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Accounts Receivable Discount Programs (Details) (USD $)	12 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2015	Mar. 31, 2014
Accounts Receivable Discount Programs [Abstract]
Receivables discounted	$ 260,973,000mpaa_AccountsReceivablesDiscounted	$ 210,752,000mpaa_AccountsReceivablesDiscounted
Weighted average days	336 days	337 days
Weighted average discount rate (in hundredths)	2.00%mpaa_AnnualizedWeightedAverageDiscountRateOnDiscountedAccountsReceivables	220.00%mpaa_AnnualizedWeightedAverageDiscountRateOnDiscountedAccountsReceivables
Amount of discount as interest expense	$ 4,917,000mpaa_DiscountRecordedAsInterestExpense	$ 4,336,000mpaa_DiscountRecordedAsInterestExpense

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The amount of customers' receivable balances that have been sold to the customers' respective banks at a discount during the period.

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Represents the weighted average discount rate, on an annualized basis, on the accounts receivable balances sold during the period.

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Represents the weighted average number of days these discount arrangements have allowed the Company to accelerate collection of discounted accounts receivable balances during the period.

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The amount of the discount on accounts receivable balances sold that was recorded as interest expense during the period.

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