Finance Receivables - Narrative (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2022	Dec. 31, 2021	Dec. 31, 2020
Retail Finance Receivables
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Allowance for credit loss (as a percent)	3.20%	3.20%
Nonaccrual loans	$ 685	$ 602
Troubled debt restructurings	2,100	1,900
TDR's - Nonaccrual loans	241	219
TDR's - subsequent default	25	17	$ 28
Commercial Finance Receivables
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Nonaccrual loans	0	0
TDR's - Nonaccrual loans	$ 0	$ 0
Commercial Finance Receivables \| Floorplan Advances
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Percent of revolving balance	97.00%	94.00%

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Impaired Financing Receivable, Nonaccrual

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Troubled Debt Restructurings - Subsequent Default

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Percentage of allowance for credit loss to nonaccrual financing receivable.

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-Name Regulation S-K (SK)
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Amount of financing receivable modified as troubled debt restructuring.

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