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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
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-Name Accounting Standards Codification
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Cat Financial Financing Activities (Details 5) $ in Millions	3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2017 USD ($) Contracts	Jun. 30, 2016 USD ($) Contracts	Jun. 30, 2017 USD ($) Customer Contracts	Jun. 30, 2016 USD ($) Contracts	Dec. 31, 2016 USD ($)
Customer
Finance receivables modified as TDRs
Number of Contracts (in contracts) \| Contracts	73	120	103	141
Pre-TDR Outstanding Recorded Investment	$ 254	$ 183	$ 378	$ 235
Post-TDR Outstanding Recorded Investment	$ 247	$ 169	$ 360	$ 209
Customer \| North America
Finance receivables modified as TDRs
Number of Contracts (in contracts) \| Contracts	17	2	26	13
Pre-TDR Outstanding Recorded Investment	$ 8	$ 6	$ 9	$ 16
Post-TDR Outstanding Recorded Investment	$ 7	$ 6	$ 8	$ 16
Customer \| Europe
Finance receivables modified as TDRs
Number of Contracts (in contracts) \| Contracts	0	3	1	3
Pre-TDR Outstanding Recorded Investment	$ 0	$ 11	$ 0	$ 11
Post-TDR Outstanding Recorded Investment	$ 0	$ 8	$ 0	$ 8
Customer \| Asia Pacific
Finance receivables modified as TDRs
Number of Contracts (in contracts) \| Contracts	1	0	6	4
Pre-TDR Outstanding Recorded Investment	$ 0	$ 0	$ 39	$ 3
Post-TDR Outstanding Recorded Investment	$ 0	$ 0	$ 30	$ 3
Customer \| Mining
Finance receivables modified as TDRs
Number of Contracts (in contracts) \| Contracts	0	1	2	1
Pre-TDR Outstanding Recorded Investment	$ 0	$ 10	$ 57	$ 10
Post-TDR Outstanding Recorded Investment	$ 0	$ 5	$ 56	$ 5
Customer \| Latin America
Finance receivables modified as TDRs
Number of Contracts (in contracts) \| Contracts	7	88	14	90
Pre-TDR Outstanding Recorded Investment	$ 3	$ 12	$ 5	$ 12
Post-TDR Outstanding Recorded Investment	$ 3	$ 13	$ 5	$ 13
Customer \| Caterpillar Power Finance
Finance receivables modified as TDRs
Number of Contracts (in contracts) \| Contracts	48	26	54	30
Pre-TDR Outstanding Recorded Investment	$ 243	$ 144	$ 268	$ 183
Post-TDR Outstanding Recorded Investment	$ 237	$ 137	261	$ 164
Dealer
Finance receivables modified as TDRs
Number of Contracts (in contracts) \| Contracts	0	0		0
Finance Receivables \| Customer
Finance receivables modified as TDRs
Remaining Commitments	$ 0		$ 0		$ 11
Significant Amount of Amount Disclosed Represented by a Certain Number of Customers [Member] \| Customer \| Latin America
Finance receivables modified as TDRs
Number of Contracts (in contracts) \| Contracts			240
Pre-TDR Outstanding Recorded Investment			$ 16
Number of Significant Customers Disclosed			2
Significant Amount of Amount Disclosed Represented by a Certain Number of Customers [Member] \| Customer \| Caterpillar Power Finance
Finance receivables modified as TDRs
Number of Contracts (in contracts) \| Contracts			42
Pre-TDR Outstanding Recorded Investment			$ 175
Post-TDR Outstanding Recorded Investment			$ 175
Number of Significant Customers Disclosed \| Customer			3