Segment Information - (Details) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended												12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2013	Sep. 30, 2013	Jun. 30, 2013	Mar. 31, 2013	Dec. 31, 2012		Sep. 30, 2012		Jun. 30, 2012		Mar. 31, 2012		Dec. 31, 2013		Dec. 31, 2012		Dec. 31, 2011
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Customer revenues	$ 811,443	$ 705,424	$ 707,113	$ 633,511	$ 840,095	[1]	$ 709,919	[1]	$ 743,188	[1]	$ 698,491	[1]	$ 2,857,491		$ 2,991,693		$ 2,835,848
Summary of Segment Information
Operating (loss) profit													(118,260)		101,429		146,889
Corporate charges not allocated back to segments													(262,840)	[2]	(259,259)	[2]	(251,346)	[2]
Asset Impairment Charges													(72,017)		(15,783)		(2,962)
Restructuring Charges	(35,611)												(57,015)		(15,241)		(26,182)
Net, non-routine expense													(127,931)		(42,133)		(16,479)
Reconciliation of Operating Profit (Loss) from Segments to Consolidated													(519,803)		(332,416)		(296,969)
North America
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Customer revenues													1,415,050		1,590,532		1,405,018
Summary of Segment Information
Intersegment revenues													76,306		57,240		73,399
Operating (loss) profit													252,737		294,996		276,546
Asia Pacific
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Customer revenues													479,129		427,542		422,491
Summary of Segment Information
Intersegment revenues													99,268		113,116		78,791
Operating (loss) profit													62,760		62,414		74,790
EMEA
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Customer revenues													362,167		325,489		345,534
Summary of Segment Information
Intersegment revenues													46,011		43,204		60,419
Operating (loss) profit													44,507		28,659		15,978
Latin America
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Customer revenues													241,770		258,079		222,568
Summary of Segment Information
Operating (loss) profit													35,218		44,472		40,425
Brazil
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Customer revenues													359,375		390,051		440,237
Summary of Segment Information
Operating (loss) profit													6,321		3,304		36,119
Operating Segments [Member]
Summary of Segment Information
Intersegment revenues													221,585		213,560		212,609
Operating (loss) profit													$ 401,543		$ 433,845		$ 443,858

[1] prior-year amounts reflect the impact of the retrospective correction related to the Brazilian indirect taxes (refer to note 1)

[2] Corporate charges not allocated to segments include headquarter based costs associated with manufacturing administration, procurement, human resources, compensation and benefits, finance and accounting, global development/engineering, global strategy/mergers and acquisitions, global information technology, tax, treasury and legal.