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Product Warranty (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions | 12 Months Ended |  |
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Dec. 31, 2015 | Dec. 31, 2014 | Dec. 31, 2015 | Dec. 31, 2014
Product Warranty Liability [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Insurance Receivable Related to Product Warranty |  |  |  | $ 41.1
Movement in Standard and Extended Product Warranty, Increase (Decrease) [Roll Forward] |  |  |  |
Beginning balance, January 1 | $ 132.0 | $ 72.7 |  |
Provisions | 28.6 | 47.8 |  |
Acquisitions | 12.3 | 64.9 |  |
Payments | (54.7) | (42.0) |  |
Translation adjustment | (10.3) | (11.4) |  |
Ending balance, December 31 | 107.9 | 132.0 |  |
Product Warranty Accrual, Balance Sheet Classification [Abstract] |  |  |  |
Accounts payable and accrued expenses |  |  | $ 70.6 | 91.9
Other non-current liabilities |  |  | 37.3 | 40.1
Total product warranty liability | 132.0 | $ 72.7 | $ 107.9 | $ 132.0
Remy International Inc. [Member] |  |  |  |
Movement in Standard and Extended Product Warranty, Increase (Decrease) [Roll Forward] |  |  |  |
Acquisitions | 29.4 |  |  |
Gustav Wahler GmbH u. Co. KG and General Partner [Member] |  |  |  |
Movement in Standard and Extended Product Warranty, Increase (Decrease) [Roll Forward] |  |  |  |
Acquisitions | $ 17.1 |  |  |

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