Finance Receivables (Details 6) $ in Millions	3 Months Ended	6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2016 USD ($) contracts	Jun. 30, 2015 USD ($) contracts	Jun. 30, 2016 USD ($) contracts	Jun. 30, 2015 USD ($) contracts	Dec. 31, 2015 USD ($)
Financing Receivable, Modifications
Remaining commitments	$ 12		$ 12		$ 3
Finance receivables modified as TDRs
Number of Contracts \| contracts	120	42	141	47
Pre-TDR Recorded Investment	$ 183	$ 48	$ 235	$ 132
Post-TDR Recorded Investment	$ 169	$ 48	$ 209	$ 129
TDRs with a payment default which had been modified within twelve months prior to the default date
Number of Contracts \| contracts	10	1	31	6
Post-TDR Recorded Investment	$ 3	$ 0	$ 4	$ 1
Customer \| North America
Finance receivables modified as TDRs
Number of Contracts \| contracts	2	1	13	4
Pre-TDR Recorded Investment	$ 6	$ 0	$ 16	$ 1
Post-TDR Recorded Investment	$ 6	$ 0	$ 16	$ 1
TDRs with a payment default which had been modified within twelve months prior to the default date
Number of Contracts \| contracts	9	1	13	5
Post-TDR Recorded Investment	$ 3	$ 0	$ 3	$ 1
Customer \| Europe
Finance receivables modified as TDRs
Number of Contracts \| contracts	3	19	3	19
Pre-TDR Recorded Investment	$ 11	$ 2	$ 11	$ 2
Post-TDR Recorded Investment	$ 8	$ 2	$ 8	$ 2
TDRs with a payment default which had been modified within twelve months prior to the default date
Number of Contracts \| contracts			13	0
Post-TDR Recorded Investment			$ 1	$ 0
Customer \| Asia/Pacific
Finance receivables modified as TDRs
Number of Contracts \| contracts	0	20	4	20
Pre-TDR Recorded Investment	$ 0	$ 25	$ 3	$ 25
Post-TDR Recorded Investment	$ 0	$ 25	$ 3	$ 25
TDRs with a payment default which had been modified within twelve months prior to the default date
Number of Contracts \| contracts			3	0
Post-TDR Recorded Investment			$ 0	$ 0
Customer \| Mining
Finance receivables modified as TDRs
Number of Contracts \| contracts	1	0	1	0
Pre-TDR Recorded Investment	$ 10	$ 0	$ 10	$ 0
Post-TDR Recorded Investment	$ 5	$ 0	$ 5	$ 0
Customer \| Latin America
Finance receivables modified as TDRs
Number of Contracts \| contracts	88	0	90	0
Pre-TDR Recorded Investment	$ 12	$ 0	$ 12	$ 0
Post-TDR Recorded Investment	$ 13	$ 0	$ 13	$ 0
TDRs with a payment default which had been modified within twelve months prior to the default date
Number of Contracts \| contracts	1	0	2	1
Post-TDR Recorded Investment	$ 0	$ 0	$ 0	$ 0
Customer \| Caterpillar Power Finance
Finance receivables modified as TDRs
Number of Contracts \| contracts	26	2	30	4
Pre-TDR Recorded Investment	$ 144	$ 21	$ 183	$ 104
Post-TDR Recorded Investment	$ 137	$ 21	$ 164	$ 101
Dealer
Finance receivables modified as TDRs
Number of Contracts \| contracts	0	0
Caterpillar Purchased Receivables
Finance receivables modified as TDRs
Number of Contracts \| contracts	0	0

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