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Commitments and Contingencies Commitments and Contingencies (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2013

Commitments and Contingencies [Abstract]

Schedule of Product Warranty Liability [Table Text Block]

	December 31,
	2013				2012
	(in millions)
Beginning balance	$	29.1			$	13.4
Accruals	12.8				23.0
Settlements	(12.3		)		(0.9		)
Adjustments to prior period accruals	(15.0		)		(6.4		)
Foreign currency translation	(0.3		)		—
Ending balance	$	14.3			$	29.1

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Tabular disclosure of the changes in the guarantor's aggregate product warranty liability, including the beginning balance of the aggregate product warranty liability, the aggregate reductions in that liability for payments made (in cash or in kind) under the warranty, the aggregate changes in the liability for accruals related to product warranties issued during the reporting period, the aggregate changes in the liability for accruals related to preexisting warranties (including adjustments related to changes in estimates), and the ending balance of the aggregate product warranty liability.

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-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 460

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-Section 50

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