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| Allowance for doubtful accounts                | The activity related to our allowance for doubtful accounts for our retail portfolio, wholesale portfolio, and trade and other receivables is summarized as follows: October 31, 2011 RetailPortfolio WholesalePortfolio Trade andOtherReceivables Total(in millions)       Allowance for doubtful accounts, at beginning of period$58 $2 $36 $96Provision for doubtful accounts, net of recoveries(5) — (1) (6)Charge-off of accounts(A)(22) — (18) (40)Allowance for doubtful accounts, at end of period$31 $2 $17 $50  As of October 31, 2010 RetailPortfolio WholesalePortfolio Trade andOtherReceivables Total(in millions)       Allowance for doubtful accounts, at beginning of period$58 $1 $45 $104Provision for doubtful accounts, net of recoveries26 1 2 29Charge-off of accounts(A)(26) — (11) (37)Allowance for doubtful accounts, at end of period$58 $2 $36 $96 As of October 31, 2009 RetailPortfolio WholesalePortfolio Trade andOtherReceivables Total(in millions)       Allowance for doubtful accounts, at beginning of period$47 $2 $64 $113Provision for doubtful accounts, net of recoveries39 1 10 50Charge-off of accounts(A)(28) (2) (29) (59)Allowance for doubtful accounts, at end of period$58 $1 $45 $104________________ (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 $20 million, $22 million, and $44 million in 2011, 2010, and 2009, respectively. |
| Impaired financing receivables                 | Information regarding impaired finance receivables is as follows: As of October 31, 2011 As of October 31, 2010 RetailPortfolio WholesalePortfolio Total RetailPortfolio WholesalePortfolio Total(in millions)           Impaired finance receivables with specific loss reserves$15 $— $15 $49 $1 $50Impaired finance receivables without specific loss reserves2 — 2 1 — 1Specific loss reserves on impaired finance receivables10 — 10 23 — 23Finance receivables on non-accrual status14 — 14 50 1 51Average balance of impaired finance receivables for the period ended October 31, 201132 — 32 86 1 87                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               |
| Aging analysis for gross finance receivables   | The Company uses the aging of our receivables as well as other inputs when assessing credit quality. The aging analysis for finance receivables is summarized as follows: As of October 31, 2011 RetailPortfolio WholesalePortfolio Total(in millions)     Current$1,515 $1,328 $2,84330-90 days past due85 5 90Over 90 days past due13 1 14Total finance receivables$1,613 $1,334 $2,947                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    |

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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 by credit quality indicator. The credit quality indicator is a statistic about the credit quality of financing receivables. Examples include, but not limited to, consumer credit risk scores, credit-rating-agency ratings, an entity's internal credit risk grades, loan-to-value ratios, collateral, collection experience and other internal metrics.
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Tabular disclosure of impaired financing receivables.
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