Net Sales - Schedule of Disaggregated Revenue (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2019	Sep. 30, 2018	Sep. 30, 2019	Sep. 30, 2018
Revenue, Initial Application Period Cumulative Effect Transition [Line Items]
Net Sales	$ 3,802	$ 3,928	$ 11,032	$ 11,599
Tire unit sales
Revenue, Initial Application Period Cumulative Effect Transition [Line Items]
Net Sales	3,233	3,314	9,347	9,766
Other tire and related sales
Revenue, Initial Application Period Cumulative Effect Transition [Line Items]
Net Sales	292	293	855	864
Retail services and service related sales
Revenue, Initial Application Period Cumulative Effect Transition [Line Items]
Net Sales	171	170	488	514
Chemical sales
Revenue, Initial Application Period Cumulative Effect Transition [Line Items]
Net Sales	99	146	322	437
Other
Revenue, Initial Application Period Cumulative Effect Transition [Line Items]
Net Sales	7	5	20	18
Americas
Revenue, Initial Application Period Cumulative Effect Transition [Line Items]
Net Sales	2,049	2,107	5,896	6,054
Americas | Tire unit sales
Revenue, Initial Application Period Cumulative Effect Transition [Line Items]
Net Sales	1,624	1,638	4,658	4,693
Americas | Other tire and related sales
Revenue, Initial Application Period Cumulative Effect Transition [Line Items]
Net Sales	185	175	496	488
Americas | Retail services and service related sales
Revenue, Initial Application Period Cumulative Effect Transition [Line Items]
Net Sales	136	145	406	426
Americas | Chemical sales
Revenue, Initial Application Period Cumulative Effect Transition [Line Items]
Net Sales	99	146	322	437
Americas | Other
Revenue, Initial Application Period Cumulative Effect Transition [Line Items]
Net Sales	5	3	14	10
Europe, Middle East and Africa
Revenue, Initial Application Period Cumulative Effect Transition [Line Items]
Net Sales	1,205	1,290	3,567	3,880
Europe, Middle East and Africa | Tire unit sales
Revenue, Initial Application Period Cumulative Effect Transition [Line Items]
Net Sales	1,109	1,197	3,264	3,565
Europe, Middle East and Africa | Other tire and related sales
Revenue, Initial Application Period Cumulative Effect Transition [Line Items]
Net Sales	82	86	272	282
Europe, Middle East and Africa | Retail services and service related sales
Revenue, Initial Application Period Cumulative Effect Transition [Line Items]
Net Sales	12	6	27	28
Europe, Middle East and Africa | Chemical sales
Revenue, Initial Application Period Cumulative Effect Transition [Line Items]
Net Sales	0	0	0	0
Europe, Middle East and Africa | Other
Revenue, Initial Application Period Cumulative Effect Transition [Line Items]
Net Sales	2	1	4	5
Asia Pacific
Revenue, Initial Application Period Cumulative Effect Transition [Line Items]
Net Sales	548	531	1,569	1,665
Asia Pacific | Tire unit sales
Revenue, Initial Application Period Cumulative Effect Transition [Line Items]
Net Sales	500	479	1,425	1,508
Asia Pacific | Other tire and related sales
Revenue, Initial Application Period Cumulative Effect Transition [Line Items]
Net Sales	25	32	87	94
Asia Pacific | Retail services and service related sales
Revenue, Initial Application Period Cumulative Effect Transition [Line Items]
Net Sales	23	19	55	60
Asia Pacific | Chemical sales
Revenue, Initial Application Period Cumulative Effect Transition [Line Items]
Net Sales	0	0	0	0
Asia Pacific | Other
Revenue, Initial Application Period Cumulative Effect Transition [Line Items]
Net Sales	$ 0	$ 1	$ 2	$ 3