Voluntary Reorganization Under Chapter 11 of the United States Bankruptcy Code (Details) (USD $)	3 Months Ended	9 Months Ended	12 Months Ended						9 Months Ended		9 Months Ended								9 Months Ended		3 Months Ended	12 Months Ended			9 Months Ended
	Oct. 01, 2010	Oct. 01, 2010	Dec. 31, 2012	Jan. 28, 2013	Dec. 31, 2011	Apr. 06, 2011 Term Loan [Member]	Oct. 01, 2010 Term Loan [Member]	Oct. 01, 2010 Line of Credit [Member]	Oct. 01, 2010 Pre-petition Seven-year Secured Term Loan [Member]	Oct. 01, 2010 U.S. Asset-backed Lending Facility and Related Letters of Credit [Member]	Oct. 01, 2010 Successor Common Stock to Holders of Pre-petition Notes [Member]	Oct. 01, 2010 Successor Common Stock to Certain Holders [Member]	Dec. 31, 2012 10-year Warrants [Member]	Dec. 31, 2011 10-year Warrants [Member]	Oct. 01, 2010 10-year Warrants [Member]	Dec. 31, 2012 5-Year Warrants [Member]	Dec. 31, 2011 5-Year Warrants [Member]	Oct. 01, 2010 5-Year Warrants [Member]	Oct. 01, 2010 Restricted Stock Under A Post-emergence Share-based Incentive Compensation Program [Member]	Oct. 01, 2010 Professional Fees [Member]	Dec. 31, 2010 Successor [Member]	Dec. 31, 2012 Successor [Member]	Dec. 31, 2011 Successor [Member]	Oct. 01, 2010 Successor [Member]	Oct. 01, 2010 Predecessor [Member]	Dec. 31, 2009 Predecessor [Member]	Oct. 01, 2010 7% Senior Notes due 2014 [Member] Predecessor [Member]	Oct. 01, 2010 8.25% Senior Notes due 2010 [Member] Predecessor [Member]	Oct. 01, 2010 12.25% Senior Notes due 2016 [Member] Predecessor [Member]	Oct. 01, 2010 Minimum [Member]	Oct. 01, 2010 Maximum [Member]
Plan of reorganization, date plan confirmed			Aug. 31, 2010
Stock issued during period, shares		45,000,000									2,500,000	1,000,000
Proceeds from rights offering		$ 1,250,000,000
Debt instrument, face amount						498,000,000	500,000,000		1,500,000,000	128,000,000
Line of Credit Facility, Maximum Borrowing Capacity	200,000,000	200,000,000	175,000,000	130,000,000	220,000,000			200,000,000
Interest paid									160,000,000												5,000,000	48,000,000	51,000,000		179,000,000
Restricted cash and cash equivalents																				68,000,000
Other claims and fees	119,000,000	119,000,000
Debt instrument, interest rate, stated percentage																											7.00%	8.25%	12.25%
Class of warrant, outstanding													299,171	476,034	2,355,000	1,549,337	1,549,345	1,552,774								25,000,000
Exercise price of warrants or rights													9.66		9.66	58.80	0	58.80
Restricted stock issued																			1,700,000
Face value of claims against the Company by Ford/ACH			163,000,000
Reimbursement from Ford			29,000,000
Committed annual sourcing by Ford			600,000,000
Gain, release from certain OPEB obligations by Ford	9,000,000
Gain on settlement of liabilities subject to compromise																									(956,000,000)
Reorganization-related costs, net																									129,000,000
Gain on adoption of fresh-start accounting																									(106,000,000)
Reorganization gains, net																					0	0	0		(933,000,000)
Cash payments for reorganization expenses																									111,000,000
Effective date reorganization items, pre-tax																									1,100,000,000
Postconfirmation, liabilities																								2,763,000,000
Liabilities subject to compromise																									3,121,000,000
Liabilities subject to compromise and post petition liabilities																								5,884,000,000
Postconfirmation, assets																								5,141,000,000
Excess post petition liabilities and allowed claims	743,000,000	743,000,000
Estimated enterprise value	2,390,000,000	2,390,000,000
Enterprise values contemplated by court																														2,300,000,000	2,500,000,000
Range of EBITDAP																														4.6	7.8
Range of EBITDAP minus capital expenditures																														6.1	14.6
Decrease in enterprise value due to pension expense not being included in multiples	455,000,000	455,000,000
Range of derived EBITDA																														4.0	7.1
Estimated tax rate used yo perform cash flow analysis	35.00%	35.00%
Discount rate used for cash flow analysis																														14.00%	16.00%
Perpetuity growth rate used in cash flow analysis																														0.00%	2.00%
Cost of equity rate used in cash flow analysis																														13.00%	21.00%
Perpetuity growth after 2013 rate used in cash flow analysis																														2.00%	4.00%
Estimated value of non-consolidated joint ventures for estimated enterprise value	195,000,000	195,000,000
Reorganization value, cash in excess of normal operating needs	242,000,000	242,000,000
Non debt liabilities	2,751,000,000	2,751,000,000
Reorganization value	$ 5,141,000,000	$ 5,141,000,000