Accounting Policies	6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2011
Accounting Policies [Abstract]
ACCOUNTING POLICIES	NOTE 1. ACCOUNTING POLICIES Basis of Presentation The accompanying unaudited consolidated financial statements have been prepared by The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company (the “Company,” “Goodyear,” “we,” “us” or “our”) in accordance with Securities and Exchange Commission rules and regulations and in the opinion of management contain all adjustments (including normal recurring adjustments) necessary to present fairly the financial position, results of operations and cash flows for the periods presented. The preparation of financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the amounts reported in the financial statements and accompanying notes. These interim consolidated financial statements should be read in conjunction with the consolidated financial statements and related notes thereto included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2010 (the “2010 Form 10-K”). We are a party to shareholder agreements concerning certain of our less-than-wholly-owned consolidated subsidiaries. Under the terms of certain of these agreements, the minority shareholders have the right to require us to purchase their ownership interests in the respective subsidiaries if there is a change in control of Goodyear or a bankruptcy of Goodyear. Accordingly, we have reported the minority equity in those subsidiaries outside of Shareholders’ Equity. Operating results for the three and six months ended June 30, 2011 are not necessarily indicative of the results expected in subsequent quarters or for the year ending December 31, 2011. Recently Issued Accounting Standards In May 2011 the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued an accounting standards update with new guidance on fair value measurement and disclosure requirements. The standards update does not extend the use of fair value accounting beyond that currently required under U.S. GAAP, but instead provides guidance on the application of fair value accounting where it is already required or permitted by other standards. The standards update also requires additional disclosures related to transfers of financial instruments within the fair value hierarchy and quantitative and qualitative disclosures related to significant unobservable inputs. The standards update is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2011. We are currently assessing the impact of adopting this standard on our consolidated financial statements. In June 2011 the FASB issued an accounting standards update with new guidance on the presentation of other comprehensive income. The standards update eliminates the option of presenting other comprehensive income and its components in the statement of shareholders’ equity. The standards update now requires an entity to either present components of net income and other comprehensive income in one continuous statement or in two separate but consecutive statements. The standard will require us to change the presentation of other comprehensive income in our Form 10-K effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2011. Reclassifications Certain items previously reported in specific financial statement captions have been reclassified to conform to the current presentation.

NOTE 1. ACCOUNTING POLICIES

Basis of Presentation

The accompanying unaudited consolidated financial statements have been prepared by The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company (the “Company,” “Goodyear,” “we,” “us” or “our”) in accordance with Securities and Exchange Commission rules and regulations and in the opinion of management contain all adjustments (including normal recurring adjustments) necessary to present fairly the financial position, results of operations and cash flows for the periods presented. The preparation of financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the amounts reported in the financial statements and accompanying notes. These interim consolidated financial statements should be read in conjunction with the consolidated financial statements and related notes thereto included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2010 (the “2010 Form 10-K”).

We are a party to shareholder agreements concerning certain of our less-than-wholly-owned consolidated subsidiaries. Under the terms of certain of these agreements, the minority shareholders have the right to require us to purchase their ownership interests in the respective subsidiaries if there is a change in control of Goodyear or a bankruptcy of Goodyear. Accordingly, we have reported the minority equity in those subsidiaries outside of Shareholders’ Equity.

Operating results for the three and six months ended June 30, 2011 are not necessarily indicative of the results expected in subsequent quarters or for the year ending December 31, 2011.

Recently Issued Accounting Standards

In May 2011 the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued an accounting standards update with new guidance on fair value measurement and disclosure requirements. The standards update does not extend the use of fair value accounting beyond that currently required under U.S. GAAP, but instead provides guidance on the application of fair value accounting where it is already required or permitted by other standards. The standards update also requires additional disclosures related to transfers of financial instruments within the fair value hierarchy and quantitative and qualitative disclosures related to significant unobservable inputs. The standards update is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2011. We are currently assessing the impact of adopting this standard on our consolidated financial statements.

In June 2011 the FASB issued an accounting standards update with new guidance on the presentation of other comprehensive income. The standards update eliminates the option of presenting other comprehensive income and its components in the statement of shareholders’ equity. The standards update now requires an entity to either present components of net income and other comprehensive income in one continuous statement or in two separate but consecutive statements. The standard will require us to change the presentation of other comprehensive income in our Form 10-K effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2011.

Reclassifications

Certain items previously reported in specific financial statement captions have been reclassified to conform to the current presentation.