Other Liabilities (Details) (USD $) In Millions, unless otherwise specified					3 Months Ended	9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2012	Jun. 30, 2012	Mar. 31, 2012	Dec. 31, 2011	Sep. 30, 2012 Customer Accomodation Support And Other Agreement [Member]	Sep. 30, 2012 Customer Accomodation Support And Other Agreement [Member]	Sep. 30, 2012 Other current liabilities [Member]	Dec. 31, 2011 Other current liabilities [Member]	Sep. 30, 2012 Other Non-current Liabilities [Member]	Dec. 31, 2011 Other Non-current Liabilities [Member]
Product warranty and recall reserves	$ 40			$ 42
Deferred income	37			21	17	17
Non-income taxes payable	36			41
Payables to non-consolidated affiliates	31			24
Accrued interest payable	16			7
Income taxes payable	13			29
Restructuring reserves	8	9	14	26
Accrued legal reserves							7	8
Claims settlement accruals	2			9
Foreign currency hedges	0			16
Other Accrued Liabilities, Current	58			44
Other current liabilities	248			267
Income tax reserves	106			97
Deferred income	60			42	37	37
Non-income taxes payable	45			44
Product warranty and recall reserves	25			24
Legal and environmental reserves									7	8
Other accrued liabilities	8			10
Other non-current liabilities	251			225
Revenue recognized associated with customer accommodation agreement deferred revenue					5	15
Expected revenue recognition in year one						5
Expected revenue recognition in year two						16
Expected revenue recognition in year three						14
Expected revenue recognition in year four						10
Expected revenue recognition in year five						$ 9