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Other Income, Net Other Income, Net - Additional Information (Details) In Millions, unless otherwise specified | 3 Months Ended | 12 Months Ended |  |  |  |  | 12 Months Ended | 3 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2014 USD ($) | Mar. 31, 2014 USD ($) | Mar. 31, 2013 USD ($) | Dec. 31, 2013 USD ($) | Dec. 31, 2014 Official Exchange [Member] USD ($) | Feb. 28, 2013 Official Exchange [Member] VEF | Jan. 31, 2013 Official Exchange [Member] VEF | Sep. 30, 2014 SICAD [Member] VEF | Mar. 31, 2014 SICAD [Member] VEF | Dec. 31, 2014 SICAD2 [Member] USD ($) | Dec. 31, 2014 SICAD2 [Member] VEF | Sep. 30, 2014 Other Income, Net Error [Member] USD ($)
Interest Income, Gross Receipts Tax |  |  |  | $ 3 dan_InterestIncomeGrossReceiptsTax |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Foreign Currency Exchange Rate, Remeasurement |  |  |  |  |  | 6.3 us-gaap_ForeignCurrencyExchangeRateRemeasurement1 / dan_VenezuelaCurrencyExchangesAxis = dan_OfficialExchangeMember | 4.3 us-gaap_ForeignCurrencyExchangeRateRemeasurement1 / dan_VenezuelaCurrencyExchangesAxis = dan_OfficialExchangeMember | 12.0 us-gaap_ForeignCurrencyExchangeRateRemeasurement1 / dan_VenezuelaCurrencyExchangesAxis = dan_SICADMember | 10.7 us-gaap_ForeignCurrencyExchangeRateRemeasurement1 / dan_VenezuelaCurrencyExchangesAxis = dan_SICADMember |  |  |
Amount Charged To Expense Due to Inflationary Accounting | 3 dan_AmountChargedToExpenseDuetoInflationaryAccounting | 17 dan_AmountChargedToExpenseDuetoInflationaryAccounting | 6 dan_AmountChargedToExpenseDuetoInflationaryAccounting |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Foreign Currency Transaction Gain (Loss), Realized |  |  |  |  | 8 us-gaap_ForeignCurrencyTransactionGainLossRealized / dan_VenezuelaCurrencyExchangesAxis = dan_OfficialExchangeMember |  |  |  |  | 14 us-gaap_ForeignCurrencyTransactionGainLossRealized / dan_VenezuelaCurrencyExchangesAxis = dan_SICAD2Member |  |
Average Transacted Exchange Rate |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 49.9 dan_AverageTransactedExchangeRate / dan_VenezuelaCurrencyExchangesAxis = dan_SICAD2Member |
Quantifying Misstatement in Current Year Financial Statements, Amount |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | $ 6 us-gaap_QuantifyingMisstatementInCurrentYearFinancialStatementsAmount / us-gaap_QuantifyingMisstatementInCurrentYearFinancialStatementsByNatureOfErrorAxis = dan_OtherIncomeNetErrorMember

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