Pensions, Other Post-employment Benefits and Employee Benefit Plans (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2013

Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]

Components of net periodic benefit cost (credit) for the years ended December 31, 2013, 2012 and 2011 are as follows:



	Pension Benefits									Other Post-Employment Benefits
	Year Ended December 31,									Year Ended December 31,
	2013			2012			2011			2013			2012			2011
	(in millions)
Service cost	$	16		$	30		$	29		$	—		$	1		$	1
Interest cost	69			77			83			11			14			18
Expected return on plan assets	(70		)	(62		)	(67		)	—			—			—
Amortization of actuarial losses	27			39			26			6			2			1
Amortization of prior service credit	—			1			—			(9		)	(14		)	(16		)
Settlement loss (gain)	1			(1		)	—			—			—			—
Curtailment gain	—			(1		)	—			(40		)	(51		)	(1		)
	$	43		$	83		$	71		$	(32	)	$	(48	)	$	3

Automotive Segment [Member]

Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]

Schedule of Defined Benefit Plans Disclosures [Table Text Block]

The following provides disclosures for our Automotive segment's benefit obligations, plan assets, funded status, recognition in the consolidated balance sheets and inputs and valuation assumptions:



	Pension Benefits												Other Post-Employment Benefits
	United States Plans						Non-U.S. Plans						Other Post-Employment Benefits
	2013			2012			2013			2012			2013			2012
	(in millions)
Change in benefit obligation:
Benefit obligation, beginning of year	$	1,298		$	1,227		$	474		$	362		$	395		$	350
Service cost	4			21			12			9			—			1
Interest cost	47			53			14			16			11			14
Employee contributions	—			—			—			—			1			—
Benefits paid	(64		)	(62		)	(28		)	(21		)	(28		)	(29		)
Medicare subsidies received	—			—			—			—			3			3
Plan amendments	—			—			—			1			—			(16		)
Curtailments	—			(16		)	(1		)	—			(1		)	—
Settlements	—			(4		)	—			—			—			—
Contractual termination benefit	—			6			—			—			—			—
Actuarial losses and changes in actuarial assumptions	(101		)	98			(25		)	94			(43		)	75
Net transfers (out) in	—			(25		)	(11		)	3			(1		)	(3		)
Currency translation	—			—			15			10			(2		)	—
Benefit obligation, end of year	1,184			1,298			450			474			335			395

Change in plan assets:
Fair value of plan assets, beginning of year	778			670			55			48			—			—
Actual return on plan assets	138			82			2			3			—			—
Employee contributions	—			—			—			—			1			—
Company contributions	60			93			24			24			24			26
Benefits paid	(64		)	(62		)	(28		)	(21		)	(28		)	(29		)
Expenses	(3		)	(5		)	—			—			—			—
Medicare subsidies received	—			—			—			—			3			3
Currency translation	—			—			2			1			—			—
Fair value of plan assets, end of year	909			778			55			55			—			—
Funded status of the plan	$	(275	)	$	(520	)	$	(395	)	$	(419	)	$	(335	)	$	(395	)

Amounts recognized in the consolidated balance sheets:
Net liability recognized	$	(275	)	$	(520	)	$	(395	)	$	(419	)	$	(335	)	$	(395	)

Amounts recognized in accumulated other comprehensive loss, inclusive of tax impacts:
Net actuarial loss	$	242		$	435		$	81		$	107		$	63		$	113
Prior service cost (credit)	—			—			3			4			(28		)	(75		)
Total	$	242		$	435		$	84		$	111		$	35		$	38

Schedule of Assumptions Used [Table Text Block]

Weighted-average assumptions used to determine the benefit obligation as of December 31, 2013 and 2012:



	Pension Benefits								Other Post-Employment Benefits
	United States Plans				Non-U.S. Plans				Other Post-Employment Benefits
	December 31,								December 31,
	2013		2012		2013		2012		2013		2012
	(in millions)
Discount rate	4.55	%	3.70	%	3.49	%	2.99	%	4.45	%	3.60	%
Rate of compensation increase	N/A		N/A		3.17	%	3.13	%	N/A		N/A

Weighted-average assumptions used to determine net periodic benefit cost (credit) for the years ended December 31, 2013 and 2012:



	Pension Benefits								Other Post-Employment Benefits
	United States Plans				Non-U.S. Plans				Other Post-Employment Benefits
	Year Ended December 31,								Year Ended December 31,
	2013		2012		2013		2012		2013		2012
	(in millions)
Discount rate	3.70	%	4.50	%	2.99	%	4.69	%	3.60	%	4.45	%
Expected return on plan assets	7.45	%	7.60	%	4.62	%	5.27	%	N/A		N/A
Rate of compensation increase	N/A		3.50	%	3.13	%	3.16	%	N/A		N/A

Schedule of projected benefit obligation in excess of plan assets [Table Text Block]

Information for defined benefit plans with projected benefit obligations in excess of plan assets:



	Pension Benefits								Other Post-Employment Benefits
	United States Plans				Non-U.S. Plans				Other Post-Employment Benefits
	December 31,								December 31,
	2013		2012		2013		2012		2013		2012
	(in millions)
Projected benefit obligation	$	1,184	$	1,298	$	448	$	472	$	335	$	395
Fair value of plan assets	909		778		52		51		—		—

Schedule of Accumulated Benefit Obligations in Excess of Fair Value of Plan Assets [Table Text Block]

Information for pension plans with accumulated benefit obligations in excess of plan assets:



	Pension Benefits
	United States Plans				Non-U.S. Plans
	December 31,
	2013		2012		2013		2012
	(in millions)
Projected benefit obligation	$	1,184	$	1,298	$	444	$	471
Accumulated benefit obligation	1,184		1,298		409		436
Fair value of plan assets	909		778		49		50

Schedule of Amounts in Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss) to be Recognized over Next Fiscal Year [Table Text Block]

Amounts in accumulated other comprehensive loss expected to be recognized as components of net periodic benefit cost over 2014:



	Pension Benefits				Other Post-Employment Benefits
	United States		Non-U.S.		Other Post-Employment Benefits
	(in millions)
Amortization of actuarial losses	$	4	$	5	$	3
Amortization of prior service credit	—		—		(5		)
	$	4	$	5	$	(2	)

Schedule of Health Care Cost Trend Rates [Table Text Block]

The assumed health care and drug cost trend rates used to measure next year's post-employment healthcare benefits are as follows:



	Other Post-Employment Benefits
	2013	2012
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

Drug cost trend rate	7.81%	8.38%
Ultimate drug cost trend rate	5.00%	5.00%
Year ultimate drug cost trend rate reached	2018	2018

Schedule of Effect of One-Percentage-Point Change in Assumed Health Care Cost Trend Rates [Table Text Block]

The assumed health care cost trend rate has a significant impact on the amounts reported for OPEB plans. The following table illustrates the sensitivity to a change in the assumed health care cost trend rate:



	Total Service and Interest Cost			APBO
	(in millions)
100 basis point (“bp”) increase in health care cost trend rate	$	1		$	26
100 bp decrease in health care cost trend rate	(1		)	(23		)

Schedule of change in assumptions for benefit obligation [Table Text Block]

The following table illustrates the sensitivity to a change in certain assumptions for projected benefit obligations (“PBO”), associated expense and other comprehensive loss (“OCL”). The changes in these assumptions have no impact on Federal-Mogul's 2014 funding requirements.



	Pension Benefits																		Other Post-Employment Benefits
	United States Plans									Non-U.S. Plans									Other Post-Employment Benefits
	Change in 2014 expense			Change in PBO			Change in accumulated OCL			Change in 2014 expense			Change in PBO			Change in accumulated OCL			Change in 2014 expense	Change in PBO
	(in millions)
25 bp decrease in discount rate	$	1		$	28		$	(28	)	$	1		$	14		$	(14	)	—	$	7
25 bp increase in discount rate	(1		)	(27		)	27			(1		)	(13		)	13			—	(7		)
25 bp decrease in return on assets rate	2			—			—			—			—			—			—	—
25 bp increase in return on assets rate	(2		)	—			—			—			—			—			—	—

Schedule of Expected Benefit Payments [Table Text Block]

Federal-Mogul's projected benefit payments from the plans are estimated as follows:



	Pension Benefits				Other Post-Employment Benefits
Years	United States Plans		Non-U.S. Plans		Other Post-Employment Benefits
	(in millions)
2014	$	82	$	25	$	28
2015	82		23		28
2016	84		24		27
2017	83		23		27
2018	86		26		27
2019-2023	435		134		120

Railcar and Food Packaging [Member]

Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]

Schedule of Defined Benefit Plans Disclosures [Table Text Block]

The following provides disclosures for ARI's and Viskase's benefit obligations, plan assets, funded status, and recognition in the consolidated balance sheets. As pension costs for ARI and Viskase are not material to our consolidated financial position and results of operations, we do not provide information regarding their inputs and valuation assumptions.



	Pension Benefits						Other Post-Employment Benefits
	2013			2012			2013		2012
	(in millions)
Change in benefit obligation:
Benefit obligation, beginning of year	$	198		$	178		$	—	$	—
Service cost	1			1			—		—
Interest cost	8			8			—		—
Benefits paid	(10		)	(9		)	—		—
Actuarial losses	(21		)	20			—		—
Adjustments to benefits	—			—			—		—
Benefit obligation, end of year	176			198			—		—
Change in plan assets:
Fair value of plan assets, beginning of year	125			114			—		—
Actual return on plan assets	20			13			—		—
Company contributions	5			7			—		—
Benefits paid	(10		)	(9		)	—		—
Fair value of plan assets, end of year	140			125			—		—
Funded status of the plan	$	(36	)	$	(73	)	$	—	$	—
Amounts recognized in the consolidated balance sheets:
Net liability recognized	$	(36	)	$	(73	)	$	—	$	—
Amounts recognized in accumulated other comprehensive loss, inclusive of tax impacts:
Net actuarial (loss) gain	$	(28	)	$	(66	)	$	1	$	1
Prior service credit	—			—			—		2
Total	$	(28	)	$	(66	)	$	1	$	3