Deferred Tax Assets And Liabilities (Details) (USD $)	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended	12 Months Ended											3 Months Ended				12 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2011	Dec. 31, 2010	Oct. 01, 2010	Dec. 31, 2012	Dec. 31, 2011	Dec. 31, 2012 Successor [Member]	Dec. 31, 2011 Successor [Member]	Dec. 31, 2012 Domestic Country [Member]	Dec. 31, 2012 State and Local Jurisdiction [Member]	Dec. 31, 2012 Foreign Country [Member]	Dec. 31, 2011 Foreign Country [Member]	Dec. 31, 2012 Domestic Country Foreign Country And Foreign Country Witholding Taxes [Member]	Dec. 31, 2011 Domestic Country Foreign Country And Foreign Country Witholding Taxes [Member]	Dec. 31, 2012 Foreign subsidiary [Member]	Mar. 31, 2013 Halla Climate Control Corporation [Member]	Dec. 31, 2012 Halla Climate Control Corporation [Member]	Dec. 31, 2012 Operating loss carryforwards realized after the Effective Date [Member] Domestic Country [Member]	Dec. 31, 2012 Tax credit carryforwards realized after the Effective Date [Member] Domestic Country [Member]	Dec. 31, 2012 U.S. jurisdictions with valuation allowance [Member]	Dec. 31, 2012 Non U.S. jurisdictions with current valuation allowance [Member]
Valuation Allowance, Deferred Tax Asset, Change in Amount	$ 8,000,000			$ 8,000,000
Impairment of Long-Lived Assets to be Disposed of		0	0	19,000,000	66,000,000														16,000,000	50,000,000
Components of Deferred Tax Assets and Liabilities [Abstract]
Employee benefit plans				135,000,000	134,000,000
Capitalized expenditures for tax reporting				82,000,000	111,000,000
Net operating losses and carryforwards				1,350,000,000	1,174,000,000
All other				224,000,000	253,000,000
Valuation allowance				(1,695,000,000)	(1,657,000,000)
Total deferred tax assets				96,000,000	15,000,000					36,000,000	31,000,000			20,000,000
Depreciation and amortization				36,000,000	1,000,000
All other				192,000,000	153,000,000
Total deferred tax liabilities				228,000,000	154,000,000							83,000,000	77,000,000
Net deferred tax liabilities				132,000,000	139,000,000
Deferred Tax Assets, Operating Loss Carryforwards, Foreign										1,500,000,000
U.S. foreign tax credit carryforwards								384,000,000		12,000,000								74,000,000
Operating Loss Carryforwards								1,300,000,000	24,000,000								337,000,000
Annual limitations under IRC Section 382 and 383				120,000,000
Market capitalization				1,500,000,000
Valuation Allowances and Reserves, Balance				1,700,000,000				1,200,000,000		528,000,000
Unrecognized Tax Benefits that Would Impact Effective Tax Rate				71,000,000	69,000,000
Unrecognized Tax Benefits, Income Tax Penalties and Interest Accrued				36,000,000	28,000,000
Liability for Uncertain Tax Positions, Noncurrent				107,000,000	97,000,000
Reconciiation of Unrecognized Tax Benefits [Abstract]
Unrecognized Tax Benefits Beginning balance				123,000,000		123,000,000	131,000,000
Tax positions related to current periods
Additions						15,000,000	17,000,000
Tax positions related to prior periods
Additions							3,000,000
Reductions						(20,000,000)	(21,000,000)
Settlements with tax authorities							(1,000,000)
Lapses in statue of limitations						(2,000,000)	(1,000,000)
Effect of exchange rate changes						1,000,000	(5,000,000)
Unrecognized Tax Benefits Ending balance				117,000,000	123,000,000	117,000,000	123,000,000
Ownership interest in Halla																70.00%
Income Tax Examination, Range of Possible Losses																19,000,000
Tax audit appeals payment															18,000,000
Significant Change in Unrecognized Tax Benefits is Reasonably Possible, Estimated Range of Change, Lower Bound				30,000,000
Significant Change in Unrecognized Tax Benefits is Reasonably Possible, Estimated Range of Change, Upper Bound				$ 60,000,000