Accounts Receivable and Finance Receivables (Details Textual) (USD $) In Millions, unless otherwise specified	12 Months Ended							12 Months Ended				12 Months Ended		3 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2011	Jan. 01, 2011	Jan. 02, 2010	Dec. 31, 2010	Dec. 31, 2011 Manufacturing Group [Member]	Jan. 01, 2011 Manufacturing Group [Member]	Jan. 02, 2010 Manufacturing Group [Member]	Dec. 31, 2011 Finance Group [Member]	Jan. 01, 2011 Finance Group [Member]	Jan. 02, 2010 Finance Group [Member]	Dec. 31, 2011 Aviation [Member]	Dec. 31, 2011 Aviation [Member] Minimum [Member]	Dec. 31, 2011 Aviation [Member] Maximum [Member]	Dec. 31, 2011 Golf Mortgage [Member]	Dec. 31, 2011 Golf Mortgage [Member]	Dec. 31, 2011 Golf Mortgage [Member] Minimum [Member]	Dec. 31, 2011 Golf Mortgage [Member] Maximum [Member]	Dec. 31, 2011 Timeshare [Member] Customer	Jan. 01, 2011 Timeshare [Member]	Dec. 31, 2011 Timeshare - Interval Notes [Member] Minimum [Member]	Dec. 31, 2011 Timeshare - Interval Notes [Member] Maximum [Member]	Dec. 31, 2011 Timeshare - Construction / Inventory Mortgages [Member] Minimum [Member]	Dec. 31, 2011 Timeshare - Construction / Inventory Mortgages [Member] Maximum [Member]
Financing Receivable, Impaired [Line Items]
Amortization periods of finance receivables												8 years	15 years			20 years	30 years
Contractual term of finance receivables												5 years	10 years			5 years	10 years			10 years	20 years	1 year	3 years
Average balance of finance receivables											$ 4			$ 6	$ 6
Maximum percentage of the property's appraised market value														75.00%	75.00%
Weighted average contractual maturity															3 years
Final maturity terms of timeshare product line																						1 year	5 years
Number of customer defaults subsequent to modification																		3
Recorded investment related to customer defaults subsequent to modification																		113
Finance Receivables to the held for sale classification															458			125	219
Proceeds from Intercompany for Parent Company Product Financed								284
Proceeds from intercompany for sale of equipment								2	10	13
Finance receivables with recourse to intercompany					88	69
Interest rate on intercompany loan					5.00%		7.00%
Intercompany loan balance					490	315
Allowance for losses on mortgage finance receivables transferred to held for sale															80
Nonaccrual finance receivables decreased																		529	215
Valuation allowance on transfer of Golf Mortgage portfolio to held for sale	186													186	186
Accounts Receivable and Finance Receivables (Textual) [Abstract]
Unbillable receivables on U.S. Government contracts within accounts receivable	192	195
Recorded investment in accrual status loans that are 90 days past due	0			0
Contractual delinquency of 60 plus days as percentage of finance receivables held for investment	6.70%	9.77%
Leveraged leases	208	279
Percentage of US based finance receivables	54.00%			67.00%
Finance Receivables sold to Special Purpose Entities which are consolidated subsidiaries	559	635
Total gain of finance receivables	4	31
Charge offs resulting from asset transfers in full or partial satisfaction of loan balance	73
Amount from sale of the manufactured products		416	654
Finance receivables, classified as held for sale	418	413
Proceeds from the sale of finance receivables	476	655
Proceeds from collection of finance receivables held for sale	10	86
Proceeds from the sale of finance receivables held for sale	383	582
Reduction in Provision for losses related to troubled debt restructurings		36
Portfolio losses, net related to Troubled Debt Restructurings		$ 15