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Cat Financial Financing Activities (Details 5) $ in Millions	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2017 USD ($) Contracts	Sep. 30, 2016 USD ($) Contracts Customer	Sep. 30, 2017 USD ($) Contracts Customer	Sep. 30, 2016 USD ($) Contracts	Dec. 31, 2016 USD ($)
Customer
Finance receivables modified as TDRs
Number of Contracts (in contracts) \| Contracts	20	352	123	493
Pre-TDR Outstanding Recorded Investment	$ 76	$ 152	$ 454	$ 387
Post-TDR Outstanding Recorded Investment	$ 71	$ 118	$ 431	$ 327
Customer \| North America
Finance receivables modified as TDRs
Number of Contracts (in contracts) \| Contracts	11	2	37	15
Pre-TDR Outstanding Recorded Investment	$ 4	$ 0	$ 13	$ 16
Post-TDR Outstanding Recorded Investment	$ 5	$ 0	$ 13	$ 16
Customer \| Europe
Finance receivables modified as TDRs
Number of Contracts (in contracts) \| Contracts	1	0	2	3
Pre-TDR Outstanding Recorded Investment	$ 0	$ 0	$ 0	$ 11
Post-TDR Outstanding Recorded Investment	$ 0	$ 0	$ 0	$ 8
Customer \| Asia Pacific
Finance receivables modified as TDRs
Number of Contracts (in contracts) \| Contracts	0	4	6	8
Pre-TDR Outstanding Recorded Investment	$ 0	$ 1	$ 39	$ 4
Post-TDR Outstanding Recorded Investment	$ 0	$ 1	$ 30	$ 4
Customer \| Mining
Finance receivables modified as TDRs
Number of Contracts (in contracts) \| Contracts	0	1	2	2
Pre-TDR Outstanding Recorded Investment	$ 0	$ 33	$ 57	$ 43
Post-TDR Outstanding Recorded Investment	$ 0	$ 30	$ 56	$ 35
Customer \| Latin America
Finance receivables modified as TDRs
Number of Contracts (in contracts) \| Contracts	3	341	17	431
Pre-TDR Outstanding Recorded Investment	$ 21	$ 105	$ 26	$ 117
Post-TDR Outstanding Recorded Investment	$ 22	$ 74	$ 27	$ 87
Customer \| Caterpillar Power Finance
Finance receivables modified as TDRs
Number of Contracts (in contracts) \| Contracts	5	4	59	34
Pre-TDR Outstanding Recorded Investment	$ 51	$ 13	$ 319	$ 196
Post-TDR Outstanding Recorded Investment	44	$ 13	305	$ 177
Dealer
Loan receivables
Loans and Leases Receivable, Nonperforming, Nonaccrual of Interest	$ 3		3		$ 0
Finance receivables modified as TDRs
Number of Contracts (in contracts) \| Contracts	0	0		0
Finance Receivables \| Customer
Loan receivables
Loans and Leases Receivable, Nonperforming, Nonaccrual of Interest	$ 689		689		579
Finance receivables modified as TDRs
Remaining Commitments	0		0		11
Finance Receivables \| Customer \| North America
Loan receivables
Loans and Leases Receivable, Nonperforming, Nonaccrual of Interest	48		48		66
Finance Receivables \| Customer \| Europe
Loan receivables
Loans and Leases Receivable, Nonperforming, Nonaccrual of Interest	56		56		35
Finance Receivables \| Customer \| Asia Pacific
Loan receivables
Loans and Leases Receivable, Nonperforming, Nonaccrual of Interest	11		11		12
Finance Receivables \| Customer \| Mining
Loan receivables
Loans and Leases Receivable, Nonperforming, Nonaccrual of Interest	55		55		69
Finance Receivables \| Customer \| Latin America
Loan receivables
Loans and Leases Receivable, Nonperforming, Nonaccrual of Interest	242		242		307
Finance Receivables \| Customer \| Caterpillar Power Finance
Loan receivables
Loans and Leases Receivable, Nonperforming, Nonaccrual of Interest	$ 277		$ 277		$ 90
Significant Amount of Amount Disclosed Represented by a Certain Number of Customers [Member] \| Customer \| Latin America
Finance receivables modified as TDRs
Number of Contracts (in contracts) \| Contracts		321	240
Pre-TDR Outstanding Recorded Investment		$ 94	$ 16
Post-TDR Outstanding Recorded Investment		$ 64
Number of Significant Customers Disclosed		4	2
Significant Amount of Amount Disclosed Represented by a Certain Number of Customers [Member] \| Customer \| Caterpillar Power Finance
Finance receivables modified as TDRs
Number of Contracts (in contracts) \| Contracts			44
Pre-TDR Outstanding Recorded Investment			$ 200
Post-TDR Outstanding Recorded Investment			$ 200
Number of Significant Customers Disclosed \| Customer			4