| **Finance Receivables - Finance Revenues (Details) (USD $)In Millions, unless otherwise specified** | 3 Months Ended |
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| **Finance Revenues [Line Items]**                                                                   |           |   |
| Retail Notes And Finance Leases Revenue                                                             | $ 17           | $ 21 |
| Gross finance revenues                                                                              | 55             | 59 |
| Revenue from Related Parties                                                                        | (16)           | (20) |
| Finance revenues                                                                                    | 39             | 39 |
| Financing Receivable [Member]                                                                       |           |   |
| **Finance Revenues [Line Items]**                                                                   |           |   |
| Operating Leases, Income Statement, Lease Revenue                                                   | 14             | 12 |
| Wholesale Portfolio [Member] | Notes Receivable [Member]                                            |           |   |
| **Finance Revenues [Line Items]**                                                                   |           |   |
| Interest Income, Operating                                                                          | 18             | 20 |
| Retail And Wholesale Portfolios [Member]                                                            |           |   |
| **Finance Revenues [Line Items]**                                                                   |           |   |
| Interest Income, Operating                                                                          | $ 6            | $ 6 |

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The aggregate financial services revenue and operating interest income earned during the reporting period.
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Amount of operating interest income, including, but not limited to, amortization and accretion of premiums and discounts on securities.
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The total amount of revenue recognized for the period from operating leases, including minimum lease revenue, contingent revenue, percentage revenue and sublease revenue.
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Amount of revenue, fees and commissions earned from transactions between (a) a parent company and its subsidiaries; (b) subsidiaries of a common parent; (c) an entity and trusts for the benefit of employees, for example, but not limited to, pension and profit-sharing trusts that are managed by or under the trusteeship of the entity's management; (d) an entity and its principal, owners, management, or members of their immediate families; and (e) affiliates.
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