Contingent Liabilities - Additional Information (Detail) $ in Millions	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2022 USD ($) Vehicle	Dec. 31, 2021 USD ($)	Mar. 31, 2021 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2020 USD ($)
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Loss Contingency, Lawsuit Filing Date	September 18, 2014
Loss Contingency, Name of Plaintiff	Jamie Andrews
Loss Contingency, Actions Taken by Court, Arbitrator or Mediator	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 Contingency, Damages Sought, Value	$ 27,019,343
Loss Contingency Damages To Be Paid	13,509,671
Additional Punitive Damages	100,000,000
Gain (Loss) Related to Litigation Settlement	14
Product liability accrual	150	$ 144	$ 328	$ 341
Mazda
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Loss Contingency Damages To Be Paid	13,509,671
Maximum
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Loss Contingency, Range of Possible Loss, Portion Not Accrued	114
Minimum
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Loss Contingency, Range of Possible Loss, Portion Not Accrued	14
Unannounced Recall | Damages from Product Defects
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Product liability accrual				$ 26
ZF Inflator Recall | Maximum
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Estimate potential loss	43
ZF Inflator Recall | Minimum
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Estimate potential loss	0
ZF Inflator Recall | Damages from Product Defects
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Product liability accrual	$ 0
ZF Inflator Recall | Damages from Product Defects | Global
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Number of vehicles recalled | Vehicle	762,000