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Derivative Financial Instruments Balance Sheet Location of Cumulative Basis Adjustments (Details) - Fair Value Hedges [Member] - Long-term Debt [Member] - GM Financial [Member] - USD ($) $ in Millions	Mar. 31, 2019	Dec. 31, 2018
Derivatives, Fair Value [Line Items]
Carrying Amount of Hedged Items	$ 20,200	$ 17,923
Cumulative Amount of Fair Value Hedging Adjustments on Hedging Relationships	281	459
Cumulative fair value adjustment on discontinued hedging relationships	$ 228	$ 247

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Amount of liability hedged in fair value hedging relationship.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 815
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 4EE
-Subparagraph (a)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=109980867&loc=SL109999712-113959

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