COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2011

Commitments And Contingencies [Abstract]

Loss Contingency

	Years Ended December 31,
	2011	2010	2009
Beginning of year	$ 753	$ 779	$ 946
Accruals for environmental matters deemed probable and
reasonably estimable	240	225	151
Environmental liability payments	(270)	(266)	(318)
Other	-	15	-
End of year	$ 723	$ 753	$ 779

Environmental liabilities are included in the following balance sheet accounts:

Environmental liabilities are included in the following balance sheet accounts:
			December 31,		December 31,
			2011		2010
	Accrued liabilities	$	303	$	328
	Other liabilities		420		425
		$	723	$	753

Asbestos liabilities and recoveries roll forwards

Asbestos Related Liabilities
	Year Ended December 31,						Year Ended December 31,						Year Ended December 31,
	2011						2010						2009
	Bendix		NARCO		Total		Bendix		NARCO		Total		Bendix		NARCO		Total
Beginning of year	$	594	$	1,125	$	1,719	$	566	$	1,128	$	1,694	$	578	$	1,131	$	1,709
Accrual for update to
estimated liability		167		3		170		162		3		165		127		5		132
Change in estimated cost of
future claims		16		0		16		16		0		16		11		0		11
Update of expected resolution
values for pending claims		2		0		2		7		0		7		(2)		0		(2)
Asbestos related liability
payments		(166)		(5)		(171)		(157)		(6)		(163)		(148)		(8)		(156)
End of year	$	613	$	1,123	$	1,736	$	594	$	1,125	$	1,719	$	566	$	1,128	$	1,694

Loss Contingency, Insurance Recoveries

Insurance Recoveries for Asbestos Related Liabilities
	Year Ended December 31,						Year Ended December 31,						Year Ended December 31,
	2011						2010						2009
	Bendix		NARCO		Total		Bendix		NARCO		Total		Bendix		NARCO		Total
Beginning of year	$	157	$	718	$	875	$	172	$	831	$	1,003	$	156	$	877	$	1,033
Probable insurance
recoveries related to
estimated liability		29		-		29		26		-		26		24		-		24
Insurance receipts for
asbestos related liabilities		(34)		(100)		(134)		(41)		(100)		(141)		(8)		(8)		(16)
Insurance receivables
settlements and write offs		10		-		10		-		(13)		(13)		-		(38)		(38)
End of year	$	162	$	618	$	780	$	157	$	718	$	875	$	172	$	831	$	1,003

NARCO and Bendix asbestos related balances are included in the following balance sheet accounts

NARCO and Bendix asbestos related balances are included in the following balance sheet accounts:
		December 31,
		2011		2010
Other current assets	$	71	$	50
Insurance recoveries for asbestos related liabilities		709		825
	$	780	$	875
Accrued liabilities	$	237	$	162
Asbestos related liabilities		1,499		1,557
	$	1,736	$	1,719

The following tables present information regarding Bendix related asbestos claims activity

	Year Ended
	December 31,
Claims Activity	2011	2010
Claims Unresolved at the beginning of year	22,480	19,940
Claims Filed(a)	3,592	4,302
Claims Resolved(b)	(3,501)	(1,762)
Claims Unresolved at the end of year	22,571	22,480
(a) The number of claims filed in 2010 includes approximately 1,541 non-malignant claims (with an accrued liability of approximately $575 thousand in the aggregate), a majority of which had previously been dismissed in Mississippi and re-filed in Arkansas.
(b) The number of claims resolved in 2011 includes approximately 351 claims previously classified as inactive (82% non-malignant and accrued liability of approximately $1.7 million) which were activated during 2011. The number of claims resolved in 2010 includes approximately 1,300 claims previously classified as inactive (95% non-malignant and accrued liability of approximately $2.0 million) which were activated during 2010.

Disease distribution of claims

	December 31,
Disease Distribution of Unresolved Claims	2011	2010
Mesothelioma and Other Cancer Claims	4,943	4,856
Nonmalignant Claims	17,628	17,624
Total Claims	22,571	22,480

Average resolution values per asbestos claim

Honeywell has experienced average resolution values per claim excluding legal costs as follows:
		Year Ended December 31,
		2011		2010		2009		2008		2007
		(in whole dollars)
Malignant claims	$	48,000	$	54,000	$	50,000	$	65,000	$	33,000
Nonmalignant claims	$	1,000	$	1,300	$	200	$	1,500	$	500

Warranties and Guarantees

	Maximum
	Potential
	Future
	Payments
Operating lease residual values		$	43
Other third parties’ financing			5
Unconsolidated affiliates’ financing			12
Customer financing			13
		$	73

Movement In Standard Product Warranty Rollforward And Balances

	Years Ended December 31,
		2011		2010		2009
Beginning of year	$	415	$	407	$	417
Accruals for warranties/guarantees issued during the year		197		214		188
Adjustment of pre-existing warranties/guarantees		(2)		(13)		(7)
Settlement of warranty/guarantee claims		(208)		(193)		(191)
End of year	$	402	$	415	$	407
Product warranties and product performance guarantees are included in the following balance sheet accounts:
				2011		2010
Accrued liabilities			$	364	$	380
Other liabilities				38		35
			$	402	$	415