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Financial Statements - Additional Information (Detail) $ in Millions	12 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2012 InterestInvestment Entity	Mar. 31, 2017 USD ($) Entity	Dec. 31, 2016 Entity	Oct. 31, 2016 shares	Sep. 30, 2016 USD ($) Entity
Financial Statement Details [Line Items]
Number of VIEs where Company is Primary Beneficiary \| Entity		1			3
Interest percentage minimum for investments in partially-owned affiliates to be accounted for by the equity method		20.00%
Number of separate investments a pre-existing VIE was reorganized into \| Entity	3
Additional interests acquired \| InterestInvestment	2
Third party debt agreement		$ 168
Loans to partially-owned affiliates		37
Floor guarantee		25
Number of VIEs in which Company was not primary beneficiary \| Entity	2
Adient shares received per 10 shares of Johnson Controls shares \| shares				1
Johnson Controls shares converted into one share of Adient \| shares				10
Restricted Cash and Cash Equivalents		42			$ 88
Restricted Cash and Investments, Current		33			79
Restricted Cash and Cash Equivalents, Noncurrent		9			9
Variable Interest Entity, Not Primary Beneficiary [Member]
Financial Statement Details [Line Items]
Investment balance of the Company's nonconsolidated VIEs		$ 62			59
Power Solutions
Financial Statement Details [Line Items]
Number of VIEs where Company is Primary Beneficiary \| Entity		1
North America [Member] \| Adient spin-off [Member]
Financial Statement Details [Line Items]
Number of VIEs where Company is Primary Beneficiary \| Entity			2
Noncurrent assets held for sale [Domain]
Financial Statement Details [Line Items]
Cumulative Effect of New Accounting Principle in Period of Adoption					44
Noncurrent liabilities held for sale [Domain]
Financial Statement Details [Line Items]
Cumulative Effect of New Accounting Principle in Period of Adoption					44
Other Noncurrent Assets
Financial Statement Details [Line Items]
Cumulative Effect of New Accounting Principle in Period of Adoption					30
Long-term Debt
Financial Statement Details [Line Items]
Cumulative Effect of New Accounting Principle in Period of Adoption					$ 30