Commitments and Contingencies (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2016

Commitments and Contingencies Disclosure [Abstract]

Guarantee obligations [Table Text Block]

The maximum potential payments and the carrying value of recorded liabilities related to guarantees and limited indemnities were as follows (in millions):

	September 30, 2016		December 31, 2015
Maximum potential payments	$	227	$	284
Carrying value of recorded liabilities related to guarantees and limited indemnities	23		23

Warranty [Table Text Block]

The estimate of our future warranty and field service action costs, net of supplier recoveries, for the periods ended September 30 were as follows (in millions):

	First Nine Months
	2016			2015
Beginning balance	$	4,558		$	4,785
Payments made during the period	(2,464		)	(2,036		)
Changes in accrual related to warranties issued during the period	1,704			1,523
Changes in accrual related to pre-existing warranties	1,088			495
Foreign currency translation and other	42			(192		)
Ending balance	$	4,928		$	4,575