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Debt Instrument, Call Protection Fee Amount, Percent

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Debt Instrument, Consent Fee Amount, Percent

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Line of Credit Facility, Accordion Feature, Higher Borrowing Capacity Option

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Carrying value as of the balance sheet date of obligations incurred and payable, pertaining to costs that are statutory in nature, are incurred on contractual obligations, or accumulate over time and for which invoices have not yet been received or will not be rendered. Examples include taxes, interest, rent and utilities.

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Carrying value as of the balance sheet date of short-term borrowings using unsecured obligations issued by banks, corporations and other borrowers to investors. The maturities of these money market securities generally do not exceed 270 days.

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Percentage points added to the reference rate to compute the variable rate on the debt instrument.

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Face (par) amount of debt instrument at time of issuance.

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Effective interest rate for the funds borrowed under the debt agreement considering interest compounding and original issue discount or premium.

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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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Amount of the required periodic payments applied to principal.

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Amount, after accumulated amortization, of debt issuance costs. Includes, but is not limited to, legal, accounting, underwriting, printing, and registration costs.

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Period remaining on line of credit facility before it terminates, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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Fair value of the amount outstanding under the credit facility.

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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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The cash outflow paid to third parties in connection with debt origination, which will be amortized over the remaining maturity period of the associated long-term debt.

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Debt - Narrative (Details) - USD ($)	1 Months Ended			6 Months Ended	9 Months Ended
Debt - Narrative (Details) - USD ($)	Feb. 28, 2017	Dec. 31, 2016	Dec. 31, 2011	Apr. 30, 2017	Jul. 31, 2017	Jul. 31, 2016	May 31, 2017	Jan. 31, 2017	Nov. 30, 2016	Oct. 31, 2016	May 31, 2016	Feb. 29, 2016	Jan. 31, 2015	Mar. 31, 2013	Aug. 31, 2012	Oct. 31, 2009
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Payments of Debt Issuance Costs					$ 22,000,000	$ 12,000,000
Term Loan [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Payments of Debt Issuance Costs				$ 4,000,000
Manufacturing Operations [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Accrued Liabilities								$ 4,000,000
Debt Issuance Costs, Net				4,000,000
Financial Services Operations \| VFN Facility [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt Instrument, Face Amount							$ 425,000,000		$ 450,000,000			$ 500,000,000
Financial Services Operations \| Trac Funding Facility [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt Instrument, Face Amount		$ 100,000,000
Revolving Credit Facility [Member] \| Financial Services Operations \| Bank Facility [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Line of Credit Facility, Maximum Borrowing Capacity		275,000,000	$ 500,000,000								$ 400,000,000
Line of Credit Facility, Fair Value of Amount Outstanding				274,000,000
Line of Credit Facility, Accordion Feature, Higher Borrowing Capacity Option											$ 700,000,000
Term Loan [Member] \| Financial Services Operations \| Bank Facility [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Line of Credit Facility, Maximum Borrowing Capacity		82,000,000
Line of Credit Facility, Fair Value of Amount Outstanding				78,000,000
Commercial Paper [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Line of Credit Facility, Expiration Period	5 years
Installment Payments Set Two [Member] \| Term Loan [Member] \| Financial Services Operations \| Bank Facility [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt Instrument, Periodic Payment, Principal		$ 2,000,000	$ 9,000,000
Line of Credit [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Line of Credit Facility, Maximum Borrowing Capacity															$ 1,000,000,000
Debt Instrument, Basis Spread on Variable Rate, Period Increase (Decrease)	1.50%
Line of Credit [Member] \| Manufacturing Operations [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt Issuance Costs, Net				11,000,000						$ 7,000,000
Line of Credit [Member] \| Financial Services Operations
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt Issuance Costs, Net				$ 2,000,000						$ 3,000,000
Notes Payable to Banks [Member] \| Manufacturing Operations [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt Instrument, Face Amount								$ 250,000,000						$ 300,000,000		$ 1,000,000,000
Debt Instrument, Interest Rate, Effective Percentage				8.50%
Mexico, Pesos
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Commercial Paper													$ 1,800,000,000
United States of America, Dollars
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Commercial Paper				$ 102,000,000
Eurodollar [Member] \| Line of Credit [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt Instrument, Basis Spread on Variable Rate	4.00%
Base Rate [Member] \| Line of Credit [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt Instrument, Basis Spread on Variable Rate	3.00%
Debt Instrument, Consent Fee Amount, Percent	0.25%
Debt Instrument, Call Protection Fee Amount, Percent	1.00%