Discontinued Operations (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2012

Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]

Schedule of Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations, Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures [Table Text Block]

Discontinued operations are summarized as follows:

	Successor									Predecessor
	Year Ended December 31			Year Ended December 31			Three Months Ended December 31			Nine Months Ended October 1
	2012			2011			2010			2010
	(Dollars in Millions)
Sales	$	297		$	515		$	109		$	335
Cost of sales	264			490			109			319
Gross margin	33			25			—			16
Selling, general and administrative expenses	7			11			3			8
Asset impairments	19			66			—			—
Restructuring expenses	—			—			1			6
Other expense (income), net	4			2			—			(1		)
Reorganization expenses, net	—			—			—			5
Interest expense	2			2			1			1
Income (loss) before income taxes	1			(56		)	(5		)	(3		)
Provision (benefit) for income taxes	4			—			(5		)	(17		)
Net (loss) income from discontinued operations attributable to Visteon Corporation	$	(3	)	$	(56	)	$	—		$	14