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Financial Guarantees and Warranties (Details)	12 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2017 USD ($)
Guarantor Obligations [Line Items]
Guarantee obligations, expiring in 2018	$ 190,000,000
Guarantee obligations, expiring in 2019	14,000,000
Guarantee obligations, expiring in 2020	10,000,000
Guarantee obligations, expiring in 2021	7,000,000
Guarantee obligations, expiring in 2022	11,000,000
Guarantee obligations, expiring after 2022	92,000,000
Guarantee Obligations Inventory Repurchase Guarantees
Guarantor Obligations [Line Items]
Guarantor obligations, maximum exposure	$ 226,000,000
Guarantee Obligations Inventory Repurchase Guarantees | Minimum
Guarantor Obligations [Line Items]
Debt guarantee period	1 year
Guarantee Obligations Inventory Repurchase Guarantees | Maximum
Guarantor Obligations [Line Items]
Debt guarantee period	2 years
Guarantee Obligations Customers Debt
Guarantor Obligations [Line Items]
Guarantor obligations, maximum exposure	$ 98,000,000
Guarantee Obligations Customers Debt | Minimum
Guarantor Obligations [Line Items]
Debt guarantee period	1 year
Guarantee Obligations Customers Debt | Maximum
Guarantor Obligations [Line Items]
Debt guarantee period	12 years
Standby Letters of Credit
Guarantor Obligations [Line Items]
Letters of credit outstanding	$ 255,000,000

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 460
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 4
-Subparagraph (b)(1)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6851643&loc=d3e12069-110248

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