of Consumer Finance Receivables	1.000	1.000
Financing Receivable, Originated, More than Five Years before Current Fiscal Year, Writeoff	$ 46	$ 47
Financing Receivable, Year Five, Originated, Four Years before Current Fiscal Year, Writeoff	58	40
Financing Receivable, Year Four, Originated, Three Years before Current Fiscal Year, Writeoff	71	75
Financing Receivable, Year Three, Originated, Two Years before Current Fiscal Year, Writeoff	152	85
Financing Receivable, Year Two, Originated, Fiscal Year before Current Fiscal Year, Writeoff	191	117
Financing Receivable, Year One, Originated, Current Fiscal Year, Writeoff	50	37
Financing Receivable, Allowance for Credit Loss, Writeoff	568	401
Consumer \| Financing Receivables, 31 to 60 Days Past due [Member] \| Operating Segments
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Financing Receivable, before Allowance for Credit Loss	872	690
Financing Receivable, Originated, More than Five Years before Current Fiscal Year	43	40
Financing Receivable, Year Five, Originated, Four Years before Current Fiscal Year	93	49
Financing Receivable, Year Four, Originated, Three Years before Current Fiscal Year	104	130
Financing Receivable, Year Three, Originated, Two Years before Current Fiscal Year	187	125
Financing Receivable, Year Two, Originated, Fiscal Year before Current Fiscal Year	242	187
Financing Receivable, Year One, Originated, Current Fiscal Year	$ 203	$ 159
Financing Receivable Percent of Consumer Finance Receivables	0.010	0.009
Consumer \| Financing Receivables, Greater than 120 Days Past due [Member] \| Operating Segments
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Financing Receivable, before Allowance for Credit Loss	$ 50	$ 43
Financing Receivable, Originated, More than Five Years before Current Fiscal Year	7	7
Financing Receivable, Year Five, Originated, Four Years before Current Fiscal Year	7	4
Financing Receivable, Year Four, Originated, Three Years before Current Fiscal Year	8	7
Financing Receivable, Year Three, Originated, Two Years before Current Fiscal Year	11	10
Financing Receivable, Year Two, Originated, Fiscal Year before Current Fiscal Year	12	10
Financing Receivable, Year One, Originated, Current Fiscal Year	$ 5	$ 5
Financing Receivable Percent of Consumer Finance Receivables	0.001	0.001
Consumer \| Financing Receivables, 61 to 120 Days Past due [Member] \| Operating Segments
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Financing Receivable, before Allowance for Credit Loss	$ 225	$ 195
Financing Receivable, Originated, More than Five Years before Current Fiscal Year	8	9
Financing Receivable, Year Five, Originated, Four Years before Current Fiscal Year	20	11
Financing Receivable, Year Four, Originated, Three Years before Current Fiscal Year	27	30
Financing Receivable, Year Three, Originated, Two Years before Current Fiscal Year	46	37
Financing Receivable, Year Two, Originated, Fiscal Year before Current Fiscal Year	70	58
Financing Receivable, Year One, Originated, Current Fiscal Year	$ 54	$ 50
Financing Receivable Percent of Consumer Finance Receivables	0.003	0.002
Consumer \| Financial Asset, Greater than 30 Days Past Due [Member] \| Operating Segments
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Financing Receivable, before Allowance for Credit Loss	$ 1,147	$ 928
Financing Receivable, Originated, More than Five Years before Current Fiscal Year	58	56
Financing Receivable, Year Five, Originated, Four Years before Current Fiscal Year	120	64
Financing Receivable, Year Four, Originated, Three Years before Current Fiscal Year	139	167
Financing Receivable, Year Three, Originated, Two Years before Current Fiscal Year	244	172
Financing Receivable, Year Two, Originated, Fiscal Year before Current Fiscal Year	324	255
Financing Receivable, Year One, Originated, Current Fiscal Year	$ 262	$ 214
Financing Receivable Percent of Consumer Finance Receivables	0.014	0.012
Consumer \| Financial Asset, 1 to 29 Days Past Due [Member] \| Operating Segments
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Financing Receivable, before Allowance for Credit Loss	$ 82,071	$ 77,346
Financing Receivable, Originated, More than Five Years before Current Fiscal Year	788	891
Financing Receivable, Year Five, Originated, Four Years before Current Fiscal Year	3,162	2,359
Financing Receivable, Year Four, Originated, Three Years before Current Fiscal Year	5,458	7,385
Financing Receivable, Year Three, Originated, Two Years before Current Fiscal Year	12,275	11,301
Financing Receivable, Year Two, Originated, Fiscal Year before Current Fiscal Year	24,153	20,247
Financing Receivable, Year One, Originated, Current Fiscal Year	$ 36,235	$ 35,163
Financing Receivable Percent of Consumer Finance Receivables	0.986	0.988
Non-consumer
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Financing Receivable, before Allowance for Credit Loss	$ 29,282	$ 24,683
Non-consumer \| Operating Segments
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Financing Receivable, before Allowance for Credit Loss	29,282	24,683
Financing Receivable, Revolving	28,259	23,586
Financing Receivable, Allowance for Credit Loss, Writeoff	7	4
Financing Receivable, Revolving, Writeoff	6	3
Non-consumer \| Group IV \| Operating Segments
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Financing Receivable, before Allowance for Credit Loss	47	44
Financing Receivable, Revolving	46	41
Non-consumer \| Group I \| Operating Segments
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Financing Receivable, before Allowance for Credit Loss	26,196	21,438
Financing Receivable, Revolving	25,257	20,419
Non-consumer \| Group II \| Operating Segments
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Financing Receivable, before Allowance for Credit Loss	2,570	2,900
Financing Receivable, Revolving	2,494	2,834
Non-consumer \| Group III \| Operating Segments
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Financing Receivable, before Allowance for Credit Loss	469	301
Financing Receivable, Revolving	462	292
Non-consumer \| Dealer financing
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Financing Receivable, before Allowance for Credit Loss	$ 29,282	$ 24,683
Non-consumer \| Dealer financing \| Operating Segments
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Financing Receivable, Percent of Dealer Finance Receivables	1.000	1.000
Non-consumer \| Dealer financing \| Group IV \| Operating Segments
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Financing Receivable, Percent of Dealer Finance Receivables	0.002	0.002
Non-consumer \| Dealer financing \| Group I \| Operating Segments
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Financing Receivable, Percent of Dealer Finance Receivables	0.894	0.869
Non-consumer \| Dealer financing \| Group II \| Operating Segments
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Financing Receivable, Percent of Dealer Finance Receivables	0.088	0.117
Non-consumer \| Dealer financing \| Group III \| Operating Segments
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Financing Receivable, Percent of Dealer Finance Receivables	0.016	0.012
Non-consumer \| Dealer Loans [Member] \| Operating Segments
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Financing Receivable, before Allowance for Credit Loss	$ 1,023	$ 1,097
Financing Receivable, Originated, More than Five Years before Current Fiscal Year	283	399
Financing Receivable, Year Five, Originated, Four Years before Current Fiscal Year	63	31
Financing Receivable, Year Four, Originated, Three Years before Current Fiscal Year	102	59
Financing Receivable, Year Three, Originated, Two Years before Current Fiscal Year	48	159
Financing Receivable, Year Two, Originated, Fiscal Year before Current Fiscal Year	246	64
Financing Receivable, Year One, Originated, Current Fiscal Year	281	385
Financing Receivable, Originated, More than Five Years before Current Fiscal Year, Writeoff	1	0
Financing Receivable, Year Five, Originated, Four Years before Current Fiscal Year, Writeoff	0	0
Financing Receivable, Year Four, Originated, Three Years before Current Fiscal Year, Writeoff	0	0
Financing Receivable, Year Three, Originated, Two Years before Current Fiscal Year, Writeoff	0	0
Financing Receivable, Year Two, Originated, Fiscal Year before Current Fiscal Year, Writeoff	0	0
Financing Receivable, Year One, Originated, Current Fiscal Year, Writeoff	0	1
Financing Receivable, Allowance for Credit Loss, Writeoff	1	1
Non-consumer \| Dealer Loans [Member] \| Group IV \| Operating Segments
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Financing Receivable, before Allowance for Credit Loss	1	3
Financing Receivable, Originated, More than Five Years before Current Fiscal Year	0	0
Financing Receivable, Year Five, Originated, Four Years before Current Fiscal Year	0	1
Financing Receivable, Year Four, Originated, Three Years before Current Fiscal Year	0	0
Financing Receivable, Year Three, Originated, Two Years before Current Fiscal Year	0	0
Financing Receivable, Year Two, Originated, Fiscal Year before Current Fiscal Year	0	0
Financing Receivable, Year One, Originated, Current Fiscal Year	1	2
Non-consumer \| Dealer Loans [Member] \| Group I \| Operating Segments
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Financing Receivable, before Allowance for Credit Loss	939	1,019
Financing Receivable, Originated, More than Five Years before Current Fiscal Year	270	383
Financing Receivable, Year Five, Originated, Four Years before Current Fiscal Year	63	30
Financing Receivable, Year Four, Originated, Three Years before Current Fiscal Year	97	58
Financing Receivable, Year Three, Originated, Two Years before Current Fiscal Year	47	156
Financing Receivable, Year Two, Originated, Fiscal Year before Current Fiscal Year	217	61
Financing Receivable, Year One, Originated, Current Fiscal Year	245	331
Non-consumer \| Dealer Loans [Member] \| Group II \| Operating Segments
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Financing Receivable, before Allowance for Credit Loss	76	66
Financing Receivable, Originated, More than Five Years before Current Fiscal Year	13	16
Financing Receivable, Year Five, Originated, Four Years before Current Fiscal Year	0	0
Financing Receivable, Year Four, Originated, Three Years before Current Fiscal Year	3	1
Financing Receivable, Year Three, Originated, Two Years before Current Fiscal Year	1	3
Financing Receivable, Year Two, Originated, Fiscal Year before Current Fiscal Year	28	2
Financing Receivable, Year One, Originated, Current Fiscal Year	31	44
Non-consumer \| Dealer Loans [Member] \| Group III \| Operating Segments
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Financing Receivable, before Allowance for Credit Loss	7	9
Financing Receivable, Originated, More than Five Years before Current Fiscal Year	0	0
Financing Receivable, Year Five, Originated, Four Years before Current Fiscal Year	0	0
Financing Receivable, Year Four, Originated, Three Years before Current Fiscal Year	2	0
Financing Receivable, Year Three, Originated, Two Years before Current Fiscal Year	0	0
Financing Receivable, Year Two, Originated, Fiscal Year before Current Fiscal Year	1	1
Financing Receivable, Year One, Originated, Current Fiscal Year	$ 4	$ 8

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