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Commitments and Contingencies (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2015

Commitments and Contingencies Disclosure [Abstract]

Product Warranty Reserves

The following table summarizes the changes in total product warranty reserves for the periods presented:

		Three Months Ended March 31,
Millions of dollars		2015				2014
Balance at January 1		$	235			$	191
Issuances/accruals during the period		62				63
Settlements made during the period		(75		)		(74		)
Balance at March 31		$	222			$	180
Current portion		$	172			$	143
Non-current portion		50				37
Total		$	222			$	180

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- Definition

Tabular disclosure of the changes in the guarantor's aggregate product warranty liability, including the beginning balance of the aggregate product warranty liability, the aggregate reductions in that liability for payments made (in cash or in kind) under the warranty, the aggregate changes in the liability for accruals related to product warranties issued during the reporting period, the aggregate changes in the liability for accruals related to preexisting warranties (including adjustments related to changes in estimates), and the ending balance of the aggregate product warranty liability.

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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 8

-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6398077&loc=d3e12565-110249

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