Pensions, Other Post-employment Benefits and Employee Benefit Plans Narrative (Details) (USD $) In Millions, unless otherwise specified	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2013	Dec. 31, 2012	Dec. 31, 2011
Automotive Segment [Member]
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]
Accumulated benefit obligation for all pension plans	$ 1,598	$ 1,735
Health care cost trend rate	6.88%	7.25%
Ultimate health care cost trend rate	5.00%	5.00%
Year ultimate health care cost trend rate reached	2018	2018
Ultimate drug cost trend rate	5.00%	5.00%
Drug cost trend rate	7.81%	8.38%
Year ultimate drug cost trend rate reached	2018	2018
100 bp increase in health care cost trend rate, impact on Total service and Interest cost	1
100 bp decrease in health care cost trend rate, impact on APBO	26
100 bp decrease in health care cost trend rate, impact on Total service and Interest cost	(1)
100 bp decrease in health care cost trend rate, impact on APBO	(23)
Expected future contributions to benefit plans in 2013	78
Total expenses attributable to defined contribution plan	42	23	23
Contributions to multi-employer plans	1	1	1
Liabilities for benefits to former or inactive employees paid after employment but before retirement	29	34
United States Plans | Automotive Segment [Member]
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]
Curtailment gain		16
Service cost	4	21
Weighted average assumptions used to determine benefit obligation, Discount rate	4.55%	3.70%
Weighted average assumptions used to determine net periodic benefit cost, Discount rate	3.70%	4.50%
Weighted average assumptions used to determine net periodic benefit cost, Expected return on plan assets	7.45%	7.60%
Weighted average assumptions used to determine net periodic benefit cost, Rate of consumption increase		3.50%
Percent of plan assets invested in actively managed investment funds	74.00%
Defined benefit plans with projected benefit obligation in excess of plan assets	0	0
Fair value of plan assets for benefit plans with projected benefit obligations in excess of plan assets	0	0
Projected benefit obligation for pension plans with accumulated benefit obligations in excess of plan assets	0	0
Accumulated benefit obligation for pension plans with accumulated benefit obligations in excess of plan assets	0	0
Fair value of plan assets for pension plans with accumulated benefit obligations in excess of plan assets	0	0
Amounts in accumulated other comprehensive loss expected to be recognized as Amortizatoin of actuarial losses in 2013		0
Amounts in accumulated other comprehensive loss expected to be recognized as Amortization of prior service credit in 2013		0
Amounts in accumulated other comprehensive loss expected to be recognized as net periodic benefit cost in 2013		0
Projected future benefit payments for benefit plans, 2014	82
Projected future benefit payments for benefit plans, 2015	82
Projected future benefit payments for benefit plans, 2016	84
Projected future benefit payments for benefit plans, 2017	83
Projected future benefit payments for benefit plans, 2018	86
Projected future benefit payments for benefit plans, 2019-2023	435
United States Welfare Benefit Plan [Member] | Automotive Segment [Member]
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]
Curtailment gain	38	51	1
Prior service credit in AOCI		13
Non-U.S. Plans | Automotive Segment [Member]
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]
Service cost	12	9
Weighted average assumptions used to determine benefit obligation, Discount rate	3.49%	2.99%
Weighted average assumptions used to determine benefit obligation, Rate of compensation increase	3.17%	3.13%
Weighted average assumptions used to determine net periodic benefit cost, Discount rate	2.99%	4.69%
Weighted average assumptions used to determine net periodic benefit cost, Expected return on plan assets	4.62%	5.27%
Weighted average assumptions used to determine net periodic benefit cost, Rate of consumption increase	3.13%	3.16%
Defined benefit plans with projected benefit obligation in excess of plan assets	0	0
Fair value of plan assets for benefit plans with projected benefit obligations in excess of plan assets	0	0
Projected benefit obligation for pension plans with accumulated benefit obligations in excess of plan assets	0	0
Accumulated benefit obligation for pension plans with accumulated benefit obligations in excess of plan assets	0	0
Fair value of plan assets for pension plans with accumulated benefit obligations in excess of plan assets	0	0
Amounts in accumulated other comprehensive loss expected to be recognized as Amortizatoin of actuarial losses in 2013		0
Amounts in accumulated other comprehensive loss expected to be recognized as Amortization of prior service credit in 2013		0
Amounts in accumulated other comprehensive loss expected to be recognized as net periodic benefit cost in 2013		0
Projected future benefit payments for benefit plans, 2014	25
Projected future benefit payments for benefit plans, 2015	23
Projected future benefit payments for benefit plans, 2016	24
Projected future benefit payments for benefit plans, 2017	23
Projected future benefit payments for benefit plans, 2018	26
Projected future benefit payments for benefit plans, 2019-2023	134
Other Post-Employment Benefits
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]
Curtailment gain	40	51	1
Service cost	0	1	1
Defined Benefit Plan, Recognized Net Gain (Loss) Due to Settlements	0	0	0
Other Post-Employment Benefits | Automotive Segment [Member]
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]
Service cost	0	1
Weighted average assumptions used to determine benefit obligation, Discount rate	4.45%	3.60%
Weighted average assumptions used to determine net periodic benefit cost, Discount rate	3.60%	4.45%
Defined benefit plans with projected benefit obligation in excess of plan assets	0	0
Fair value of plan assets for benefit plans with projected benefit obligations in excess of plan assets	0	0
Amounts in accumulated other comprehensive loss expected to be recognized as Amortizatoin of actuarial losses in 2013		0
Amounts in accumulated other comprehensive loss expected to be recognized as Amortization of prior service credit in 2013		0
Amounts in accumulated other comprehensive loss expected to be recognized as net periodic benefit cost in 2013		0
Projected future benefit payments for benefit plans, 2014	28
Projected future benefit payments for benefit plans, 2015	28
Projected future benefit payments for benefit plans, 2016	27
Projected future benefit payments for benefit plans, 2017	27
Projected future benefit payments for benefit plans, 2018	27
Projected future benefit payments for benefit plans, 2019-2023	120
25 bp decrease in discount rate | United States Plans | Automotive Segment [Member]
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]
Change in 2014 expense	1
Change in PBO	28
Change in accumulated OCL	(28)
25 bp decrease in discount rate | Non-U.S. Plans | Automotive Segment [Member]
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]
Change in 2014 expense	1
Change in PBO	14
Change in accumulated OCL	(14)
25 bp decrease in discount rate | Other Post-Employment Benefits | Automotive Segment [Member]
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]
Change in 2014 expense	0
Change in PBO	7
25 bp increase in discount rate | United States Plans | Automotive Segment [Member]
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]
Change in 2014 expense	(1)
Change in PBO	(27)
Change in accumulated OCL	27
25 bp increase in discount rate | Non-U.S. Plans | Automotive Segment [Member]
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]
Change in 2014 expense	(1)
Change in PBO	(13)
Change in accumulated OCL	13
25 bp increase in discount rate | Other Post-Employment Benefits | Automotive Segment [Member]
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]
Change in 2014 expense	0
Change in PBO	(7)
25 bp decrease in return on assets rate | United States Plans | Automotive Segment [Member]
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]
Change in 2014 expense	2
Change in PBO	0
Change in accumulated OCL	0
25 bp decrease in return on assets rate | Non-U.S. Plans | Automotive Segment [Member]
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]
Change in 2014 expense	0
Change in PBO	0
Change in accumulated OCL	0
25 bp decrease in return on assets rate | Other Post-Employment Benefits | Automotive Segment [Member]
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]
Change in 2014 expense	0
Change in PBO	0
25 bp increase in return on assets rate | United States Plans | Automotive Segment [Member]
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]
Change in 2014 expense	(2)
Change in PBO	0
Change in accumulated OCL	0
25 bp increase in return on assets rate | Non-U.S. Plans | Automotive Segment [Member]
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]
Change in 2014 expense	0
Change in PBO	0
Change in accumulated OCL	0
25 bp increase in return on assets rate | Other Post-Employment Benefits | Automotive Segment [Member]
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]
Change in 2014 expense	0
Change in PBO	0
Equity securities | United States Plans | Automotive Segment [Member]
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]
Defined Benefit Plan, Actual Plan Asset Allocations	50.00%
Equity securities | Non-U.S. Plans | Automotive Segment [Member]
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]
Defined Benefit Plan, Actual Plan Asset Allocations	5.00%
Fixed Income Investments [Member] | United States Plans | Automotive Segment [Member]
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]
Defined Benefit Plan, Actual Plan Asset Allocations	25.00%
Other Investments [Member] | United States Plans | Automotive Segment [Member]
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]
Defined Benefit Plan, Actual Plan Asset Allocations	25.00%
Insurance contracts | Non-U.S. Plans | Automotive Segment [Member]
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]
Defined Benefit Plan, Actual Plan Asset Allocations	80.00%
Debt Securities [Member] | Non-U.S. Plans | Automotive Segment [Member]
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]
Defined Benefit Plan, Actual Plan Asset Allocations	15.00%
Selling, General and Administrative Expenses [Member] | United States Welfare Benefit Plan [Member] | Automotive Segment [Member]
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]
Curtailment gain	19
Other income, net | United States Welfare Benefit Plan [Member] | Automotive Segment [Member]
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]
Curtailment gain	$ 19