Contingent Liabilities - Additional Information (Detail)		3 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	Jun. 29, 2016 Vehicle	Dec. 31, 2021 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2021 USD ($) Vehicle	Dec. 31, 2020 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2019 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2018 USD ($)
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Lawsuit Filing Date			September 18, 2014
Name of Plaintiff			Jamie Andrews
Compensatory Damages			$ 27,019,343
Loss Contingency Damages To Be Paid			13,509,671
Additional Punitive Damages			$ 100,000,000
Loss Contingency Actions Taken by Court			In doing so, the District Court concluded that Mr. Andrews had incurred $27,019,343 in compensatory damages, but only ordered Autoliv to pay 50 percent of that amount, $13,509,671 after finding that 50 percent of the fault for Mr. Andrews’s damages should be apportioned to Mazda
Loss Related to Litigation Settlement		$ 14,000,000
Product liability accrual		144,000,000	$ 144,000,000	$ 341,000,000	$ 72,000,000	$ 62,000,000
Insurance receivable related to recall		138,000,000	138,000,000
Mazda
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Loss Contingency Damages To Be Paid			13,509,671
Autoliv
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Loss Contingency Damages To Be Paid			13,509,671
Minimum
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Loss Contingency, Range of Possible Loss, Portion Not Accrued		14,000,000	14,000,000
Maximum
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Loss Contingency, Range of Possible Loss, Portion Not Accrued		114,000,000	114,000,000
Damages from Product Defects
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Number of vehicles recalled | Vehicle	1,400,000
Toyota Recall | Damages from Product Defects
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Product liability accrual		26,000,000	26,000,000
Unannounced Recall | Damages from Product Defects
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Product liability accrual		27,000,000	27,000,000
ZF Inflator Recall | Minimum
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Loss Contingency, Range of Possible Loss, Portion Not Accrued		0	0
ZF Inflator Recall | Maximum
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Loss Contingency, Range of Possible Loss, Portion Not Accrued		$ 43,000,000	$ 43,000,000
ZF Inflator Recall | Damages from Product Defects
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Number of vehicles recalled | Vehicle			762,000