Financial Instruments Automotive Narrative (Details) (Federal-Mogul [Member], USD $) In Millions, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended	9 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2012	Sep. 30, 2012	Dec. 31, 2011
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Derivative [Line Items]
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Price Risk Cash Flow Hedge Derivatives, Contractual Term		1 year
Maximum length of time hedged in fx cash flow hedge		1 year
Notional value of foreign currency hedge contracts	181	181	27
Designated as Hedging Instrument [Member] \| Cash Flow Hedging [Member]
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Unrealized net losses on price hedge contracts		1	(15)
Notional value of foreign currency hedge contracts	7	7	27
Unrealized net gains on foreign currency hedge contracts			3
Notional value of foreign currency contracts entered during the period	174
Derivative Instruments, Loss Recognized in Income	6	6
Designated as Hedging Instrument [Member] \| Cash Flow Hedging [Member] \| Maximum [Member]
Derivative [Line Items]
Unrealized net gains on foreign currency hedge contracts		1
Designated as Hedging Instrument [Member] \| Cash Flow Hedging [Member] \| Interest rate swap contracts [Member]
Derivative [Line Items]
Maximum length of time hedged in interest rate cash flow hedge		5 years
Notional value of interest rate swap agreements	1,190	1,190
Combined average fixed interest rate on interest rate swap agreements	5.37%	5.37%
Unrealized net losses on interest rate swap hedges		19	44
Losses on interest rate swap agreements expected to be reclassified	19	19
Expected change in interest expense from 25 basis point change in interest rates, 2013		6
Expected change in interest expense from 25 basis point change in interest rates, 2014		7
Expected change in interest expense from 25 basis point change in interest rates, 2015		$ 2
Sales Revenue, Goods, Net [Member] \| Customer Concentration Risk [Member]
Derivative [Line Items]
Number of customers accounting for more than 6% of direct sales	0	0
Concentration of risk threshold, percentage of direct sales		6.00%
VCS [Member] \| Accounts Receivable [Member] \| Customer Concentration Risk [Member]
Derivative [Line Items]
Concentration threshhold, balance sheet	17.00%	17.00%

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