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Financial Instruments - Additional Information (Detail) |  | 6 Months Ended |
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Jun. 21, 2016 USD ($) | Jul. 02, 2016 USD ($) | Jul. 02, 2016 EUR (€) | Dec. 31, 2015 USD ($)
Financial Instruments [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Uncommitted factoring agreement, aggregate purchases of specified customer accounts (up to) | € |  |  | € 200,000,000 |
Factored receivables outstanding |  | $ 0 |  |
Gain (loss) expected to be reclassified into earnings from accumulated other comprehensive loss |  | (54,000,000) |  |
Derivative contracts classified within Level 3 of fair value hierarchy |  | 0 |  | $ 0
Derivative contracts transfers in to Level 3 fair value hierarchy |  | 0 |  |
Beijing BAI Lear Automotive Systems Co., Ltd. |  |  |  |
Financial Instruments [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Fair value of previously held equity interest in acquiree | $ 61,000,000 |  |  |
Recurring | Equity contract |  |  |  |
Financial Instruments [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Marketable equity securities |  | 26,400,000 |  | 23,000,000
Accumulated Net Gain (Loss) from Cash Flow Hedges Including Portion Attributable to Noncontrolling Interest | Foreign exchange contract | Designated as hedging instrument |  |  |  |
Financial Instruments [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Pretax gains (losses) related to derivative instruments and hedging activities in accumulated other comprehensive loss |  | (61,500,000) |  | (46,400,000)
Level 3 | Beijing BAI Lear Automotive Systems Co., Ltd. |  |  |  |
Financial Instruments [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Property, plant and equipment, fair value |  | 20,700,000 |  |
Intangible assets, fair value |  | 34,000,000 |  |
Noncontrolling interests, fair value |  | 40,000,000 |  |
Fair value of previously held equity interest in acquiree | $ 61,000,000 |  |  |
Level 3 | Eagle Ottawa |  |  |  |
Financial Instruments [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Property, plant and equipment, fair value |  |  |  | 142,400,000
Intangible assets, fair value |  |  |  | 211,300,000
Contingent consideration |  |  |  | 25,000,000
Level 3 | Recurring | Equity contract |  |  |  |
Financial Instruments [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Marketable equity securities |  | $ 0 |  | $ 0

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