Line of Credit Facilities, Related Party Facility

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- Definition

Period of time between issuance and maturity of debt instrument, in PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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- Definition

Maximum borrowing capacity under the credit facility without consideration of any current restrictions on the amount that could be borrowed or the amounts currently outstanding under the facility.

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Reference 1: http://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 210
-SubTopic 10
-Section S99
-Paragraph 1
-Subparagraph (SX 210.5-02.19(b),22(b))
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6877327&loc=d3e13212-122682

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- Definition

The amount of any current tax-related balances due to affiliates as of the date of each statement of financial position presented.

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Reference 1: http://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 740
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 17
-Subparagraph (a)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=84230637&loc=d3e32809-109319

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- Definition

Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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- Definition

Purchases during the period (excluding transactions that are eliminated in consolidated or combined financial statements) with related party.

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Related Party Transactions - Narrative (Details) - USD ($)		9 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	Apr. 18, 2018	Sep. 30, 2018	Dec. 31, 2017
Affiliated Entity [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Tax expense due to related party		$ 0	$ 0
Junior Subordinated Revolving Credit Facility [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Line of credit facilities - GM Related party facility		1,000,000,000
Line of Credit [Member] \| Three Year Revolving Credit Facility [Member] \| General Motors [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Debt instrument term	3 years
Maximum borrowing capacity	$ 4,000,000,000
Line of Credit [Member] \| Five Year Revolving Credit Facility [Member] \| General Motors [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Debt instrument term	5 years
Maximum borrowing capacity	$ 10,500,000,000
Line of Credit [Member] \| Three Hundred and Sixty-Four Day Revolving Credit Facilities [Member] \| General Motors [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Debt instrument term	364 days
Maximum borrowing capacity	$ 2,000,000,000
Purchase of Retail Finance Receivables [Member] \| Parent Company [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Related party purchases		$ 371,000,000