Financing Activities (Details 5) $ in Millions	3 Months Ended	6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2015 USD ($) contracts	Jun. 30, 2014 USD ($) contracts	Jun. 30, 2015 USD ($) contracts	Jun. 30, 2014 USD ($) contracts	Dec. 31, 2014 USD ($)
Finance receivables modified as TDRs
Number of Contracts \| contracts	42	30	47	48
Pre-TDR Recorded Investment	$ 48	$ 70	$ 132	$ 119
Post-TDR Recorded Investment	$ 48	$ 60	$ 129	$ 107
TDRs with a payment default which had been modified within twelve months prior to the default date
Number of Contracts \| contracts	1	0	6	14
Post-TDR Recorded Investment	$ 0	$ 0	$ 1	$ 2
Remaining commitments	$ 0		$ 0		$ 0
Customer \| North America
Finance receivables modified as TDRs
Number of Contracts \| contracts	1	1	4	4
Pre-TDR Recorded Investment	$ 0	$ 0	$ 1	$ 2
Post-TDR Recorded Investment	$ 0	$ 0	$ 1	$ 2
TDRs with a payment default which had been modified within twelve months prior to the default date
Number of Contracts \| contracts	1	0	5	7
Post-TDR Recorded Investment	$ 0	$ 0	$ 1	$ 1
Customer \| Europe
Finance receivables modified as TDRs
Number of Contracts \| contracts	19	5	19	8
Pre-TDR Recorded Investment	$ 2	$ 2	$ 2	$ 7
Post-TDR Recorded Investment	$ 2	$ 2	$ 2	$ 7
TDRs with a payment default which had been modified within twelve months prior to the default date
Number of Contracts \| contracts			0	7
Post-TDR Recorded Investment			$ 0	$ 1
Customer \| Asia/Pacific
Finance receivables modified as TDRs
Number of Contracts \| contracts	20	0	20	0
Pre-TDR Recorded Investment	$ 25	$ 0	$ 25	$ 0
Post-TDR Recorded Investment	$ 25	$ 0	$ 25	$ 0
Customer \| Mining
Finance receivables modified as TDRs
Number of Contracts \| contracts	0	1	0	2
Pre-TDR Recorded Investment	$ 0	$ 32	$ 0	$ 43
Post-TDR Recorded Investment	$ 0	$ 23	$ 0	$ 33
Customer \| Latin America
Finance receivables modified as TDRs
Number of Contracts \| contracts	0	18	0	28
Pre-TDR Recorded Investment	$ 0	$ 1	$ 0	$ 31
Post-TDR Recorded Investment	$ 0	$ 1	$ 0	$ 30
TDRs with a payment default which had been modified within twelve months prior to the default date
Number of Contracts \| contracts			1	0
Post-TDR Recorded Investment			$ 0	$ 0
Customer \| Caterpillar Power Finance
Finance receivables modified as TDRs
Number of Contracts \| contracts	2	5	4	6
Pre-TDR Recorded Investment	$ 21	$ 35	$ 104	$ 36
Post-TDR Recorded Investment	$ 21	$ 34	$ 101	$ 35
Dealer
Finance receivables modified as TDRs
Number of Contracts \| contracts	0	0	0	0
Caterpillar Purchased Receivables
Finance receivables modified as TDRs
Number of Contracts \| contracts	0	0	0	0

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