Segment Information (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2017	Jun. 30, 2016	Jun. 30, 2017	Jun. 30, 2016	Dec. 31, 2016
Segment Reporting [Line Items]
Revenues from external customers	$ 2,317	$ 2,212	$ 4,609	$ 4,348
EBIT, Earnings (loss) before interest expense, income taxes, and noncontrolling interests	27	171	148	295
Total assets	4,881	4,279	4,881	4,279	$ 4,346
Intersegment Revenues
Segment Reporting [Line Items]
Revenues	0	0	0	0
Reclass and Elims
Segment Reporting [Line Items]
Revenues from external customers	0	0	0	0
EBIT, Earnings (loss) before interest expense, income taxes, and noncontrolling interests	0	0	0	0
Total assets	27	34	27	34
Reclass and Elims | Intersegment Revenues
Segment Reporting [Line Items]
Revenues	(40)	(50)	(91)	(97)
Clean Air Division | North America
Segment Reporting [Line Items]
Revenues from external customers	802	771	1,618	1,536
EBIT, Earnings (loss) before interest expense, income taxes, and noncontrolling interests	57	65	107	126
Total assets	1,526	1,353	1,526	1,353
Clean Air Division | North America | Intersegment Revenues
Segment Reporting [Line Items]
Revenues	4	3	8	6
Clean Air Division | Europe South America And India
Segment Reporting [Line Items]
Revenues from external customers	546	517	1,084	988
EBIT, Earnings (loss) before interest expense, income taxes, and noncontrolling interests	33	28	54	43
Total assets	873	761	873	761
Clean Air Division | Europe South America And India | Intersegment Revenues
Segment Reporting [Line Items]
Revenues	12	25	32	47
Clean Air Division | Asia Pacific
Segment Reporting [Line Items]
Revenues from external customers	271	264	548	543
EBIT, Earnings (loss) before interest expense, income taxes, and noncontrolling interests	23	36	55	71
Total assets	716	604	716	604
Clean Air Division | Asia Pacific | Intersegment Revenues
Segment Reporting [Line Items]
Revenues	1	0	2	0
Ride Performance Division | North America
Segment Reporting [Line Items]
Revenues from external customers	330	323	641	646
EBIT, Earnings (loss) before interest expense, income taxes, and noncontrolling interests	38	48	71	90
Total assets	811	778	811	778
Ride Performance Division | North America | Intersegment Revenues
Segment Reporting [Line Items]
Revenues	2	2	5	4
Ride Performance Division | Europe South America And India
Segment Reporting [Line Items]
Revenues from external customers	264	250	507	460
EBIT, Earnings (loss) before interest expense, income taxes, and noncontrolling interests	7	10	13	4
Total assets	555	433	555	433
Ride Performance Division | Europe South America And India | Intersegment Revenues
Segment Reporting [Line Items]
Revenues	7	8	16	15
Ride Performance Division | Asia Pacific
Segment Reporting [Line Items]
Revenues from external customers	104	87	211	175
EBIT, Earnings (loss) before interest expense, income taxes, and noncontrolling interests	17	13	34	26
Total assets	373	316	373	316
Ride Performance Division | Asia Pacific | Intersegment Revenues
Segment Reporting [Line Items]
Revenues	14	12	28	25
Other
Segment Reporting [Line Items]
Revenues from external customers	0	0	0	0
EBIT, Earnings (loss) before interest expense, income taxes, and noncontrolling interests	(148)	(29)	(186)	(65)
Total assets	0	0	0	0
Other | Intersegment Revenues
Segment Reporting [Line Items]
Revenues	$ 0	$ 0	$ 0	$ 0