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Note 14. Significant Restructuring and Impairment Costs (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2017
2017 Plan [Domain] |
Restructuring Cost and Reserve [Line Items] |
Restructuring and Related Costs [Table Text Block] | The following table summarizes the changes in Adient's 2017 Plan reserve:
(in millions) |  | Employee Severance and Termination Benefits |  | Long-Lived Asset Impairments |  | Other |  | Currency Translation |  | Total
Original Reserve |  | $ | 42 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 4 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 46 |
Utilized—cash |  | (4 | ) |  | — |  |  | (4 | ) |  | — |  |  | (8 | )
Utilized—noncash |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |
Balance at September 30, 2017 |  | $ | 38 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 38 |
2016 Plan [Domain] |
Restructuring Cost and Reserve [Line Items] |
Restructuring and Related Costs [Table Text Block] | The following table summarizes the changes in Adient's 2016 Plan reserve:
(in millions) |  | Employee Severance and Termination Benefits |  | Long-Lived Asset Impairments |  | Other |  | Currency Translation |  | Total
Original Reserve |  | $ | 223 |  |  | $ | 87 |  |  | $ | 22 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 332 |
Utilized—cash |  | (29 | ) |  | — |  |  | (1 | ) |  | — |  |  | (30 | )
Utilized—noncash |  | — |  |  | (87 | ) |  | — |  |  | (2 | ) |  | (89 | )
Balance at September 30, 2016 |  | 194 |  |  | — |  |  | 21 |  |  | (2 | ) |  | 213 |
Utilized—cash |  | (48 | ) |  | — |  |  | (12 | ) |  | — |  |  | (60 | )
Utilized—noncash |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | 7 |  |  | 7 |
Balance at September 30, 2017 |  | $ | 146 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 9 |  |  | $ | 5 |  |  | $ | 160 |
2015 Plan [Domain] |
Restructuring Cost and Reserve [Line Items] |
Restructuring and Related Costs [Table Text Block] | The following table summarizes the changes in Adient's 2015 Plan reserve:
(in millions) |  | Employee Severance and Termination Benefits |  | Long-Lived Asset Impairments |  | Currency Translation |  | Total
Original Reserve |  | $ | 155 |  |  | $ | 27 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 182 |
Utilized—cash |  | (1 | ) |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | (1 | )
Utilized—noncash |  | — |  |  | (27 | ) |  | — |  |  | (27 | )
Balance at September 30, 2015 |  | 154 |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | 154 |
Utilized—cash |  | (41 | ) |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | (41 | )
Utilized—noncash |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | (1 | ) |  | (1 | )
Balance at September 30, 2016 |  | 113 |  |  | — |  |  | (1 | ) |  | 112 |
Utilized—cash |  | (94 | ) |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | (94 | )
Utilized—noncash |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | (2 | ) |  | (2 | )
Balance at September 30, 2017 |  | $ | 19 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | (3 | ) |  | $ | 16 |

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