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COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2021
Commitments and Contingencies Disclosure [Abstract] |
Loss Contingency |
| Years Ended December 31,
2021 | 2020 | 2019
Beginning of year |  | $ | 660 |  |  | $ | 709 |  |  | $ | 755 |
Accruals for environmental matters deemed probable and reasonably estimable |  | 168 |  |  | 173 |  |  | 213 |
Environmental liability payments |  | (210) |  |  | (216) |  |  | (256) |
Other |  | — |  |  | (6) |  |  | (3) |
End of year |  | $ | 618 |  |  | $ | 660 |  |  | $ | 709 |
Environmental liabilities are included in the following balance sheet accounts: | Environmental liabilities are included in the following balance sheet accounts:
| December 31,
2021 | 2020
Accrued liabilities |  | $ | 225 |  |  | $ | 225 |
Other liabilities |  | 393 |  |  | 435 |
|  | $ | 618 |  |  | $ | 660 |
Asbestos Related Liabilities |
| Year Ended December 31, 2021 |  | Year Ended December 31, 2020 |  | Year Ended December 31, 2019
| Bendix | NARCO | Total |  | Bendix | NARCO | Total |  | Bendix | NARCO | Total
Beginning of year |  | $ | 1,441 |  |  | $ | 779 |  |  | $ | 2,220 |  |  |  | $ | 1,499 |  |  | $ | 858 |  |  | $ | 2,357 |  |  |  | $ | 1,623 |  |  | $ | 891 |  |  | $ | 2,514 |
Accrual for update to estimated liability |  | 64 |  |  | 31 |  |  | 95 |  |  |  | 80 |  |  | 18 |  |  | 98 |  |  |  | 78 |  |  | 22 |  |  | 100 |
Change in estimated cost of future claims |  | 29 |  |  | — |  |  | 29 |  |  |  | 42 |  |  | — |  |  | 42 |  |  |  | (22) |  |  | — |  |  | (22) |
Update of expected resolution values for pending claims |  | 3 |  |  | — |  |  | 3 |  |  |  | 10 |  |  | — |  |  | 10 |  |  |  | (4) |  |  | — |  |  | (4) |
Asbestos related liability payments |  | (165) |  |  | (121) |  |  | (286) |  |  |  | (190) |  |  | (97) |  |  | (287) |  |  |  | (176) |  |  | (55) |  |  | (231) |
End of year |  | $ | 1,372 |  |  | $ | 689 |  |  | $ | 2,061 |  |  |  | $ | 1,441 |  |  | $ | 779 |  |  | $ | 2,220 |  |  |  | $ | 1,499 |  |  | $ | 858 |  |  | $ | 2,357 |
Insurance Recoveries for Asbestos Related Liabilities |
| Year Ended December 31, 2021 |  | Year Ended December 31, 2020 |  | Year Ended December 31, 2019
| Bendix | NARCO | Total |  | Bendix | NARCO | Total |  | Bendix | NARCO | Total
Beginning of year |  | $ | 148 |  |  | $ | 254 |  |  | $ | 402 |  |  |  | $ | 153 |  |  | $ | 281 |  |  | $ | 434 |  |  |  | $ | 170 |  |  | $ | 307 |  |  | $ | 477 |
Probable insurance recoveries related to estimated liability |  | 7 |  |  | — |  |  | 7 |  |  |  | 10 |  |  | — |  |  | 10 |  |  |  | 3 |  |  | — |  |  | 3 |
Insurance receipts for asbestos related liabilities |  | (13) |  |  | (33) |  |  | (46) |  |  |  | (33) |  |  | (25) |  |  | (58) |  |  |  | (39) |  |  | (29) |  |  | (68) |
Insurance receivables settlements and write offs |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  |  | 18 |  |  | (2) |  |  | 16 |  |  |  | 19 |  |  | 3 |  |  | 22 |
End of year |  | $ | 142 |  |  | $ | 221 |  |  | $ | 363 |  |  |  | $ | 148 |  |  | $ | 254 |  |  | $ | 402 |  |  |  | $ | 153 |  |  | $ | 281 |  |  | $ | 434 |
NARCO and Bendix asbestos related balances are included in the following balance sheet accounts | NARCO and Bendix asbestos related balances are included in the following balance sheet accounts:
| December 31,
2021 | 2020
Other current assets |  | $ | 41 |  |  | $ | 36 |
Insurance recoveries for asbestos related liabilities |  | 322 |  |  | 366 |
|  | $ | 363 |  |  | $ | 402 |
Accrued liabilities |  | $ | 261 |  |  | $ | 300 |
Asbestos related liabilities |  | 1,800 |  |  | 1,920 |
|  | $ | 2,061 |  |  | $ | 2,220 |
Schedule Of Bendix Loss Contingencies Litigation Claims Activity [Table Text Block] |
Claims Activity | Years Ended December 31,
2021 | 2020
Claims Unresolved at the beginning of year |  | 6,242 |  |  | 6,480 |
Claims Filed |  | 2,611 |  |  | 2,233 |
Claims Resolved |  | (2,452) |  |  | (2,471) |
Claims Unresolved at the end of year |  | 6,401 |  |  | 6,242 |
Bendix related disease distribution of claims |
Disease Distribution of Unresolved Claims | Years Ended December 31,
2021 | 2020
Mesothelioma and Other Cancer Claims |  | 3,760 |  |  | 3,422 |
Nonmalignant Claims |  | 2,641 |  |  | 2,820 |
Total Claims |  | 6,401 |  |  | 6,242 |
Bendix related average resolution values per asbestos claim | Honeywell has experienced average resolution values per claim excluding legal costs as follows:
| Years Ended December 31,
2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017
|  | (in whole dollars)
Malignant claims |  | $ | 56,000 |  |  | $ | 61,500 |  |  | $ | 50,200 |  |  | $ | 55,300 |  |  | $ | 56,000 |
Nonmalignant claims |  | $ | 400 |  |  | $ | 550 |  |  | $ | 3,900 |  |  | $ | 4,700 |  |  | $ | 2,800 |
Movement In Standard Product Warranty Rollforward And Balances |
| Years Ended December 31,
2021 | 2020 | 2019
Beginning of year |  | $ | 243 |  |  | $ | 269 |  |  | $ | 310 |
Accruals for warranties/guarantees issued during the year |  | 146 |  |  | 164 |  |  | 173 |
Adjustment of pre-existing warranties/guarantees |  | (7) |  |  | (18) |  |  | (34) |
Settlement of warranty/guarantee claims |  | (159) |  |  | (172) |  |  | (180) |
End of year |  | $ | 223 |  |  | $ | 243 |  |  | $ | 269 |
Product warranties and product performance guarantees are included in the following balance sheet accounts:
| December 31,
2021 | 2020
Accrued liabilities |  | $ | 180 |  |  | $ | 183 |
Other liabilities |  | 43 |  |  | 60 |
|  | $ | 223 |  |  | $ | 243 |

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