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Segmented Information - Schedule of Aggregates External Revenues by Customer (Detail) - USD ($) $ in Millions	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014
Revenue from External Customer [Line Items]
Revenue from external customers	$ 32,134	$ 34,403
General Motors [Member]
Revenue from External Customer [Line Items]
Revenue from external customers	6,424	6,361
Fiat or Chrysler Group [Member]
Revenue from External Customer [Line Items]
Revenue from external customers	5,094	5,505
Ford Motor Company [Member]
Revenue from External Customer [Line Items]
Revenue from external customers	4,923	4,660
Daimler AG [Member]
Revenue from External Customer [Line Items]
Revenue from external customers	3,779	4,009
Volkswagen [Member]
Revenue from External Customer [Line Items]
Revenue from external customers	3,301	3,872
BMW [Member]
Revenue from External Customer [Line Items]
Revenue from external customers	3,300	4,153
Other Customers [Member]
Revenue from External Customer [Line Items]
Revenue from external customers	$ 5,313	$ 5,843

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Amount of revenue recognized from goods sold, services rendered, insurance premiums, or other activities that constitute an earning process. Includes, but is not limited to, investment and interest income before deduction of interest expense when recognized as a component of revenue, and sales and trading gain (loss).

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 225
-SubTopic 10
-Section S99
-Paragraph 2
-Subparagraph (SX 210.5-03.1)
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