Goodwill and Intangible Assets, Net Narrative (Details) (USD $) In Millions, unless otherwise specified	12 Months Ended				3 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013	Dec. 31, 2012		Mar. 31, 2014	Jun. 30, 2014	Sep. 30, 2014
Goodwill and Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Payments to Acquire Businesses, Gross	$ 558	$ 6	$ 1,361
Amortization expense associated with definite-lived intangible assets	83	81	77
2015	83
2016	81
2017	81
2018	72
2019	71
Thereafter	405
Total estimated future amortization expense for definite-lived intangible assets	793
Goodwill	2,000	2,074
Impairment of goodwill	103	0
Goodwill, Gross	2,329	2,300	2,308
Impairment	135	16	129
Goodwill, Period Increase (Decrease)		8
Automotive Segment [Member]
Goodwill and Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Goodwill	1,163	1,134
Impairment of intangible assets, Indefinite-lived (Excluding goodwill)			46
Impairment of goodwill	0	0
Goodwill, Gross	1,389	1,360	1,368
Impairment	24	8	98
Goodwill, Period Increase (Decrease)		8
Energy Segment [Member]
Goodwill and Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Goodwill	827	930
Impairment of goodwill	103	0
Goodwill, Gross	930	930	930
Impairment	103	0	0	[1]
Goodwill, Period Increase (Decrease)		0
Gaming Segment [Member]
Goodwill and Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Impairment	0	3	2
Food Packaging Segment [Member]
Goodwill and Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Goodwill	3	3
Impairment of goodwill	0	0
Goodwill, Gross	3	3	3
Impairment	0	0	0
Goodwill, Period Increase (Decrease)		0
Metals Segment [Member]
Goodwill and Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Impairment	3	2	18
Affinia [Member] | Automotive Segment [Member]
Goodwill and Intangible Assets [Line Items]
business combinations, recognized identifiable assets, net tangible assets	71
business combinations, recognized identifiable assets, net intangible assets	51
BERU [Member] | Automotive Segment [Member]
Goodwill and Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Goodwill, purchase accounting adjustment		(8)
Definite-lived intangibles, purchase accounting adjustment		(3)
Lumiere [Member] | Gaming Segment [Member]
Goodwill and Intangible Assets [Line Items]
business combinations, recognized identifiable assets, net tangible assets	252
business combinations, recognized identifiable assets, net intangible assets	9
Powertrain [Member] | Dimitrovgradskiy Zavod Vkladishey [Member] | Automotive Segment [Member]
Goodwill and Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Payments to Acquire Businesses, Gross					15
Goodwill, Period Increase (Decrease)					6
Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed, Finite-Lived Intangibles							2
Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed, Indefinite-Lived Intangible Assets							1
Powertrain [Member] | Affinia [Member] | Automotive Segment [Member]
Goodwill and Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Goodwill, Period Increase (Decrease)						26
Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed, Finite-Lived Intangibles							51
Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed, Indefinite-Lived Intangible Assets							1
Fertilizer reporting unit [Member] | Energy Segment [Member]
Goodwill and Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Impairment of goodwill	103
Fuel Pump [Member] [Member] | Automotive Segment [Member]
Goodwill and Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Foreign exchange		16
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets, Period Increase (Decrease)		(2)
Trademarks and brand names | Fuel Pump [Member] [Member] | Automotive Segment [Member]
Goodwill and Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Indefinite-lived Intangible Assets, Written off Related to Sale of Business Unit		6
Gaming licenses | Lumiere [Member] | Gaming Segment [Member]
Goodwill and Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Fair Value Inputs, Long-term Revenue Growth Rate	2.00%
Fair Value Inputs, Assumed Effective Tax Rate	38.10%
Fair Value Inputs, Discount Rate	12.00%
business combinations, recognized identifiable assets, net intangible assets	$ 9

[1] We consolidated CVR effective May 4, 2012.