Debt (Details) (USD $)	3 Months Ended			12 Months Ended						3 Months Ended					3 Months Ended		12 Months Ended					12 Months Ended								12 Months Ended		12 Months Ended	3 Months Ended		12 Months Ended						3 Months Ended			3 Months Ended	40 Months Ended					12 Months Ended		12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2013	Dec. 31, 2012	Sep. 30, 2012	Dec. 31, 2013	Dec. 31, 2012	Dec. 31, 2011	Jan. 28, 2013	Oct. 01, 2010	Dec. 31, 2013 Affiliated Entity [Member]	Sep. 30, 2012 Bridge Loan [Member]	Dec. 31, 2013 LOC Facility issued by local affiliates [Member]	Dec. 31, 2012 LOC Facility issued by local affiliates [Member]	Dec. 31, 2013 LOC Facility issued by local affiliates with cash collateral [Member] [Member]	Dec. 31, 2012 LOC Facility issued by local affiliates with cash collateral [Member] [Member]	Dec. 31, 2013 Unsecured Debt [Member]	Dec. 31, 2012 Unsecured Debt [Member]	Dec. 31, 2013 Unsecured Debt [Member]	Dec. 31, 2013 Unsecured bilatera term loan [Member]	Dec. 31, 2012 Unsecured bilatera term loan [Member]	Dec. 31, 2013 Unsecured bilatera term loan KRW [Member]	Dec. 31, 2012 Unsecured bilatera term loan KRW [Member]	Dec. 31, 2011 Term Loan [Member]	Apr. 06, 2011 Term Loan [Member]	Dec. 31, 2013 Other Long-term Debt [Member]	Dec. 31, 2012 Other Long-term Debt [Member]	Dec. 31, 2013 Current Portion of Long-term Debt [Member]	Dec. 31, 2012 Current Portion of Long-term Debt [Member]	Dec. 31, 2013 Other Short-term Debt [Member]	Dec. 31, 2012 Other Short-term Debt [Member]	Dec. 31, 2013 Asset-backed Securities [Member]	Dec. 31, 2012 Asset-backed Securities [Member]	Dec. 31, 2013 April 15, 2014 to April 14, 2015 [Member]	Dec. 31, 2013 issue date until April 15, 2014 [Member]	Dec. 31, 2012 issue date until April 15, 2014 [Member]	Dec. 31, 2013 issue date until April 15, 2014 [Member]	Dec. 31, 2013 April 15, 2015 to April 14, 2016 [Member]	Dec. 31, 2013 April 15, 2016 until April 14, 2017 [Member]	Dec. 31, 2013 April 15, 2017 and thereafter [Member]	Jul. 04, 2012 Korea (South), Won Debt Capacity available for borrowing [Member]	Jul. 04, 2012 Korea (South), Won Borrowings [Member]	Sep. 30, 2012 Korea (South), Won Bridge Loan [Member]	Jul. 04, 2012 United States of America, Dollars Debt Capacity available for borrowing [Member]	Jul. 04, 2012 United States of America, Dollars Borrowings [Member]	Sep. 30, 2012 United States of America, Dollars Bridge Loan [Member]	May 30, 2016 Halla Visteon Climate Control [Member]	Dec. 31, 2013 Halla Visteon Climate Control [Member]	Dec. 31, 2012 Halla Visteon Climate Control [Member]	Dec. 31, 2013 Affiliated Entity [Member]	Dec. 31, 2012 Affiliated Entity [Member]	Dec. 31, 2012 Sale Leaseback Arrangement in Chihuahua, Mexico [Member]	Dec. 31, 2013 Sale Leaseback Arrangement in Chihuahua, Mexico [Member]	Dec. 31, 2013 Foreign Exchange [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Short-term Debt, Weighted Average Interest Rate																										7.70%	8.90%	4.70%	3.30%
Current portion of long-term debt	$ 2,000,000	$ 3,000,000		$ 2,000,000	$ 3,000,000
Other - short-term	104,000,000	93,000,000		104,000,000	93,000,000																									31,000,000	15,000,000															68,000,000	78,000,000
Short-term debt	106,000,000	96,000,000		106,000,000	96,000,000
Debt, Weighted Average Interest Rate															6.75%	6.75%	6.75%	1.80%		3.70%				5.70%	8.50%
6.75% senior notes due April 15, 2019	396,000,000	445,000,000		396,000,000	445,000,000													100,000,000	0	95,000,000	0
Other	33,000,000	28,000,000		33,000,000	28,000,000																																											33,000,000	28,000,000	18,000,000	17,000,000
Long-term debt	624,000,000	473,000,000		624,000,000	473,000,000
Debt Instrument, face amount															500,000,000		500,000,000						498,000,000
Long-term debt, weighted average interest rate															6.75%		6.75%
Debt Instrument, Maturity Date																	Apr. 15, 2019
Unamortized debt discount and issuance costs																							21,000,000
Senior Notes, option to redeem																	10.00%
Extinguishment of Debt, Amount															50,000,000	50,000,000
Loss on debt extinguishment	2,000,000	2,000,000	4,000,000	2,000,000	6,000,000	24,000,000																24,000,000
Debt Instrument, Redemption Price, Percentage																																105.063%	103.00%	103.00%	103.00%	103.375%	101.688%	100.00%
Total facility size	175,000,000			175,000,000		220,000,000	130,000,000	200,000,000
Line of credit facility capacity increase						20,000,000
Line of Credit Facility, Unused Capacity, Commitment Fee Percentage				0.50%
Revolver amount available for borrowing	100,000,000			100,000,000
Bridge Loan																																							1,000,000,000,000	925,000,000,000		881,000,000	815,000,000
Interest Expense, Debt										5,000,000
Repayments of Debt																																									910,000,000,000			800,000,000
Amended LOC Agreement facility capacity	15,000,000			15,000,000
Percent of Collateral to The Aggregated Stated Amount of The LOCs				103.00%																																																110.00%
Outstanding letters of credit	10,000,000	9,000,000		10,000,000	9,000,000						21,000,000	14,000,000	15,000,000	6,000,000
Working capital facility availability									291,000,000
Servicing fee on receivables sold																														25 basis points
Financing fee on advanced portion																														95 basis points
Pledged Receivables	52,000,000	49,000,000		52,000,000	49,000,000
unsecured bilateral term loan							195,000,000
Financial covenant test of total debt to EBITDA																																													3.2
Net interest coverage test																																													3
Sale Leaseback Transaction, Net Proceeds					80,000,000																																													19,000,000
Sale Leaseback Transaction, Lease Terms																																																		5
Sale Leaseback Transaction, Imputed Interest Rate																																																		9.50%
Sale Leaseback Transaction, Deferred Gain, Net																																																		3,000,000
Debt maturities in next twelve months	106,000,000			106,000,000
Debt maturitites in year two	16,000,000			16,000,000
Debt maturities in year three	197,000,000			197,000,000
Debt maturities in year four	15,000,000			15,000,000
Debt maturities in year five	0			0
Debt mature year six and thereafter	$ 396,000,000			$ 396,000,000