Commitments and Contingencies (Tables)

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 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):

	June 30, 2016		December 31, 2015
Maximum potential payments	$	200	$	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 June 30 were as follows (in millions):

	First Half
	2016			2015
Beginning balance	$	4,558		$	4,785
Payments made during the period	(1,593		)	(1,229		)
Changes in accrual related to warranties issued during the period	1,179			1,005
Changes in accrual related to pre-existing warranties	279			212
Foreign currency translation and other	45			(68		)
Ending balance	$	4,468		$	4,705