Income Taxes	9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2016
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]
Income Taxes	Income Taxes The Company's provision for income taxes is based upon an estimated annual tax rate for the year applied to federal, state and foreign income. On a quarterly basis, the annual effective tax rate is adjusted, as appropriate, based upon changed facts and circumstances, if any, as compared to those forecasted at the beginning of the fiscal year and each interim period thereafter. At September 30, 2016, the Company's effective tax rate for the first nine months was 32.6%. This rate includes tax benefits of $27.6 million and $5.9 million related to asset impairment and restructuring expense, respectively as discussed in the Other Expense, net footnote to the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements, and $3.7 million related to other one-time tax adjustments, as well as a tax expense of $2.2 million related to a gain associated with the release of certain Remy light vehicle aftermarket liabilities due to the expiration of a customer contract. At September 30, 2015, the Company's effective tax rate for the first nine months was 30.0%. This rate includes tax benefits of $4.1 million related to restructuring expense as discussed in the Other Expense, net footnote to the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements, $4.1 million primarily related to foreign tax incentives and $3.9 million related to tax settlements, partially offset by $5.8 million of tax expense related to a global realignment plan. The annual effective tax rates differ from the U.S. statutory rate primarily due to foreign rates which differ from those in the U.S., the realization of certain business tax credits, including foreign tax credits, and favorable permanent differences between book and tax treatment for certain items, including equity in affiliates' earnings. Remy applied for a bilateral Advance Pricing Agreement ("APA") between the U.S. Internal Revenue Service and South Korean National Tax Service covering the tax years 2007 through 2014. At December 31, 2015, the Company recorded an uncertain tax benefit and related U.S. foreign tax credits of approximately $44.0 million. In the second quarter of 2016, the Company received the signed APA from the tax authorities and reclassified the related uncertain tax benefit to a current tax payable, which the Company paid in the third quarter of 2016.

Income Taxes

The Company's provision for income taxes is based upon an estimated annual tax rate for the year applied to federal, state and foreign income. On a quarterly basis, the annual effective tax rate is adjusted, as appropriate, based upon changed facts and circumstances, if any, as compared to those forecasted at the beginning of the fiscal year and each interim period thereafter.

At September 30, 2016, the Company's effective tax rate for the first nine months was 32.6%. This rate includes tax benefits of $27.6 million and $5.9 million related to asset impairment and restructuring expense, respectively as discussed in the Other Expense, net footnote to the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements, and $3.7 million related to other one-time tax adjustments, as well as a tax expense of $2.2 million related to a gain associated with the release of certain Remy light vehicle aftermarket liabilities due to the expiration of a customer contract.

At September 30, 2015, the Company's effective tax rate for the first nine months was 30.0%. This rate includes tax benefits of $4.1 million related to restructuring expense as discussed in the Other Expense, net footnote to the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements, $4.1 million primarily related to foreign tax incentives and $3.9 million related to tax settlements, partially offset by $5.8 million of tax expense related to a global realignment plan.

The annual effective tax rates differ from the U.S. statutory rate primarily due to foreign rates which differ from those in the U.S., the realization of certain business tax credits, including foreign tax credits, and favorable permanent differences between book and tax treatment for certain items, including equity in affiliates' earnings.

Remy applied for a bilateral Advance Pricing Agreement ("APA") between the U.S. Internal Revenue Service and South Korean National Tax Service covering the tax years 2007 through 2014. At December 31, 2015, the Company recorded an uncertain tax benefit and related U.S. foreign tax credits of approximately $44.0 million. In the second quarter of 2016, the Company received the signed APA from the tax authorities and reclassified the related uncertain tax benefit to a current tax payable, which the Company paid in the third quarter of 2016.