Ford Credit Auto Owner Trust 2018-A

Monthly Investor Report


Collection Period			January 2022
Payment Date			2/15/2022
Transaction Month			45

Additional information about the structure, cashflows, defined terms and parties for this transaction can be found in the prospectus, available on the SEC website (http://www.sec.gov) under the registration number 333-205966 and at https://www.ford.com/finance/investor-center/asset-backed-securitization.

I. ORIGINAL DEAL PARAMETERS


	Dollar Amount		# of Receivables			Weighted Avg Remaining Term at Cutoff
Initial Pool Balance	$	1,727,999,800.87	64,956			57 months

	Dollar Amount		Note Interest Rate			Final Scheduled Payment Date
Original Securities
Class A-1 Notes	$	279,150,000.00	2.35568	%		May 15, 2019
Class A-2a Notes	$	318,280,000.00	2.59	%		February 15, 2021
Class A-2b Notes	$	225,000,000.00	0.20329	%	*	February 15, 2021
Class A-3 Notes	$	547,310,000.00	3.03	%		November 15, 2022
Class A-4 Notes	$	130,170,000.00	3.16	%		October 15, 2023
Class B Notes	$	47,360,000.00	3.25	%		November 15, 2023
Class C Notes	$	31,580,000.00	3.40	%		November 15, 2024
Total	$	1,578,850,000.00
			* One-month LIBOR + 0.10%

II. AVAILABLE FUNDS


Interest:
Interest Collections	$	527,406.32

Principal:
Principal Collections	$	10,463,840.25
Prepayments in Full	$	3,535,553.70
Liquidation Proceeds	$	25,286.59
Recoveries	$	191,051.45
Sub Total	$	14,215,731.99
Collections	$	14,743,138.31

Purchase Amounts:
Purchase Amounts Related to Principal	$	309,200.06
Purchase Amounts Related to Interest	$	1,905.74
Sub Total	$	311,105.80

Clean-up Call	$	171,443,752.71

Reserve Account Draw Amount	$	3,947,135.23

Available Funds - Total	$	190,445,132.05

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Collection Period			January 2022
Payment Date			2/15/2022
Transaction Month			45

III. DISTRIBUTIONS


	Calculated Amount		Amount Paid		Shortfall		Carryover Shortfall		Remaining Available Funds
Trustee and Other Fees/Expenses	$	0.00	$	0.00	$	0.00	$	0.00	$	190,445,132.05
Servicing Fee	$	154,870.70	$	154,870.70	$	0.00	$	0.00	$	190,290,261.35
Interest - Class A-1 Notes	$	0.00	$	0.00	$	0.00	$	0.00	$	190,290,261.35
Interest - Class A-2a Notes	$	0.00	$	0.00	$	0.00	$	0.00	$	190,290,261.35
Interest - Class A-2b Notes	$	0.00	$	0.00	$	0.00	$	0.00	$	190,290,261.35
Interest - Class A-3 Notes	$	0.00	$	0.00	$	0.00	$	0.00	$	190,290,261.35
Interest - Class A-4 Notes	$	164,048.78	$	164,048.78	$	0.00	$	0.00	$	190,126,212.57
First Priority Principal Payment	$	0.00	$	0.00	$	0.00	$	0.00	$	190,126,212.57
Interest - Class B Notes	$	128,266.67	$	128,266.67	$	0.00	$	0.00	$	189,997,945.90
Second Priority Principal Payment	$	0.00	$	0.00	$	0.00	$	0.00	$	189,997,945.90
Interest - Class C Notes	$	89,476.67	$	89,476.67	$	0.00	$	0.00	$	189,908,469.23
Reserve Account Deposit	$	0.00	$	0.00	$	0.00	$	0.00	$	189,908,469.23
Regular Principal Payment	$	141,237,005.76	$	141,237,005.76	$	0.00	$	0.00	$	48,671,463.47
Additional Trustee and Other Fees/Expenses	$	0.00	$	0.00	$	0.00	$	0.00	$	48,671,463.47
Residual Released to Depositor	$	0.00	$	48,671,463.47	$	0.00	$	0.00	$	0.00
Total			$	190,445,132.05

Principal Payment:
First Priority Principal Payment									$	0.00
Second Priority Principal Payment									$	0.00
Regular Principal Payment									$	141,237,005.76
Total									$	141,237,005.76

IV. NOTEHOLDER PAYMENTS


	Noteholder Principal Payments				Noteholder Interest Payments				Total Payment
			Per $1,000 of				Per $1,000 of				Per $1,000 of
	Actual		Original Balance		Actual		Original Balance		Actual		Original Balance
Class A-1 Notes	$	0.00	$	0.00	$	0.00	$	0.00	$	0.00	$	0.00
Class A-2a Notes	$	0.00	$	0.00	$	0.00	$	0.00	$	0.00	$	0.00
Class A-2b Notes	$	0.00	$	0.00	$	0.00	$	0.00	$	0.00	$	0.00
Class A-3 Notes	$	0.00	$	0.00	$	0.00	$	0.00	$	0.00	$	0.00
Class A-4 Notes	$	62,297,005.76	$	478.58	$	164,048.78	$	1.26	$	62,461,054.54	$	479.84
Class B Notes	$	47,360,000.00	$	1,000.00	$	128,266.67	$	2.71	$	47,488,266.67	$	1,002.71
Class C Notes	$	31,580,000.00	$	1,000.00	$	89,476.67	$	2.83	$	31,669,476.67	$	1,002.83
Total	$	141,237,005.76	$	89.46	$	381,792.12	$	0.24	$	141,618,797.88	$	89.70

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Collection Period			January 2022
Payment Date			2/15/2022
Transaction Month			45

V. NOTE BALANCE AND POOL INFORMATION


	Beginning of Period			End of Period
	Balance		Note Factor	Balance		Note Factor
Class A-1 Notes	$	0.00	0.0000000	$	0.00	0.0000000
Class A-2a Notes	$	0.00	0.0000000	$	0.00	0.0000000
Class A-2b Notes	$	0.00	0.0000000	$	0.00	0.0000000
Class A-3 Notes	$	0.00	0.0000000	$	0.00	0.0000000
Class A-4 Notes	$	62,297,005.76	0.4785819	$	0.00	0.0000000
Class B Notes	$	47,360,000.00	1.0000000	$	0.00	0.0000000
Class C Notes	$	31,580,000.00	1.0000000	$	0.00	0.0000000
Total	$	141,237,005.76	0.0894556	$	0.00	0.0000000


Pool Information
Weighted Average APR	3.333		%	3.340		%
Weighted Average Remaining Term	20.87			20.12
Number of Receivables Outstanding	19,948			19,166
Pool Balance	$	185,844,845.61		$	171,443,752.71
Adjusted Pool Balance (Pool Balance - YSOC Amount)	$	172,814,087.56		$	159,650,814.04
Pool Factor	0.1075491			0.0992151

VI. OVERCOLLATERALIZATION INFORMATION


Specified Reserve Balance	$	3,947,135.23
Yield Supplement Overcollateralization Amount	$	11,792,938.67
Targeted Overcollateralization Amount	$	43,370,020.47
Actual Overcollateralization Amount (EOP Pool Balance - EOP Note Balance)	$	171,443,752.71

VII. RECONCILIATION OF RESERVE ACCOUNT


Beginning Reserve Account Balance	$	3,947,135.23
Reserve Account Deposits Made	$	0.00
Reserve Account Draw Amount	$	3,947,135.23
Ending Reserve Account Balance	$	0.00
Change in Reserve Account Balance	$	(3,947,135.23)
Specified Reserve Balance	$	3,947,135.23

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Collection Period			January 2022
Payment Date			2/15/2022
Transaction Month			45

VIII. NET LOSS AND DELINQUENT RECEIVABLES


			# of Receivables	Amount
Current Collection Period Loss:
Realized Loss (Charge-Offs)			85	$	67,212.30
(Recoveries)			111	$	191,051.45
Net Loss for Current Collection Period				$	(123,839.15)
Ratio of Net Loss for Current Collection Period to Beginning of Period Pool Balance (annualized)				-0.7996		%

Prior and Current Collection Periods Average Loss:

Ratio of Net Loss to the Average Pool Balance (annualized)
Third Prior Collection Period				-0.1888		%
Second Prior Collection Period				-0.0188		%
Prior Collection Period				-0.2556		%
Current Collection Period				-0.8319		%
Four Month Average (Current and Prior Three Collection Periods)				-0.3238		%

Cumulative Loss:
Cumulative Realized Loss (Charge-Offs)			4,303	$	14,837,123.94
(Cumulative Recoveries)				$	3,904,143.64
Cumulative Net Loss for All Collection Periods				$	10,932,980.30
Ratio of Cumulative Net Loss for all Collection Periods to Initial Pool Balance				0.6327%

Average Realized Loss for Receivables that have experienced a Realized Loss				$	3,448.09
Average Net Loss for Receivables that have experienced a Realized Loss				$	2,540.78

	% of EOP Pool Balance		# of Receivables	Amount
Delinquent Receivables:
31-60 Days Delinquent	1.61	%	205	$	2,761,820.17
61-90 Days Delinquent	0.26	%	34	$	453,660.85
91-120 Days Delinquent	0.06	%	6	$	100,985.78
Over 120 Days Delinquent	0.31	%	37	$	522,969.20
Total Delinquent Receivables	2.24	%	282	$	3,839,436.00

Repossession Inventory:
Repossessed in the Current Collection Period			4	$	37,095.85
Total Repossessed Inventory			9	$	124,222.88

Number of 61+ Delinquent Receivables to EOP Number of Outstanding Receivables:
Second Prior Collection Period				0.3506		%
Prior Collection Period				0.3409		%
Current Collection Period				0.4018		%
Three Month Average				0.3644		%

Delinquency Trigger (61+ Delinquent Receivables)
Transaction Month	Trigger
1-12	0.80	%
13-24	1.60	%
25-36	2.90	%
37+	4.40	%
61+ Delinquent Receivables Balance to EOP Pool Balance				0.6286		%
Delinquency Trigger Occurred				No

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Collection Period			January 2022
Payment Date			2/15/2022
Transaction Month			45


Receivables Granted Payment Extensions in the Current Collection Period:	# of Receivables	Amount

1 Month Extended	51	$623,805.30
2 Months Extended	66	$883,728.94
3+ Months Extended	7	$82,694.61

Total Receivables Extended	124	$1,590,228.85

IX. REPURCHASE DEMAND ACTIVITY (RULE 15Ga-1)


No Activity to report

Most Recent Form ABS-15G for repurchase demand activity

Filed by: Ford Motor Credit Company LLC
CIK#: 0000038009
Date: February 4, 2022

SERVICER CERTIFICATION

THIS REPORT IS ACCURATE IN ALL MATERIAL RESPECTS.

Ford Motor Credit Company LLC

/s/ Ryan M. Hershberger

Assistant Treasurer

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