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Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets (Schedule of Intangible Assets) (Details) (USD $)
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2014
Dec. 31, 2013
Schedule of Finite-Lived and Indefinite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]    
Intangible assets, net $ 346,875,000us-gaap_IntangibleAssetsNetExcludingGoodwill $ 366,175,000us-gaap_IntangibleAssetsNetExcludingGoodwill
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Schedule of Finite-Lived and Indefinite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]    
Finite-lived intangible assets, accumulated amortization (24,125,000)us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsAccumulatedAmortization
/ us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis
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(4,825,000)us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsAccumulatedAmortization
/ us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis
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Intangible assets, gross 371,000,000us-gaap_IntangibleAssetsGrossExcludingGoodwill
/ us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis
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371,000,000us-gaap_IntangibleAssetsGrossExcludingGoodwill
/ us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis
= gntx_HomeLinkMember
Intangible assets, net 346,875,000us-gaap_IntangibleAssetsNetExcludingGoodwill
/ us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis
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366,175,000us-gaap_IntangibleAssetsNetExcludingGoodwill
/ us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis
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HomeLink® | Homelink Technology    
Schedule of Finite-Lived and Indefinite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]    
Finite-lived intangible assets, gross 180,000,000us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsGross
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/ us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsByMajorClassAxis
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180,000,000us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsGross
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/ us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsByMajorClassAxis
= us-gaap_DevelopedTechnologyRightsMember
Finite-lived intangible assets, accumulated amortization (18,750,000)us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsAccumulatedAmortization
/ us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis
= gntx_HomeLinkMember
/ us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsByMajorClassAxis
= us-gaap_DevelopedTechnologyRightsMember
(3,750,000)us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsAccumulatedAmortization
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/ us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsByMajorClassAxis
= us-gaap_DevelopedTechnologyRightsMember
Finite-lived intangible assets, net 161,250,000us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsNet
/ us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis
= gntx_HomeLinkMember
/ us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsByMajorClassAxis
= us-gaap_DevelopedTechnologyRightsMember
176,250,000us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsNet
/ us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis
= gntx_HomeLinkMember
/ us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsByMajorClassAxis
= us-gaap_DevelopedTechnologyRightsMember
Finite-lived intangible asset, useful life 12 years 12 years
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Schedule of Finite-Lived and Indefinite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]    
Finite-lived intangible assets, gross 43,000,000us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsGross
/ us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis
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/ us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsByMajorClassAxis
= us-gaap_CustomerContractsMember
43,000,000us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsGross
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= gntx_HomeLinkMember
/ us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsByMajorClassAxis
= us-gaap_CustomerContractsMember
Finite-lived intangible assets, accumulated amortization (5,375,000)us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsAccumulatedAmortization
/ us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis
= gntx_HomeLinkMember
/ us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsByMajorClassAxis
= us-gaap_CustomerContractsMember
(1,075,000)us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsAccumulatedAmortization
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= gntx_HomeLinkMember
/ us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsByMajorClassAxis
= us-gaap_CustomerContractsMember
Finite-lived intangible assets, net 37,625,000us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsNet
/ us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis
= gntx_HomeLinkMember
/ us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsByMajorClassAxis
= us-gaap_CustomerContractsMember
41,925,000us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsNet
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= us-gaap_CustomerContractsMember
Finite-lived intangible asset, useful life 10 years 10 years
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Schedule of Finite-Lived and Indefinite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]    
Indefinite-lived intangible assets 52,000,000us-gaap_IndefiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsExcludingGoodwill
/ us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis
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/ us-gaap_IndefiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsByMajorClassAxis
= us-gaap_TrademarksAndTradeNamesMember
52,000,000us-gaap_IndefiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsExcludingGoodwill
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/ us-gaap_IndefiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsByMajorClassAxis
= us-gaap_TrademarksAndTradeNamesMember
HomeLink® | Exclusive Licensing Agreement    
Schedule of Finite-Lived and Indefinite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]    
Indefinite-lived intangible assets $ 96,000,000us-gaap_IndefiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsExcludingGoodwill
/ us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis
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/ us-gaap_IndefiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsByMajorClassAxis
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$ 96,000,000us-gaap_IndefiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsExcludingGoodwill
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