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| **Allowance for Doubtful Accounts [Abstract]**                          |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        |
| Allowance For Credit Losses On Receivables [Table Text Block]           | The following tables present the activity related to our allowance for doubtful accounts for our retail portfolio segment, wholesale portfolio segment, and trade and other receivables: Three Months Ended April 30, 2013 Three Months Ended April 30, 2012(in millions)RetailPortfolio WholesalePortfolio Trade andOtherReceivables Total RetailPortfolio WholesalePortfolio Trade andOtherReceivables TotalAllowance for doubtful accounts, at beginning of period$23 $2 $24 $49 $28 $3 $16 $47Provision for doubtful accounts, net of recoveries1 — 10 11 — (1) 1 —Charge-off of accounts(A)(3) — — (3) (2) — — (2)Other(B)1 — — 1 — — — —Allowance for doubtful accounts, at end of period$22 $2 $34 $58 $26 $2 $17 $45 Six Months Ended April 30, 2013 Six Months Ended April 30, 2012(in millions)RetailPortfolio WholesalePortfolio Trade andOtherReceivables Total RetailPortfolio WholesalePortfolio Trade andOtherReceivables TotalAllowance for doubtful accounts, at beginning of period$27 $— $24 $51 $31 $3 $16 $50Provision for doubtful accounts, net of recoveries(1) 2 10 11 (2) (1) 3 —Charge-off of accounts(A)(6) — — (6) (3) — (2) (5)Other(B)2 — — 2 — — — —Allowance for doubtful accounts, at end of period$22 $2 $34 $58 $26 $2 $17 $45_________________________(A)We repossess sold and leased vehicles on defaulted finance receivables and leases, and place them into Inventories. Losses recognized at the time of repossession and charged against the allowance for doubtful accounts were less than $1 million for both the three and six months ended April 30, 2013 and $2 million and $3 million for the three and six months ended April 30, 2012, respectively.(B)Amounts include currency translation. |
| Impaired Financing Receivables [Table Text Block]                       | The following table presents information regarding impaired finance receivables: April 30, 2013 October 31, 2012(in millions)RetailPortfolio WholesalePortfolio Total RetailPortfolio WholesalePortfolio TotalImpaired finance receivables with specific loss reserves$12 $— $12 $14 $— $14Impaired finance receivables without specific loss reserves1 — 1 1 — 1Specific loss reserves on impaired finance receivables7 — 7 9 — 9Finance receivables on non-accrual status9 — 9 10 — 10                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             |
| Allowance for Credit Losses on Financing Receivables [Table Text Block] | The Company uses the aging of its receivables as well as other inputs when assessing credit quality. The following table presents the aging analysis for finance receivables: April 30, 2013 October 31, 2012(in millions)RetailPortfolio WholesalePortfolio Total RetailPortfolio WholesalePortfolio TotalCurrent, and up to 30 days past due$923 $1,142 $2,065 $965 $1,126 $2,09130-90 days past due36 4 40 72 1 73Over 90 days past due9 2 11 11 1 12Total finance receivables$968 $1,148 $2,116 $1,048 $1,128 $2,176                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             |

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Tabular disclosure of total receivables and activity in the allowance for credit losses account.
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Tabular disclosure of financing receivables (examples of financing receivables include loans, trade accounts receivable and notes receivable) and activity in the allowance for credit losses account.
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Tabular disclosure of impaired financing receivables.
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