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General (Details)	5 Months Ended	8 Months Ended	11 Months Ended
	May 19, 2011	Aug. 19, 2009	Nov. 22, 2011
Organization, Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements [Line Items]
Formation of PLC	May 19, 2011
Formation of LLP		Aug. 19, 2009
Initial Offering Period			November 22, 2011

X

- Definition

Represents the date that the LLP was formed for purposes of acquiring certain assets of former Delphi corporation.

+ References

No definition available.

+ Details

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X

- Details

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X

- Definition

A description of the time period when the company made its initial offering of a class of securities.

+ References

No definition available.

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X

- Definition

Date the plan of reorganization is approved by the bankruptcy court, in CCYY-MM-DD format.

+ References

Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef

-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 852

-SubTopic 10

-Section 55

-Paragraph 11

-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=34712771&loc=d3e56451-112766

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