Employee Benefit Plans and Postretirement Benefits (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2017

Postemployment Benefits [Abstract]

Net Periodic Benefit Cost

The following summarizes the components of net periodic benefit cost of CNH Industrial’s defined benefit pension plans and postretirement health and life insurance plans for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2017 and 2016:

	Pension						Healthcare						Other
	Three Months Ended September 30,						Three Months Ended September 30,						Three Months Ended September 30,
	2017			2016			2017			2016			2017		2016
	(in millions)
Service cost	$	7		$	7		$	2		$	2		$	3	$	3
Interest cost		17			22			9			10			1		1
Expected return on assets		(26	)		(28	)		(1	)		(2	)		—		—
Amortization of:
Prior service credit		—			—			(1	)		(1	)		—		1
Actuarial loss		21			19			1			4			—		—
Other		—			—			—			—			—		—
Net periodic benefit cost	$	19		$	20		$	10		$	13		$	4	$	5
	Pension						Healthcare						Other
	Nine Months Ended September 30,						Nine Months Ended September 30,						Nine Months Ended September 30,
	2017			2016			2017			2016			2017		2016
	(in millions)
Service cost	$	21		$	22		$	5		$	5		$	10	$	10
Interest cost		53			66			27			30			2		3
Expected return on assets		(80	)		(86	)		(5	)		(5	)		—		—
Amortization of:
Prior service credit		—			—			(2	)		(3	)		—		1
Actuarial loss		64			58			4			11			1		—
Other		3			—			—			—			—		—
Net periodic benefit cost	$	61		$	60		$	29		$	38		$	13	$	14