Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows - USD ($) $ in Millions	9 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2025	Jun. 30, 2024
Operating Activities
Net income (loss) attributable to Adient	$ (299)	$ (61)
Income attributable to noncontrolling interests	70	62
Net income (loss)	(229)	1
Adjustments to reconcile net income to cash provided (used) by operating activities:
Depreciation	207	213
Amortization of intangibles	35	35
Pension and postretirement expense	7	9
Pension and postretirement contributions, net	(15)	(21)
Equity in earnings of partially-owned affiliates, net of dividends received	16	(19)
Gain on sale of interests in nonconsolidated partially-owned affiliates	(4)	0
Deferred income taxes	1	7
Non-cash impairment charges	343	0
Equity-based compensation	20	28
Other	(3)	4
Changes in assets and liabilities excluding impact of acquisitions/divestitures:
Receivables	80	27
Inventories	44	69
Other assets	(137)	(59)
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities	(134)	0
Accrued income taxes	5	(14)
Cash provided by operating activities	236	280
Investing Activities
Capital expenditures	(166)	(194)
Sale of property, plant and equipment	16	14
Business divestitures	27	(3)
Other	(4)	0
Cash used by investing activities	(127)	(183)
Financing Activities
Increase (decrease) in short-term debt	(1)	1
Increase in long-term debt	795	0
Repayment of long-term debt	(801)	(3)
Debt financing costs	(13)	(5)
Share repurchases	(75)	(225)
Acquisition of a noncontrolling interest	(28)	0
Dividends paid to and other transactions with noncontrolling interests	(86)	(69)
Share based compensation and other	(3)	(12)
Cash used by financing activities	(212)	(313)
Effect of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents	18	(4)
Decrease in cash and cash equivalents	(85)	(220)
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period	945	1,110
Cash and cash equivalents at end of period	$ 860	$ 890