Financing Arrangements and Derivative Financial Instruments (Details Textual) (USD $)	3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended								6 Months Ended		3 Months Ended											3 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2012	Jun. 30, 2011	Jun. 30, 2012	Jun. 30, 2011	Dec. 31, 2011	Jun. 30, 2012 Long-term Debt [Member]	Jun. 30, 2012 Ten Point Five Percent Notes Due In Two Thousand Sixteen [Member]	Dec. 31, 2011 Ten Point Five Percent Notes Due In Two Thousand Sixteen [Member]	Jun. 30, 2012 Short-term Debt [Member]	Jun. 30, 2012 Global And North American Tire Headquarters Member	Jun. 30, 2012 Second Lien Term Loan Facility Due Two Thousand Nineteen [Member]	Apr. 19, 2012 Second Lien Term Loan Facility Due Two Thousand Nineteen [Member]	Jun. 30, 2012 Available Cash Plus Availability Under Credit Facility Greater Than 1000 Million [Member] First Lien Revolving Credit Facility Due Two Thousand Seventeen [Member]	Jun. 30, 2012 Available Cash Plus Availability Under Facility Less Than 1000 Million [Member] First Lien Revolving Credit Facility Due Two Thousand Seventeen [Member]	Apr. 19, 2012 Alternative Base Rate [Member] Second Lien Term Loan Facility Due Two Thousand Nineteen [Member]	Apr. 19, 2012 Alternative Base Rate [Member] Available Cash Plus Availability Under Credit Facility Greater Than 1000 Million [Member] First Lien Revolving Credit Facility Due Two Thousand Seventeen [Member]	Apr. 19, 2012 Alternative Base Rate [Member] Available Cash Plus Availability Under Facility Less Than 1000 Million [Member] First Lien Revolving Credit Facility Due Two Thousand Seventeen [Member]	Apr. 19, 2012 Federal Fund Rate [Member] Second Lien Term Loan Facility Due Two Thousand Nineteen [Member]	Apr. 19, 2012 Federal Fund Rate [Member] Available Cash Plus Availability Under Credit Facility Greater Than 1000 Million [Member] First Lien Revolving Credit Facility Due Two Thousand Seventeen [Member]	Apr. 19, 2012 Libor Alternative Base Rate [Member] Available Cash Plus Availability Under Credit Facility Greater Than 1000 Million [Member] First Lien Revolving Credit Facility Due Two Thousand Seventeen [Member]	Apr. 19, 2012 Libor [Member] Second Lien Term Loan Facility Due Two Thousand Nineteen [Member]	Apr. 19, 2012 Libor [Member] Available Cash Plus Availability Under Credit Facility Greater Than 1000 Million [Member] First Lien Revolving Credit Facility Due Two Thousand Seventeen [Member]	Apr. 19, 2012 Libor [Member] Available Cash Plus Availability Under Facility Less Than 1000 Million [Member] First Lien Revolving Credit Facility Due Two Thousand Seventeen [Member]	Jun. 30, 2012 Minimum [Member] First Lien Revolving Credit Facility Due Two Thousand Seventeen [Member]	Jun. 30, 2012 Maximum [Member] First Lien Revolving Credit Facility Due Two Thousand Seventeen [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Available Cash Plus Availability Under Facility																								$ 1,000,000,000	$ 1,000,000,000
Debt Instrument, Basis Spread on Variable Rate															2.75%	0.50%	0.75%	0.50%	0.50%	1.00%	3.75%	1.50%	1.75%
Credit arrangements	8,549,000,000		8,549,000,000			7,964,000,000			585,000,000
Credit Arrangements, Unused	2,496,000,000		2,496,000,000			2,079,000,000			417,000,000
Total long term debt excluding capital leases	5,469,000,000		5,469,000,000		4,914,000,000		0	631,000,000		85,000,000
Line of Credit Facility, Commitment Fee Percentage													0.375%	0.25%
DebtInstrumentVariableRateBasisMinimum												1.00%
Debt Discount												2.00%
Redemption Price In Percentage											101.00%
Financing Arrangements (Textuals) [Abstract]
Percentage of debt at variable interest rate	45.00%		45.00%
Average variable interest rate	5.24%		5.24%
Outstanding foreign currency cash flow derivatives with notional amounts	161,000,000		161,000,000		171,000,000
Foreign currency derivatives (gain) loss included in other expense	(21,000,000)	4,000,000	3,000,000	39,000,000
Outstanding foreign currency derivative instruments not designated as hedging instruments with notional amounts	1,049,000,000		1,049,000,000		1,056,000,000
Foreign Currency Cash Flow Hedge Gain (Loss) to be Reclassified During Next 12 Months	$ 12,000,000		$ 12,000,000