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Subsequent Events	12 Months Ended
Subsequent Events	Dec. 31, 2012
Subsequent Events [Abstract]
Subsequent Events [Text Block]	Subsequent Events Declaration of Quarterly Dividend Payments On January 3, 2013, the Ally Board of Directors declared quarterly dividend payments on certain outstanding preferred stock. This included a cash dividend of $1.125 per share, or a total of $134 million, on Fixed Rate Cumulative Mandatorily Convertible Preferred Stock, Series F-2; a cash dividend of $17.50 per share, or a total of $45 million, on Fixed Rate Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock, Series G; and a cash dividend of $0.53 per share, or a total of $22 million, on Fixed Rate/Floating Rate Perpetual Preferred Stock, Series A. The dividends were paid on February 15, 2013. Canadian Automotive Finance Operation Sale On February 1, 2013, we completed the sale of our Canadian automotive finance operation, Ally Credit Canada Limited, and ResMor Trust (Ally Canada) to Royal Bank of Canada. Ally received $4.1 billion USD for the business in the form of a $3.7 billion payment at closing and $400 million of dividends from Ally Canada following the announcement of the transaction.