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Revenue Recognition (Details) - USD ($)	12 Months Ended
Revenue Recognition (Details) - USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2019	Sep. 30, 2018	Sep. 30, 2017	Oct. 01, 2018
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Net sales	$ 23,968,000,000	$ 23,400,000,000	$ 22,835,000,000
Contract with Customer, Liability, Current	(1,407,000,000)	$ (1,326,000,000)
Contract with Customer Asset Liability Net	(45,000,000)			$ (102,000,000)
Contract with Customer, Liability, Revenue Recognized	1,200,000,000
Revenue, Remaining Performance Obligation, Amount	$ 14,400,000,000
Remaining Performance Obligations Expected as Revenue Over the Next Two Years	60.00%
Capitalized Contract Cost, Gross	$ 212,000,000
Capitalized Contract Cost, Amortization	157,000,000
Capitalized Contract Cost, Impairment Loss	0
Products and Systems [Domain]
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Net sales	17,711,000,000
Services [Domain]
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Net sales	6,257,000,000
Building Solutions North America
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Net sales	9,031,000,000
Building Solutions North America \| Products and Systems [Domain]
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Net sales	5,745,000,000
Building Solutions North America \| Services [Domain]
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Net sales	3,286,000,000
Building Solutions EMEA/LA
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Net sales	3,655,000,000
Building Solutions EMEA/LA \| Products and Systems [Domain]
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Net sales	1,767,000,000
Building Solutions EMEA/LA \| Services [Domain]
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Net sales	1,888,000,000
Building Solutions Asia Pacific
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Net sales	2,658,000,000
Building Solutions Asia Pacific \| Products and Systems [Domain]
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Net sales	1,575,000,000
Building Solutions Asia Pacific \| Services [Domain]
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Net sales	1,083,000,000
Global Products
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Net sales	8,624,000,000
Global Products \| Products and Systems [Domain]
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Net sales	8,624,000,000
Global Products \| Services [Domain]
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Net sales	0
Global Products \| Building management systems
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Net sales	1,292,000,000
Global Products \| HVAC & refrigeration equipment
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Net sales	6,181,000,000
Global Products \| Specialty products
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Net sales	1,151,000,000
Other current assets
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Capitalized Contract Cost, Gross	110,000,000
Accounts Receivable [Member]
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Contract with Customer, Asset, Net, Current	1,389,000,000			1,261,000,000
Other noncurrent assets
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Contract with Customer, Asset, Net, Noncurrent	90,000,000			85,000,000
Capitalized Contract Cost, Gross	102,000,000
Deferred Revenue [Member]
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Contract with Customer, Liability, Current	(1,407,000,000)			(1,335,000,000)
Other Noncurrent Liabilities [Member]
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Contract with Customer, Liability, Noncurrent	$ (117,000,000)			$ (113,000,000)