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Note 4, Product Warranties (Tables) | 9 Months Ended
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Jun. 30, 2017
Product Warranties Disclosures [Abstract] |
Schedule of Product Warranty Liability [Table Text Block] | The changes in Adient's total product warranty liability are as follows:
|  | Nine Months Ended June 30,
(in millions) |  | 2017 |  | 2016
Balance at beginning of period |  | $ | 13 |  |  | $ | 12 |
Accruals for warranties issued during the period |  | 2 |  |  | 7 |
Changes in accruals related to pre-existing warranties (including changes in estimates) |  | (1 | ) |  | 4 |
Settlements made (in cash or in kind) during the period |  | (5 | ) |  | (4 | )
Currency translation |  | — |  |  | 1 |
Balance at end of period |  | $ | 9 |  |  | $ | 20 |

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- Definition Tabular disclosure of the changes in the guarantor's aggregate product warranty liability, including the beginning balance of the aggregate product warranty liability, the aggregate reductions in that liability for payments made (in cash or in kind) under the warranty, the aggregate changes in the liability for accruals related to product warranties issued during the reporting period, the aggregate changes in the liability for accruals related to preexisting warranties (including adjustments related to changes in estimates), and the ending balance of the aggregate product warranty liability. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 460 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 8 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=68068213&loc=d3e12565-110249 + Details
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