Line of Credit Facilities, Related Party Facility

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- Definition

Period of time between issuance and maturity of debt instrument, in PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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- Definition

The carrying value as of the balance sheet date of the current and noncurrent portions of long-term obligations drawn from a line of credit, which is a bank's commitment to make loans up to a specific amount. Examples of items that might be included in the application of this element may consist of letters of credit, standby letters of credit, and revolving credit arrangements, under which borrowings can be made up to a maximum amount as of any point in time conditional on satisfaction of specified terms before, as of and after the date of drawdowns on the line. Includes short-term obligations that would normally be classified as current liabilities but for which (a) postbalance sheet date issuance of a long term obligation to refinance the short term obligation on a long term basis, or (b) the enterprise has entered into a financing agreement that clearly permits the enterprise to refinance the short-term obligation on a long term basis and the following conditions are met (1) the agreement does not expire within 1 year and is not cancelable by the lender except for violation of an objectively determinable provision, (2) no violation exists at the BS date, and (3) the lender has entered into the financing agreement is expected to be financially capable of honoring the agreement.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 210
-SubTopic 10
-Section S99
-Paragraph 1
-Subparagraph (SX 210.5-02(22))
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6877327&loc=d3e13212-122682

Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 944
-SubTopic 210
-Section S99
-Paragraph 1
-Subparagraph (SX 210.7-03(16))
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6879938&loc=d3e572229-122910

Reference 3: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 942
-SubTopic 210
-Section S99
-Paragraph 1
-Subparagraph (SX 210.9-03(16))
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6876686&loc=d3e534808-122878

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- Definition

Maximum borrowing capacity under the credit facility without consideration of any current restrictions on the amount that could be borrowed or the amounts currently outstanding under the facility.

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Period Type:	instant

- Definition

The amount of any current tax-related balances due to affiliates as of the date of each statement of financial position presented.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 740
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 17
-Subparagraph (a)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=84230637&loc=d3e32809-109319

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- Definition

Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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- Definition

Purchases during the period (excluding transactions that are eliminated in consolidated or combined financial statements) with related party.

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Related Party Transactions - Narrative (Details) - USD ($)	1 Months Ended	3 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	Apr. 26, 2018	Mar. 31, 2018	Dec. 31, 2017
Affiliated Entity [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Tax expense due to related party		$ 0	$ 0
Junior Subordinated Revolving Credit Facility [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Line of credit facilities - GM Related party facility		1,000,000,000
Line of Credit [Member] \| Revolving Credit Facility [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Amount of borrowed under credit facilities		0
Purchase of Retail Finance Receivables [Member] \| Parent Company [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Related party purchases		$ 136,000,000
Subsequent Event [Member] \| Line of Credit [Member] \| Three Year Revolving Credit Facility [Member] \| General Motors [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Debt instrument term	3 years
Maximum borrowing capacity	$ 4,000,000,000
Subsequent Event [Member] \| Line of Credit [Member] \| Five Year Revolving Credit Facility [Member] \| General Motors [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Debt instrument term	5 years
Maximum borrowing capacity	$ 10,500,000,000
Subsequent Event [Member] \| Line of Credit [Member] \| Three Hundred and Sixty-Four Day Revolving Credit Facilities [Member] \| General Motors [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Debt instrument term	364 days
Maximum borrowing capacity	$ 2,000,000,000