BORROWINGS (SCUSA) (Details) (USD $)																																							6 Months Ended					6 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013	Jun. 30, 2014 SCUSA [Member]		Jun. 30, 2014 SCUSA [Member] Minimum [Member]		Jun. 30, 2014 SCUSA [Member] Maximum [Member]		Jun. 30, 2014 SCUSA [Member] Public Securitizations due on Various Dates [Member]		Jun. 30, 2014 SCUSA [Member] Public Securitizations due on Various Dates [Member] Minimum [Member]		Jun. 30, 2014 SCUSA [Member] Public Securitizations due on Various Dates [Member] Maximum [Member]		Jun. 30, 2014 SCUSA [Member] Privately Issued Amortizing Notes due on Various Dates [Member]		Jun. 30, 2014 SCUSA [Member] Privately Issued Amortizing Notes due on Various Dates [Member] Minimum [Member]		Jun. 30, 2014 SCUSA [Member] Privately Issued Amortizing Notes due on Various Dates [Member] Maximum [Member]		Jun. 30, 2014 SCUSA [Member] Revolving Credit Facility [Member]		Jun. 30, 2014 SCUSA [Member] Revolving Credit Facility [Member] Warehouse Line due June 2014 [Member]		Jun. 30, 2014 SCUSA [Member] Revolving Credit Facility [Member] Warehouse Line due on Various Dates [Member]		Jun. 30, 2014 SCUSA [Member] Revolving Credit Facility [Member] Warehouse Line due March 2015 [Member]		Jun. 30, 2014 SCUSA [Member] Revolving Credit Facility [Member] Warehouse Line due July 2015 [Member]		Jun. 30, 2014 SCUSA [Member] Revolving Credit Facility [Member] Warehouse Line due September 2015 [Member]		Jun. 30, 2014 SCUSA [Member] Revolving Credit Facility [Member] Warehouse Line due December 2015 [Member]		Jun. 30, 2014 SCUSA [Member] Revolving Credit Facility [Member] Warehouse Line due December 2015 [Member]		Jun. 30, 2014 SCUSA [Member] Revolving Credit Facility [Member] Warehouse Line due January 2016 [Member]		Jun. 30, 2014 SCUSA [Member] Revolving Credit Facility [Member] Warehouse Line due January 2016 [Member] Minimum [Member]	Jun. 30, 2014 SCUSA [Member] Revolving Credit Facility [Member] Warehouse Line due November 2016 [Member]		Jun. 30, 2014 SCUSA [Member] Revolving Credit Facility [Member] Repurchase Facility due on Various Dates [Member]		Jun. 30, 2014 SCUSA [Member] Revolving Credit Facility [Member] Repurchase Facility due on Various Dates [Member] Minimum [Member]	Jun. 30, 2014 SCUSA [Member] Revolving Credit Facility [Member] Repurchase Facility due on Various Dates [Member] Maximum [Member]	Jun. 30, 2014 SCUSA [Member] Revolving Credit Facility [Member] Line of Credit with Related Party due December 2016 [Member]		Jun. 30, 2014 SCUSA [Member] Revolving Credit Facility [Member] Line of Credit with Related Party due December 2016 [Member]		Jun. 30, 2014 SCUSA [Member] Revolving Credit Facility [Member] Line of Credit with Related Party due December 2018 [Member]		Jun. 30, 2014 SCUSA [Member] Revolving Credit Facility [Member] Line of Credit with Related Party [Member]
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Balance, revolving credit facilities	$ 72,500,000	$ 90,200,000																			$ 7,462,950,000	[1]	$ 109,461,000	[1],[2]	$ 552,268,000	[1],[3]	$ 250,594,000	[1],[4]	$ 153,515,000	[1]	$ 196,880,000	[1],[5]	$ 464,037,000	[1]	$ 495,765,000	[1]	$ 1,318,088,000	[1],[6]		$ 175,000,000	[1],[7]	$ 747,342,000	[1],[8]			$ 500,000,000	[1],[9]	$ 1,750,000,000	[1],[9]	$ 750,000,000	[1],[9]
Balance, secured structured financings			18,519,044,000	[1]					12,242,497,000	[1],[10]					6,276,547,000	[1],[10]
Effective Rate					0.89%	[1]	2.80%	[1]			0.89%	[1]	2.80%	[1]			1.07%	[1]	1.85%	[1]	1.78%	[1]	2.05%	[1]	1.14%	[1]	0.99%	[1]	1.64%	[1]	1.97%	[1]	2.18%	[1]	0.91%	[1]	1.15%	[1]		1.71%	[1]	1.52%	[1]			2.45%	[1]	2.26%	[1]	2.59%	[1]
Lease financing, percentage of outstanding balance																																							50.00%
Facility rolling maturity period																																												30 days	90 days
Unsecured debt																																																				$ 1,600,000,000

[1] Balances as of December 31, 2013 are not presented due to SCUSA being accounted for as an Equity Method Investment at that date.

[2] In July 2014, the maturity date of this facility was extended to June 2015.

[3] Half of the outstanding balance on this facility matures in March 2015 and half in March 2016.

[4] This line is collateralized by securitization notes payable retained by SCUSA.

[5] This line is held exclusively for unsecured consumer term loans.

[6] This line is held exclusively for Chrysler Capital retail loan and lease financing, with lease financing comprising no more than 50% of the outstanding balance upon advance.

[7] This line is collateralized by residuals retained by SCUSA.

[8] This repurchase facility is collateralized by securitization bonds and residuals retained by SCUSA. No portion of this facility is unsecured. The facility has rolling 30-day and 90-day maturities.

[9] These lines are collateralized by securitization notes payable and residuals retained by SCUSA. As of June 30, 2014, $1.6 billion of the aggregate outstanding balances on these credit facilities was unsecured.

[10] SCUSA has entered into various securitization transactions involving its retail automotive installment loans and leases. These transactions are accounted for as secured financings and therefore both the securitized retail installment contracts and the related securitization debt issued by special purpose entities, remain on the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet. The maturity of this debt is based on the timing of repayments from the securitized assets.