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GM Financial Receivables Commercial Finance Receivables Credit Quality Indicators (Details) - GM Financial [Member] - USD ($) $ in Millions	Mar. 31, 2018	Dec. 31, 2017
Financing Receivable, Recorded Investment [Line Items]
GM Financial receivables	$ 44,215	$ 42,671
Commercial Finance Receivables [Member]
Financing Receivable, Recorded Investment [Line Items]
GM Financial receivables	9,996	9,957
Commercial Finance Receivables [Member] | Group I - Dealers with superior financial metrics [Member]
Financing Receivable, Recorded Investment [Line Items]
GM Financial receivables	1,784	1,915
Commercial Finance Receivables [Member] | Group II - Dealers with strong financial metrics [Member]
Financing Receivable, Recorded Investment [Line Items]
GM Financial receivables	3,670	3,465
Commercial Finance Receivables [Member] | Group III - Dealers with fair financial metrics [Member]
Financing Receivable, Recorded Investment [Line Items]
GM Financial receivables	3,161	3,239
Commercial Finance Receivables [Member] | Group IV - Dealers with weak financial metrics [Member]
Financing Receivable, Recorded Investment [Line Items]
GM Financial receivables	1,048	997
Commercial Finance Receivables [Member] | Group V - Dealers warranting special mention due to potential weaknesses [Member]
Financing Receivable, Recorded Investment [Line Items]
GM Financial receivables	268	260
Commercial Finance Receivables [Member] | Group VI - Dealers with loans classified as substandard, doubtful or impaired [Member]
Financing Receivable, Recorded Investment [Line Items]
GM Financial receivables	$ 65	$ 81

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Amount representing an agreement for an unconditional promise by the maker to pay the entity (holder) a definite sum of money at a future date. Such amount may include accrued interest receivable in accordance with the terms of the note. The note also may contain provisions and related items including a discount or premium, payable on demand, secured, or unsecured, interest bearing or noninterest bearing, among a myriad of other features and characteristics. Excludes amounts related to receivables held-for-sale.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 942
-SubTopic 210
-Section S99
-Paragraph 1
-Subparagraph (SX 210.9-03.10(3))
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6876686&loc=d3e534808-122878

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