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Income Taxes - Additional Information (Details) (USD $)
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2015
Mar. 31, 2014
Jul. 31, 2013
Income tax expense $ 31,000,000us-gaap_IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit $ 34,000,000us-gaap_IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit  
Effective Income Tax Rate Reconciliation, at Federal Statutory Income Tax Rate, Percent 35.00%us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationAtFederalStatutoryIncomeTaxRate 35.00%us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationAtFederalStatutoryIncomeTaxRate  
Effective Income Tax Rate Reconciliation, Percent 30.00%us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateContinuingOperations 48.00%us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateContinuingOperations  
Effective Income Tax Rate Reconciliation, Repatriation of Foreign Earnings, Amount 1,000,000us-gaap_IncomeTaxReconciliationRepatriationOfForeignEarnings 1,000,000us-gaap_IncomeTaxReconciliationRepatriationOfForeignEarnings  
Effective Income Tax Rate Reconciliation, Other Adjustments, Amount   4,000,000us-gaap_IncomeTaxReconciliationOtherAdjustments  
Deferred tax asset valuation allowance reasonably likely to reverse in next twelve months 500,000,000dan_DeferredTaxAssetValuationAllowanceReasonablyLikelyToReverseInNextTwelveMonths    
Senior Notes Sold In 2013 [Member]      
Senior notes issued     $ 750,000,000us-gaap_DebtInstrumentFaceAmount
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