Commitments and Contingencies (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2016

Commitments and Contingencies Disclosure [Abstract]

Guarantee obligations [Table Text Block]

The maximum potential payments and the carrying value of recorded liabilities related to guarantees and limited indemnities were as follows (in millions):

	March 31, 2016		December 31, 2015
Maximum potential payments	$	240	$	284
Carrying value of recorded liabilities related to guarantees and limited indemnities	23		23

Warranty [Table Text Block]

The estimate of our future warranty and field service action costs, net of supplier recoveries, for the periods ended March 31 were as follows (in millions):

	First Quarter
	2016			2015
Beginning balance	$	4,558		$	4,785
Payments made during the period	(797		)	(576		)
Changes in accrual related to warranties issued during the period	612			463
Changes in accrual related to pre-existing warranties	59			173
Foreign currency translation and other	52			(145		)
Ending balance	$	4,484		$	4,700