GM Financial Receivables, Net (Tables) (GM Financial [Member])

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2014

Finance Receivables [Line Items]

Finance receivables, net [Table Text Block]

The following table summarizes the components of consumer and commercial finance receivables, net (dollars in millions):

	September 30, 2014									December 31, 2013
	Consumer			Commercial			Total			Consumer			Commercial			Total
Pre-acquisition finance receivables, outstanding amount	$	660		$	—		$	660		$	1,294		$	—		$	1,294
Pre-acquisition finance receivables, carrying amount	$	598		$	—		$	598		$	1,174		$	—		$	1,174
Post-acquisition finance receivables, net of fees	24,618			6,693			31,311			21,956			6,050			28,006
Finance receivables	25,216			6,693			31,909			23,130			6,050			29,180
Less: allowance for loan losses	(608		)	(37		)	(645		)	(497		)	(51		)	(548		)
GM Financial receivables, net	$	24,608		$	6,656		$	31,264		$	22,633		$	5,999		$	28,632
Fair value of GM Financial receivables, net							$	31,607								$	28,668

Allowance for Credit Losses on Finance Receivables [Table Text Block]

The following table summarizes activity for the allowance for loan losses on consumer and commercial finance receivables (dollars in millions):

	Three Months Ended						Nine Months Ended
	September 30, 2014			September 30, 2013			September 30, 2014			September 30, 2013
Balance at beginning of period	$	615		$	447		$	548		$	351
Provision for loan losses	160			117			408			311
Charge-offs	(230		)	(171		)	(645		)	(419		)
Recoveries	106			103			340			253
Effect of foreign currency	(6		)	—			(6		)	—
Balance at end of period	$	645		$	496		$	645		$	496

Consumer Finance Receivables [Member]

Finance Receivables [Line Items]

Consumer Finance Receivables Delinquency [Table Text Block]

The following table summarizes the contractual amount of delinquent contracts, which is not significantly different than the recorded investment of the consumer finance receivables (dollars in millions):

	September 30, 2014				September 30, 2013
	Amount		Percent of Contractual Amount Due		Amount		Percent of Contractual Amount Due
31-to-60 days delinquent	$	979	3.9	%	$	739	3.8	%
Greater-than-60 days delinquent	425		1.7	%	291		1.5	%
Total finance receivables more than 30 days delinquent	1,404		5.6	%	1,030		5.3	%
In repossession	49		0.2	%	45		0.3	%
Total finance receivables more than 30 days delinquent or in repossession	$	1,453	5.8	%	$	1,075	5.6	%

Troubled Debt Restructurings on Finance Receivables [Table Text Block]

The following table summarizes the outstanding recorded investment for consumer finance receivables that are considered to be TDRs and the related allowance (dollars in millions):

	September 30, 2014			December 31, 2013
Outstanding recorded investment	$	1,123		$	767
Less: allowance for loan losses	(140		)	(103		)
Outstanding recorded investment, net of allowance	$	983		$	664
Unpaid principal balance	$	1,142		$	779

Commercial Finance Receivables [Member]

Finance Receivables [Line Items]

Finance Receivables Credit Quality [Table Text Block]

The following table summarizes the credit risk profile by dealer grouping of the commercial finance receivables (dollars in millions): 

	September 30, 2014		December 31, 2013
Group I - Dealers with superior financial metrics	$	699	$	549
Group II - Dealers with strong financial metrics	1,679		1,460
Group III - Dealers with fair financial metrics	2,376		1,982
Group IV - Dealers with weak financial metrics	1,214		1,462
Group V - Dealers warranting special mention due to potential weaknesses	557		385
Group VI - Dealers with loans classified as substandard, doubtful or impaired	168		212
	$	6,693	$	6,050