Financing Arrangements and Derivative Financial Instruments (Details Textual 2)									6 Months Ended			6 Months Ended					3 Months Ended	6 Months Ended		3 Months Ended	6 Months Ended										6 Months Ended			3 Months Ended	6 Months Ended				6 Months Ended	3 Months Ended	6 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2012 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2011 USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2012 8.25% Senior Notes due 2020 [Member]	Dec. 31, 2011 8.25% Senior Notes due 2020 [Member]	Jun. 30, 2012 8.75% Notes due 2020 [Member]	Dec. 31, 2011 8.75% Notes due 2020 [Member]	Jun. 30, 2012 7% Notes due 2028 [Member]	Dec. 31, 2011 7% Notes due 2028 [Member]	Jun. 30, 2012 Australia Accounts Receivable Securitization Facility [Member] USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2011 Australia Accounts Receivable Securitization Facility [Member] USD ($)	Apr. 19, 2012 $1.5 billion first lien revolving credit facility due 2013 [Member] USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2012 Pan-European accounts receivable facility due 2015 [Member] EUR (€)	Jun. 30, 2012 Chinese credit facilities [Member] USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2012 Chinese credit facilities [Member] CNY	Dec. 31, 2011 Chinese credit facilities [Member] USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2011 Euro 400 million revolving credit facility due 2016 [Member] EUR (€)	Jun. 30, 2012 First Lien Revolving Credit Facility Due Two Thousand Seventeen [Member] USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2012 First Lien Revolving Credit Facility Due Two Thousand Seventeen [Member] USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2011 First Lien Revolving Credit Facility Due Two Thousand Seventeen [Member] USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2012 Second Lien Term Loan Facility Due Two Thousand Nineteen [Member] USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2012 Second Lien Term Loan Facility Due Two Thousand Nineteen [Member] USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2012 Letter of Credit [Member] First Lien Revolving Credit Facility Due Two Thousand Seventeen [Member] USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2011 Letter of Credit [Member] First Lien Revolving Credit Facility Due Two Thousand Seventeen [Member] USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2012 German tranche [Member] USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2012 German tranche [Member] EUR (€)	Jun. 30, 2012 All borrower tranche [Member] USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2012 All borrower tranche [Member] EUR (€)	Dec. 31, 2011 All borrower tranche [Member] USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2011 All borrower tranche [Member] EUR (€)	Jun. 30, 2012 Amended And Restated Senior Secured European Revolving Credit Facility [Member] EUR (€)	Jun. 30, 2012 Seven Point Zero Percent Notes Due In Two Thousand Twenty Two[Member] [Member] USD ($)	Feb. 28, 2012 Seven Point Zero Percent Notes Due In Two Thousand Twenty Two[Member] [Member] USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2011 Seven Point Zero Percent Notes Due In Two Thousand Twenty Two[Member] [Member] USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2011 Ten Point Five Percent Notes Due In Two Thousand Sixteen [Member] USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2012 Ten Point Five Percent Notes Due In Two Thousand Sixteen [Member] USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2011 Ten Point Five Percent Notes Due In Two Thousand Sixteen [Member] USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2011 UNITED STATES USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2011 International [Member] USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2012 Global And North American Tire Headquarters Member	Jun. 30, 2012 Maximum [Member] First Lien Revolving Credit Facility Due Two Thousand Seventeen [Member] USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2012 May 15, 2017 [Member] Seven Point Zero Percent Notes Due In Two Thousand Twenty Two[Member] [Member]	Jun. 30, 2012 May 15, 2018 [Member] Seven Point Zero Percent Notes Due In Two Thousand Twenty Two[Member] [Member]	Jun. 30, 2012 May 15, 2019 [Member] Seven Point Zero Percent Notes Due In Two Thousand Twenty Two[Member] [Member]	Jun. 30, 2012 May 15, 2020 [Member] Seven Point Zero Percent Notes Due In Two Thousand Twenty Two[Member] [Member]
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Agreement Period For Occupying Facility																																							27 years
Long-term Debt, Maturities, Repayments of Principal in Next Twelve Months		$ 156,000,000																																			$ 13,000,000	$ 143,000,000
Redemption Price In Percentage With Proceeds Of Certain Equity Offerings																															107.00%
Percent of Notes That May Be Redeemed With Certain Equity Offerings																															35.00%
Financing Agreements In China													2	2
Interest on Notes			8.25%	8.25%	8.75%	8.75%	7.00%	7.00%																							7.00%	7.00%			10.50%
Debt Instrument, Issuance Date																															February 28, 2012
Issuance of aggregate principal amount of senior notes																															700,000,000	700,000,000
Additional notes sold at as percentage of principle amount																																100.00%
Maturity Date of notes due																															May 15, 2022
Redemption price in percentage																					101.00%																				103.50%	102.333%	101.167%	100.00%
Redemption Price In Percentage Plus A Make-Whole Premium																															100.00%
Prepayment premium on redemption of notes																																		37,000,000	59,000,000
Debt Instrument Restrictive Covenants																															The terms of the indenture for these notes, among other things, limit our ability and the ability of certain of our subsidiaries to (i) incur additional debt or issue redeemable preferred stock, (ii) pay dividends, or make certain other restricted payments or investments, (iii) incur liens, (iv) sell assets, (v) incur restrictions on the ability of our subsidiaries to pay dividends to us, (vi) enter into affiliate transactions, (vii) engage in sale and leaseback transactions, and (viii) consolidate, merge, sell or otherwise dispose of all or substantially all of our assets. These covenants are subject to significant exceptions and qualifications. For example, if these notes are assigned an investment grade rating by Moody's and Standard & Poor's and no default has occurred or is continuing, certain covenants will be suspended.
First lien revolving credit facility																	2,000,000,000	2,000,000,000	2,000,000,000
Carrying amount of early debt repayment																																		350,000,000	650,000,000
Aggregate redemption price of notes																																			709,000,000
Unamortized discounts and deferred financing fees																																		16,000,000	27,000,000
Sublimit on letter of credit																	800,000,000	800,000,000									50,000,000
Line of Credit, additional borrowing capacity which may be requested from Lenders																		250,000,000
Maximum Amount Of Equity Interest In Foreign Subsidiaries That Guarantee Debt Obligation																	65.00%	65.00%
Revolving credit facility											1,500,000,000						2,000,000,000	2,000,000,000		1,200,000,000	1,200,000,000				100,000,000		300,000,000			400,000,000
Line of Credit Facility, Borrowing Capacity, Description																		Availability under the facility is subject to a borrowing base, which is based on eligible accounts receivable and inventory of The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company and certain of its U.S. and Canadian subsidiaries, after adjusting for customary factors that are subject to modification from time to time by the administrative agent or the majority lenders at their discretion (not to be exercised unreasonably). Modifications are based on the results of periodic collateral and borrowing base evaluations and appraisals. To the extent that our eligible accounts receivable and inventory decline, our borrowing base will decrease and the availability under the facility may decrease below $2.0 billion. In addition, if the amount of outstanding borrowings and letters of credit under the facility exceeds the borrowing base, we are required to prepay borrowings and/or cash collateralize letters of credit sufficient to eliminate the excess.
Line of Credit Facility, Borrowing Base Amount Below Stated Amount																	135,000,000	135,000,000
Letters of credit issued under the revolving credit facility																						408,000,000	407,000,000			8,000,000	6,000,000	8,000,000	6,000,000
Maturity date																	April 30, 2017			April 30, 2019
Available Cash Plus Availability Under Facility																																								1,000,000,000
Minimum Required Ratio Of Consolidated Net Secured Debt To Ebitda																					3.0
Line Of Credit Facility Additional Borrowing Capacity																				300,000,000	300,000,000
Amount outstanding under revolving credit facility																0	0	0	0					127,000,000	100,000,000	165,000,000	130,000,000
Accounts Receivable Securitization Facility												450,000,000
Non revolving credit facilities had unused availability													106,000,000	667,000,000
Unused availability in first facility														642,000,000
Unused availability in second facility														25,000,000
Borrowings outstanding for first facility													265,000,000		199,000,000
Borrowings outstanding for second facility													204,000,000		190,000,000
Restricted cash related to funds obtained under credit facilities													27,000,000		9,000,000
Debt Instrument, Collateral									The receivables sold under this program also serve as collateral for the related facility.			Utilization under this facility is based on current available receivable balances.						Our obligations under the facility are guaranteed by most of our wholly-owned U.S. and Canadian subsidiaries. Our obligations under the facility and our subsidiaries' obligations under the related guarantees are secured by first priority security interests in collateral that includes, subject to certain exceptions:			Our obligations under this facility are guaranteed by most of our wholly-owned U.S. and Canadian subsidiaries and are secured by second priority security interests in the same collateral securing the $2.0 billion first lien revolving credit facility.
Off-balance Sheet Accounts Receivable Securitization	239,000,000	190,000,000
Long-term Debt	5,469,000,000	4,914,000,000							79,000,000	75,000,000																					700,000,000		0		0	631,000,000
Long-term Debt, Maturities, Repayments of Principal in Year Two		94,000,000																																			4,000,000	90,000,000
Long-term Debt, Maturities, Repayments of Principal in Year Three		42,000,000																																			0	42,000,000
Long-term Debt, Maturities, Repayments of Principal in Year Four		490,000,000																																			0	490,000,000
Long-term Debt, Maturities, Repayments of Principal in Year Five		322,000,000																																			0	322,000,000
Minimum Amount Available Cash And Availability Under Facility Can Be To Have Less Than 2 Point 0 Ebitda Ratio For Any Four Consecutive Quarters																		$ 200,000,000
Ratio Ebitda Can Not Fall Below If Available Cash Is Below 200 Million For Four Consecutive Quarters																		2.0