Exhibit 31.2

                                  CERTIFICATION


I, Donat R. Leclair,  Group Vice President and Chief  Financial  Officer of Ford
Motor Company, certify that:

     1.   I have  reviewed  this  Quarterly  Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter
          ended June 30, 2004 of Ford Motor Company;

     2.   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;

     3.   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;

     4.   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))  for the
          registrant and have:

               (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;

               (b) 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

               (c)  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

     5.   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):

               (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

               (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.

Date:  August 30, 2004


/s/Donat R. Leclair
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Donat R. Leclair
Group Vice President and
  Chief Financial Officer