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Cat Financial Financing Activities (Details 5) $ in Millions	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2019 USD ($) Contracts	Sep. 30, 2018 USD ($) Contracts	Sep. 30, 2019 USD ($) Contracts	Sep. 30, 2018 USD ($) Contracts	Dec. 31, 2018 USD ($)
Customer
Loan receivables
Financing Receivable, Troubled Debt Restructuring, Subsequent Default, Number of Contracts \| Contracts	0	11	0	16
Financing Receivable, Troubled Debt Restructuring, Subsequent Default	$ 0	$ 42	$ 0	$ 44
Finance receivables modified as TDRs
Number of Contracts (in contracts) \| Contracts	8	6	57	43
Pre-TDR Outstanding Recorded Investment	$ 56	$ 40	$ 188	$ 138
Post-TDR Outstanding Recorded Investment	$ 55	$ 40	$ 181	$ 105
Customer \| North America
Loan receivables
Financing Receivable, Troubled Debt Restructuring, Subsequent Default, Number of Contracts \| Contracts	0	7	0	10
Financing Receivable, Troubled Debt Restructuring, Subsequent Default	$ 0	$ 9	$ 0	$ 10
Finance receivables modified as TDRs
Number of Contracts (in contracts) \| Contracts	4	4	12	34
Pre-TDR Outstanding Recorded Investment	$ 0	$ 0	$ 5	$ 13
Post-TDR Outstanding Recorded Investment	$ 0	$ 0	$ 4	$ 13
Customer \| EAME
Finance receivables modified as TDRs
Number of Contracts (in contracts) \| Contracts			21	0
Pre-TDR Outstanding Recorded Investment			$ 21	$ 0
Post-TDR Outstanding Recorded Investment			$ 17	$ 0
Customer \| Mining
Finance receivables modified as TDRs
Number of Contracts (in contracts) \| Contracts			1	1
Pre-TDR Outstanding Recorded Investment			$ 6	$ 29
Post-TDR Outstanding Recorded Investment			$ 6	$ 29
Customer \| Latin America
Loan receivables
Financing Receivable, Troubled Debt Restructuring, Subsequent Default, Number of Contracts \| Contracts	0	1	0	3
Financing Receivable, Troubled Debt Restructuring, Subsequent Default	$ 0	$ 0	$ 0	$ 1
Finance receivables modified as TDRs
Number of Contracts (in contracts) \| Contracts			4	1
Pre-TDR Outstanding Recorded Investment			$ 2	$ 3
Post-TDR Outstanding Recorded Investment			$ 2	$ 3
Customer \| Caterpillar Power Finance
Loan receivables
Financing Receivable, Troubled Debt Restructuring, Subsequent Default, Number of Contracts \| Contracts	0	3	0	3
Financing Receivable, Troubled Debt Restructuring, Subsequent Default	$ 0	$ 33	$ 0	$ 33
Finance receivables modified as TDRs
Number of Contracts (in contracts) \| Contracts	4	2	19	7
Pre-TDR Outstanding Recorded Investment	$ 56	$ 40	$ 154	$ 93
Post-TDR Outstanding Recorded Investment	$ 55	$ 40	$ 152	$ 60
Dealer
Finance receivables modified as TDRs
Number of Contracts (in contracts) \| Contracts	0	0	0	0
Finance Receivables \| Customer
Finance receivables modified as TDRs
Remaining Commitments	$ 0		$ 0		$ 0