Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows - USD ($) $ in Millions	9 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2024	Jun. 30, 2023
Operating Activities
Net income (loss) attributable to Adient	$ (61)	$ 70
Income attributable to noncontrolling interests	62	68
Net income	1	138
Adjustments to reconcile net income to cash provided (used) by operating activities:
Depreciation	213	214
Amortization of intangibles	35	38
Pension and postretirement expense	9	16
Pension and postretirement contributions, net	(21)	(11)
Equity in earnings of partially-owned affiliates, net of dividends received	(19)	(28)
Impairment of interests in nonconsolidated partially owned affiliates	0	7
Premium paid on repurchase of debt	0	7
Deferred income taxes	7	(2)
Equity-based compensation	28	25
Other	4	3
Changes in assets and liabilities, excluding impact of acquisitions/divestitures:
Receivables	27	(170)
Inventories	69	120
Other assets	(59)	(84)
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities	0	88
Accrued income taxes	(14)	12
Cash provided by operating activities	280	373
Investing Activities
Capital expenditures	(194)	(177)
Sale of property, plant and equipment	14	16
Acquisition of businesses, net of cash acquired	0	(6)
Business divestitures	(3)	5
Other	0	(2)
Cash used by investing activities	(183)	(164)
Financing Activities
Increase (decrease) in short-term debt	1	(2)
Increase in long-term debt	0	1,002
Repayment of long-term debt	(3)	(1,104)
Debt financing costs	(5)	(23)
Share repurchases	(225)	(65)
Dividends paid to and other transactions with noncontrolling interests	(69)	(57)
Share based compensation and other	(12)	(12)
Cash used by financing activities	(313)	(261)
Effect of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents	(4)	13
Decrease in cash and cash equivalents	(220)	(39)
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period	1,110	947
Cash and cash equivalents at end of period	$ 890	$ 908