Exhibit 99-A


                               FORD MOTOR COMPANY

                    CERTIFICATION OF CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER

I, William Clay Ford, Jr., the Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer
of Ford Motor Company (the "Company"), hereby certify pursuant to Section 906 of
the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 that:

1.       the Company's annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended December
         31, 2002, to which this statement is filed as an exhibit (the
         "Report"), fully complies with the requirements of section 13(a) or
         15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and

2.       the information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all
         material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of
         the Company.



                                                 /s/William Clay Ford
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                                                 William Clay Ford, Jr.
                                                 Chairman of the Board and
                                                 Chief Executive Officer

Dated:  March 12, 2003