Subsequent Event (Details) - Adient spin-off [Member]	Oct. 31, 2016 shares
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Subsequent Event, Date	Oct. 31, 2016
Adient shares received per 10 shares of Johnson Controls shares	1
Johnson Controls shares converted into one share of Adient	10

Date the event occurred after the balance sheet date but before financial statements are issues or available to be issued, in CCYY-MM-DD format.

Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 855
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 2
-Subparagraph (a)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6842918&loc=SL6314017-165662

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