Financing Arrangements and Derivative Financial Instruments (Details Textual 2)									9 Months Ended			3 Months Ended					9 Months Ended		3 Months Ended	9 Months Ended										9 Months Ended			9 Months Ended				9 Months Ended	3 Months Ended	9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2012 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2011 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2012 8.25% Senior Notes due 2020	Dec. 31, 2011 8.25% Senior Notes due 2020	Sep. 30, 2012 8.75% Notes due 2020	Dec. 31, 2011 8.75% Notes due 2020	Sep. 30, 2012 7% Notes due 2028	Dec. 31, 2011 7% Notes due 2028	Sep. 30, 2012 Australia Accounts Receivable Securitization Facility USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2011 Australia Accounts Receivable Securitization Facility USD ($)	Apr. 19, 2012 $1.5 billion first lien revolving credit facility due 2013 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2012 Pan-European accounts receivable facility due 2015 EUR (€)	Sep. 30, 2012 Chinese credit facilities USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2012 Chinese credit facilities CNY	Dec. 31, 2011 Chinese credit facilities USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2011 Euro 400 million revolving credit facility due 2016 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2012 First Lien Revolving Credit Facility Due 2017 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2011 First Lien Revolving Credit Facility Due 2017 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2012 Second Lien Term Loan Facility Due 2019 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2012 Second Lien Term Loan Facility Due 2019 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2012 Letter of Credit First Lien Revolving Credit Facility Due 2017 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2011 Letter of Credit First Lien Revolving Credit Facility Due 2017 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2012 German tranche USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2012 German tranche EUR (€)	Sep. 30, 2012 All borrower tranche USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2012 All borrower tranche EUR (€)	Dec. 31, 2011 All borrower tranche USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2011 All borrower tranche EUR (€)	Sep. 30, 2012 Amended And Restated Senior Secured European Revolving Credit Facility EUR (€)	Sep. 30, 2012 7.0% Notes Due In 2022 USD ($)	Feb. 28, 2012 7.0% Notes Due In 2022 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2011 7.0% Notes Due In 2022 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2012 10.5% Notes due 2016 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2011 10.5% Notes due 2016 USD ($)	Mar. 29, 2012 10.5% Notes due 2016 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2011 10.5% Notes due 2016 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2012 Global And North American Tire Headquarters	Sep. 30, 2012 Maximum First Lien Revolving Credit Facility Due 2017 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2012 May 15, 2017 7.0% Notes Due In 2022	Sep. 30, 2012 May 15, 2018 7.0% Notes Due In 2022	Sep. 30, 2012 May 15, 2019 7.0% Notes Due In 2022	Sep. 30, 2012 May 15, 2020 7.0% Notes Due In 2022
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Agreement Period For Occupying Facility																																					27 years
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%
Interest on Notes			8.25%	8.25%	8.75%	8.75%	7.00%	7.00%																						7.00%	7.00%		10.50%		10.50%
Issuance of aggregate principal amount of senior notes																														$ 700,000,000	$ 700,000,000				$ 650,000,000
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																																	59,000,000	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
Carrying amount of early debt repayment																																	650,000,000	350,000,000
Aggregate redemption price of notes																																	709,000,000
Unamortized discounts and deferred financing fees																																	27,000,000
Sublimit on letter of credit																	800,000,000									50,000,000
Line of Credit, additional borrowing capacity which may be requested from Lenders																	250,000,000			300,000,000
Maximum Amount Of Equity Interest In Foreign Subsidiaries That Guarantee Debt Obligation																	65.00%
Revolving Credit Facility, Maximum Borrowing Capacity											1,500,000,000	450,000,000					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																	273,000,000
Letters of credit issued under the revolving credit facility																					400,000,000	407,000,000			11,000,000	8,000,000	8,000,000	6,000,000
Maturity date																	Apr. 30, 2017		Apr. 30, 2019
Available Cash Plus Availability Under Facility																																						1,000,000,000
Minimum Required Ratio Of Consolidated Net Secured Debt To Ebitda																				3.0
Amount outstanding under revolving credit facility													468,000,000		389,000,000	0	0	0					129,000,000	100,000,000	219,000,000	170,000,000
Restricted cash related to funds obtained under credit facilities													24,000,000		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	219,000,000	190,000,000
Non Revolving Credit Facilities Had Unused Availability													57,000,000	360,000,000
Long-term Debt	5,783,000,000	4,914,000,000							74,000,000	75,000,000																				700,000,000		0	0			631,000,000
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