Related Party Transactions (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	3 Months Ended	9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2020	Sep. 30, 2019	Sep. 30, 2020	Sep. 30, 2019	Dec. 31, 2019
Anqing TP Goetze Piston Ring Company Limited
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Net Sales	$ 7	$ 1	$ 12	$ 1
Purchases	14	14	40	43
Royalty and Other	2	0	3	1
Receivables	2		2		$ 1
Payables and Accruals	22		22		26
Anqing TP Powder Metallurgy Company Limited
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Net Sales	0	1	3	2
Purchases	1	2	3	5
Royalty and Other	0	0	0	0
Receivables	0		0		0
Payables and Accruals	1		1		1
Dongsuh Federal-Mogul Industrial Co., Ltd.
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Net Sales	0	1	1	4
Purchases	2	3	5	10
Royalty and Other	(1)	0	(1)	0
Receivables	0		0		0
Payables and Accruals	1		1		2
Farloc Argentina SAIC
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Receivables	0		0		1
Payables and Accruals	0		0		0
Federal-Mogul Powertrain Otomotiv A.S.
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Net Sales	13	11	30	55
Purchases	50	56	126	168
Royalty and Other	6	1	12	3
Receivables	17		17		8
Payables and Accruals	31		31		31
Federal-Mogul TP Liner Europe Otomotiv Ltd. Sti.
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Net Sales	0	0	0	0
Purchases	1	1	3	6
Royalty and Other	0	0	0	0
Federal-Mogul TP Liners, Inc.
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Net Sales	3	4	10	12
Purchases	12	0	28	0
Royalty and Other	1	0	1	1
Receivables	1		1		2
Payables and Accruals	6		6		7
Frenos Hidraulicos Autos
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Net Sales			0	1
Purchases			0	0
Royalty and Other			0	0
Icahn Automotive Group LLC
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Net Sales	59	48	124	138
Purchases	0	0	0	0
Royalty and Other	1	1	3	3
Receivables	62		62		52
Payables and Accruals	11		11		10
Montagewerk Abgastechnik Emden GmbH
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Net Sales	3	2	7	4
Purchases	0	0	0	0
Royalty and Other	0	$ 0	0	0
Receivables	1		1		1
Payables and Accruals	0		0		$ 0
PSC Metals, Inc.
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Net Sales			1	1
Purchases			0	0
Royalty and Other			0	$ 0
Icahn Enterprises L.P.
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Related party transaction	$ 3		$ 3

Amount for accounts payable to related parties.

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