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Financial Instruments Automotive Narrative (Details) (USD $) In Millions, unless otherwise specified | 3 Months Ended | 9 Months Ended |  |  |  |  |  | 9 Months Ended |  |
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Sep. 30, 2014 Energy Segment [Member] Designated as Hedging Instrument [Member] Cash Flow Hedging [Member] Interest rate swap contracts | Sep. 30, 2013 Energy Segment [Member] Designated as Hedging Instrument [Member] Cash Flow Hedging [Member] Interest rate swap contracts | Sep. 30, 2014 Energy Segment [Member] Designated as Hedging Instrument [Member] Cash Flow Hedging [Member] Interest rate swap contracts | Sep. 30, 2013 Energy Segment [Member] Designated as Hedging Instrument [Member] Cash Flow Hedging [Member] Interest rate swap contracts | Sep. 30, 2014 Automotive Segment [Member] Federal-Mogul [Member] Cash Flow Hedging [Member] Commodity contracts | Dec. 31, 2013 Automotive Segment [Member] Federal-Mogul [Member] Cash Flow Hedging [Member] Commodity contracts | Sep. 30, 2014 Automotive Segment [Member] Federal-Mogul [Member] Designated as Hedging Instrument [Member] Cash Flow Hedging [Member] | Dec. 31, 2013 Automotive Segment [Member] Federal-Mogul [Member] Designated as Hedging Instrument [Member] Cash Flow Hedging [Member] | Sep. 30, 2014 Automotive Segment [Member] Federal-Mogul [Member] Designated as Hedging Instrument [Member] Cash Flow Hedging [Member] Maximum [Member] | Sep. 30, 2014 Automotive Segment [Member] Sales Revenue, Goods, Net [Member] Customer Concentration Risk [Member] Federal-Mogul [Member] number_of_customers | Sep. 30, 2014 Automotive Segment [Member] VCS [Member] Accounts Receivable [Member] Customer Concentration Risk [Member] Federal-Mogul [Member] number_of_customers | Sep. 30, 2014 Foreign exchange contracts Automotive Segment [Member] Federal-Mogul [Member] Cash Flow Hedging [Member] | Dec. 31, 2013 Foreign exchange contracts Automotive Segment [Member] Federal-Mogul [Member] Cash Flow Hedging [Member]
Derivative [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Realized loss on interest rate swaps reclassified from AOCI into interest expense | $ (1) | $ 1 | $ 1 | $ 1 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Notional value of interest rate swap agreements | 63 |  | 63 |  | 39 | 51 |  |  |  |  |  | 2 | 12
Unrealized net gains (losses) on price hedge contracts |  |  |  |  |  |  | 1 | (1) |  |  |  |  |
Unrealized net gains on foreign currency hedge contracts |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | $ (1) | $ 0 |  |  |  |
Number of customers accounting for more than 6% of direct sales |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 0 | 2 |  |
Concentration of risk threshold, percentage of direct sales |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 6.00% |  |  |
Concentration threshhold, balance sheet |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 15.00% |  |

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