Debt (Details) (USD $)	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended			3 Months Ended		3 Months Ended								3 Months Ended		3 Months Ended				3 Months Ended											3 Months Ended			3 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2014	Sep. 30, 2013	Sep. 30, 2014	Sep. 30, 2013	Dec. 31, 2013	Sep. 30, 2014 6.75% senior notes due 2019 [Member]	Dec. 31, 2013 6.75% senior notes due 2019 [Member]	Sep. 30, 2014 Term Loan [Member]	Jun. 23, 2014 Term Loan [Member]	Apr. 09, 2014 Term Loan [Member]	Dec. 31, 2013 Term Loan [Member]	Sep. 30, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013	Sep. 30, 2014 Unsecured bilatera term loan KRW [Member]	Dec. 31, 2013 Unsecured bilatera term loan KRW [Member]	Sep. 30, 2014 Asset-backed Securities [Member]	Dec. 31, 2013 Asset-backed Securities [Member]	Sep. 30, 2014 April 15, 2014 to April 14, 2015 [Member]	Sep. 30, 2014 Halla Visteon Climate Control [Member]	Dec. 31, 2013 Halla Visteon Climate Control [Member]	Sep. 30, 2013 Halla Visteon Climate Control [Member]	Sep. 30, 2014 Domestic Base Rate [Member]	Sep. 30, 2014 Eurodollar rate [Member]	Sep. 30, 2014 Maximum [Member]	Sep. 30, 2014 Maximum [Member] Term Loan [Member]	Sep. 30, 2014 Maximum [Member] Domestic Base Rate [Member]	Sep. 30, 2014 Maximum [Member] Eurodollar rate [Member]	Sep. 30, 2014 Middle [Member] Term Loan [Member]	Sep. 30, 2014 Minimum [Member] Term Loan [Member]	Sep. 30, 2014 Minimum [Member] Domestic Base Rate [Member]	Sep. 30, 2014 Minimum [Member] Eurodollar rate [Member]	Nov. 01, 2014 Scenario, Forecast [Member] Asset-backed Securities [Member]	Sep. 30, 2014 Revolving Credit Facility [Member]	Apr. 09, 2014 Revolving Credit Facility [Member]	Apr. 09, 2014 U.S. Asset-backed Lending Facility and Related Letters of Credit [Member]	Sep. 30, 2014 1st extinguishment during the period [Member] 6.75% senior notes due 2019 [Member]	Sep. 30, 2014 2nd extinguishment during the period [Member] 6.75% senior notes due 2019 [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Current portion of Term Facility								$ 6,000,000
Current portion of other long-term debt	1,000,000		1,000,000		2,000,000
Short-term Debt	134,000,000		134,000,000		104,000,000											12,000,000	31,000,000		115,000,000	68,000,000												1,000,000
Total short-term debt	141,000,000		141,000,000		106,000,000
Unsecured Long-term Debt, Non-current							396,000,000	584,000,000			0	100,000,000	100,000,000	95,000,000	95,000,000
Other	61,000,000		61,000,000		33,000,000
Total long-term debt	840,000,000		840,000,000		624,000,000
Long-term debt, weighted average interest rate						6.75%
Debt Instrument, Maturity Date						Apr. 15, 2019		Apr. 09, 2021																									Apr. 09, 2019
Senior Notes, option to redeem						10.00%
Debt Instrument, Redemption Price, Percentage						103.00%												105.063%
Extinguishment of Debt, Amount																																				50,000,000	350,000,000
Debt Instrument, face amount									600,000,000	600,000,000																								200,000,000
Debt Instrument, Unamortized Discount									9,000,000
Debt Instrument, Periodic Payment, Principal								1,500,000
Loss on debt extinguishment	0	0	23,000,000	0		23,000,000
interest rate margin applied to the weighted average overnight federal fund rate																						0.50%
Minimum Eurodollar rate used to establish the Base Rate																						0.75%
Financial maintenance covenant																								3.00
interest rate margin applied to the Eurodollar Rate																						1.00%
Number used in the Eurodollar rate formula																							1.00
Applicable rate range																										1.75%	2.75%			1.00%	2.00%
Total facility size																																		75,000,000	130,000,000
Debt Instrument, Principal Amount, Outstanding								598,500,000
borrowing capacity under swing line advances																																		20,000,000
borrowing prepayment increments, without penalty																						100,000	250,000
minimum amount of borrowings that may be prepaid without penalty																						500,000	1,000,000
Debt prepayment premium percentage								1.00%
Percentage of excess cash flow																									50.00%			25.00%	0.00%
Term loan, required periodic payment								0.25%
Net interest coverage test																			300.00%
Unsecured bilateral term loan																			195,000,000		195,000,000
Financial covenant test of total debt to EBITDA																			320.00%
Servicing fee on receivables sold																25 basis points
Financing fee on advanced portion																95 basis points
Pledged Receivables	30,000,000		30,000,000		52,000,000
Debt Instrument, Fair Value Disclosure	$ 978,000,000		$ 978,000,000		$ 755,000,000