Intangible Assets (Details) (USD $) In Millions, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended	9 Months Ended		3 Months Ended	9 Months Ended		3 Months Ended	9 Months Ended		3 Months Ended	9 Months Ended		9 Months Ended		9 Months Ended		9 Months Ended		9 Months Ended		9 Months Ended		9 Months Ended		9 Months Ended		9 Months Ended		9 Months Ended		3 Months Ended	9 Months Ended		9 Months Ended		9 Months Ended		3 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2014	Sep. 30, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013	Sep. 30, 2014 Developed Technology Rights [Member]	Sep. 30, 2014 Developed Technology Rights [Member]	Dec. 31, 2013 Developed Technology Rights [Member]	Sep. 30, 2014 Customer Relationships [Member]	Sep. 30, 2014 Customer Relationships [Member]	Dec. 31, 2013 Customer Relationships [Member]	Sep. 30, 2014 Other [Member]	Sep. 30, 2014 Other [Member]	Dec. 31, 2013 Other [Member]	Sep. 30, 2014 Climate [Member]	Dec. 31, 2013 Climate [Member]	Sep. 30, 2014 Climate [Member] Developed Technology Rights [Member]	Dec. 31, 2013 Climate [Member] Developed Technology Rights [Member]	Sep. 30, 2014 Climate [Member] Customer Relationships [Member]	Dec. 31, 2013 Climate [Member] Customer Relationships [Member]	Sep. 30, 2014 Climate [Member] Other [Member]	Dec. 31, 2013 Climate [Member] Other [Member]	Sep. 30, 2014 Electronics [Member]	Dec. 31, 2013 Electronics [Member]	Sep. 30, 2014 Electronics [Member] Developed Technology Rights [Member]	Dec. 31, 2013 Electronics [Member] Developed Technology Rights [Member]	Sep. 30, 2014 Electronics [Member] Customer Relationships [Member]	Dec. 31, 2013 Electronics [Member] Customer Relationships [Member]	Sep. 30, 2014 Electronics [Member] Other [Member]	Dec. 31, 2013 Electronics [Member] Other [Member]	Sep. 30, 2014 Other Segments [Member]	Dec. 31, 2013 Other Segments [Member]	Jun. 30, 2014 Other Segments [Member] Developed Technology Rights [Member]	Sep. 30, 2014 Other Segments [Member] Developed Technology Rights [Member]	Dec. 31, 2013 Other Segments [Member] Developed Technology Rights [Member]	Sep. 30, 2014 Other Segments [Member] Customer Relationships [Member]	Dec. 31, 2013 Other Segments [Member] Customer Relationships [Member]	Sep. 30, 2014 Other Segments [Member] Other [Member]	Dec. 31, 2013 Other Segments [Member] Other [Member]	Sep. 30, 2014 Electronics business of Johnson Controls [Member] Electronics [Member] Developed Technology Rights [Member]	Sep. 30, 2014 Automotive thermal and emissions business of Cooper-Standard Automotive [Member] Developed Technology Rights [Member]	Sep. 30, 2014 Automotive thermal and emissions business of Cooper-Standard Automotive [Member] Climate [Member]	Sep. 30, 2014 Automotive thermal and emissions business of Cooper-Standard Automotive [Member] Climate [Member] Developed Technology Rights [Member]	Sep. 30, 2014 Automotive thermal and emissions business of Cooper-Standard Automotive [Member] Climate [Member] Customer Relationships [Member]	Sep. 30, 2014 Minimum [Member] Automotive thermal and emissions business of Cooper-Standard Automotive [Member] Customer Relationships [Member]	Sep. 30, 2014 Maximum [Member] Automotive thermal and emissions business of Cooper-Standard Automotive [Member] Customer Relationships [Member]
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Finite-Lived Intangible Asset, Useful Life	6 years			8 years			10 years			39 years																													9 years				12 years	14 years
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets, Gross	$ 472	$ 472	$ 465	$ 229	$ 229	$ 219	$ 213	$ 213	$ 214	$ 30	$ 30	$ 32
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets, Accumulated Amortization	175	175	142	106	106	88	59	59	45	10	10	9
Net Carrying Value	297	297	323	123	123	131	154	154	169	20	20	23			96	109	65	80	13	15			27	14	89	89	7	8				0	8	0	0	0	0
Goodwill	107	107	97										56	46							51	51							0	0
Trade names	27	27	27										27	27							0	0							0	0
Subtotal	134	134	124
Total	431	431	447										257	277							174	162							0	8
Amortization expense	(14)	(40)			(23)			(17)			0		(27)		(18)		(9)		0		(13)		(5)		(8)		0
Future Amortization Expense, Year One	52	52
Future Amortization Expense, Year Two	54	54
Future Amortization Expense, Year Three	53	53
Future Amortization Expense, Year Four	51	51
Future Amortization Expense, Year Five	45	45
Finite-lived Intangible Assets Acquired					22			2			0				6		2		0				16		0		0											16			6	2
Indefinite-lived Intangible Assets Acquired		0											0								0
Intangible Assets Net Including Goodwill Recognized From Business Acquisition		34											18								16
Goodwill, Acquired During Period		10											10								0																			8
Impairment of Intangible Assets, Finite-lived					(7)			0			0																				(7)	(7)		0		0
Impairment of Intangible Assets, Indefinite-lived (Excluding Goodwill)		0																											0
Goodwill, Impairment Loss		0																											0
Goodwill and Intangible Asset Impairment		(7)																											(7)
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets, Translation Adjustments					0			0			(3)				(1)		(8)		(2)				2		8		(1)					(1)		0		0
Indefinite-lived Intangible Assets, Translation Adjustments		0											0								0								0
Goodwill, Translation Adjustments		0											0								0								0
Intangible Assets Including Goodwill Translation Adjustment		$ (3)											$ (11)								$ 9								$ (1)