Contingent Liabilities - Additional Information (Detail)	3 Months Ended	9 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2022 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2022 USD ($) Vehicle	Dec. 31, 2021 USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2022 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2021 USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2021 USD ($)	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	$ (27,019,343,000,000)
Additional Punitive Damages		$ 100,000,000,000,000
Gain (Loss) Related to Litigation Settlement			$ 14,000,000
Product liability accrual	146,000,000	146,000,000	144,000,000	$ 145,000,000	$ 120,000,000	$ 103,000,000	$ 341,000,000
Loss Contingency Accrual, Provision	5,000,000
Litigation Settlement Interest		4,734,350
Mazda
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Loss Contingency Damages To Be Paid		13,509,671,000,000
Maximum
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Loss Contingency, Range of Possible Loss, Portion Not Accrued			118,000,000
Minimum
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Loss Contingency, Range of Possible Loss, Portion Not Accrued			$ 18,000,000
Unannounced Recall | Damages from Product Defects
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Product liability accrual							$ 26,000,000
ZF Inflator Recall | Maximum
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Estimate potential loss	43,000,000	43,000,000
ZF Inflator Recall | Minimum
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Estimate potential loss	0	0
ZF Inflator Recall | Damages from Product Defects
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Product liability accrual	$ 0	$ 0
ZF Inflator Recall | Damages from Product Defects | Global
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Number of vehicles recalled | Vehicle		762,000