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	Dec. 31, 2012 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2011 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2012 Australia Accounts Receivable Securitization Facility [Member]	Dec. 31, 2012 Revolving Credit Facility Due 2016 Member USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2012 Revolving Credit Facility Due 2016 Member EUR (€)	Dec. 31, 2012 First Lien Revolving Credit Facility Due 2017 [Member] USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2011 First Lien Revolving Credit Facility Due 2017 [Member] USD ($)	Apr. 19, 2012 First Lien Revolving Credit Facility Due 2013 [Member] USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2012 Second Lien Term Loan Facility Due 2019 [Member] USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2012 Second Lien Term Loan Facility Due 2014 [Member] USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2012 Pan-European accounts receivable facility due 2015 [Member] EUR (€)	Dec. 31, 2012 Chinese credit facilities [Member] USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2012 Chinese credit facilities [Member] CNY	Dec. 31, 2011 Chinese credit facilities [Member] USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2012 Global And North American Tire Headquarters Member USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2012 Minimum [Member] First Lien Revolving Credit Facility Due 2017 [Member] USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2012 Maximum [Member] First Lien Revolving Credit Facility Due 2017 [Member] USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2012 Letter of Credit [Member] First Lien Revolving Credit Facility Due 2017 [Member] USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2011 Letter of Credit [Member] First Lien Revolving Credit Facility Due 2017 [Member] USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2012 Second Lien Term Loan Facility Due 2019 [Member] USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2011 Second Lien Term Loan Facility Due 2019 [Member] USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2012 Revolving Credit Facility Due 2016 Member USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2011 Revolving Credit Facility Due 2016 Member USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2012 Amended And Restated Senior Secured European Revolving Credit Facility [Member]	Dec. 31, 2012 Australia Accounts Receivable Securitization Facility [Member] USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2011 Australia Accounts Receivable Securitization Facility [Member] USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2012 Pan-European accounts receivable facility due 2015 [Member] USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2012 Pan-European accounts receivable facility due 2015 [Member] EUR (€)	Dec. 31, 2011 Pan-European accounts receivable facility due 2015 [Member] USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2011 Pan-European accounts receivable facility due 2015 [Member] EUR (€)	Dec. 31, 2012 Amended And Restated Senior Secured European Revolving Credit Facility [Member] EUR (€)	Dec. 31, 2012 German Tranche [Member] EUR (€)	Dec. 31, 2012 All borrower tranche Member USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2012 All borrower tranche Member EUR (€)	Dec. 31, 2011 All borrower tranche Member USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2011 All borrower tranche Member EUR (€)	Apr. 13, 2011 Global And North American Tire Headquarters Member USD ($)
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Line of Credit Facility, Maximum Borrowing Capacity					€ 400,000,000	$ 2,000,000,000		$ 1,500,000,000	$ 1,200,000,000																						€ 400,000,000	€ 100,000,000		€ 300,000,000
Line of Credit Facility, Interest Rate Description	Loans under this facility initially bear interest at LIBOR plus 150 basis points																			The term loan bears interest at LIBOR plus 375 basis points, subject to a minimum LIBOR rate of 100 basis points.				Amounts drawn under the facility will bear interest at LIBOR plus 250 basis points for loans denominated in U.S. dollars or pounds sterling and EURIBOR plus 250 basis points for loans denominated in euros, and undrawn amounts under the facility will be subject to an annual commitment fee of 50 basis points.
Debt Instrument, Restrictive Covenants																						The facility, which matures on April 20, 2016, contains covenants similar to those in our first lien revolving credit facility, with additional limitations applicable to GDTE and its subsidiaries. In addition, under the facility, GDTE’s ratio of Consolidated Net J.V. Indebtedness to Consolidated European J.V. EBITDA for a period of four consecutive fiscal quarters is not permitted to be greater than 3.0 to 1.0 at the end of any fiscal quarter. Consolidated Net J.V. Indebtedness is determined net of the sum of (1) cash and cash equivalents in excess of $100 million held by GDTE and its subsidiaries, (2) cash and cash equivalents in excess of $150 million held by the Company and its U.S. subsidiaries and (3) availability under our first lien revolving credit facility if available borrowings under our first lien revolving credit facility plus Available Cash (as defined thereunder) is equal to or greater than $150 million and the conditions to borrowing thereunder are met. Consolidated Net J.V. Indebtedness also excludes loans from other consolidated Goodyear entities. “Consolidated Net J.V. Indebtedness” and “Consolidated European J.V. EBITDA” have the meanings given them in the facility.					It is an event of default under the facility if the ratio of GDTE's consolidated net indebtedness to its consolidated EBITDA is greater than 3.0 to 1.0. This financial covenant is substantially similar to the covenant included in the European revolving credit facility.	It is an event of default under the facility if the ratio of GDTE's consolidated net indebtedness to its consolidated EBITDA is greater than 3.0 to 1.0. This financial covenant is substantially similar to the covenant included in the European revolving credit facility.
Line Of Credit Facility Additional Borrowing Capacity										300,000,000
Line of Credit Facility, Expiration Date						Apr. 30, 2017			Apr. 30, 2019
Minimum Required Ratio Of Consolidated Net Secured Debt To Ebitda									3.0
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
Debt Instrument, Collateral			The receivables sold under this program also serve as collateral for the related facility.			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.		Utilization under this facility is based on current available receivable balances.
Maximum Amount Of Equity Interest In Foreign Subsidiaries That Guarantee Debt Obligation						65.00%
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						361,000,000
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
Available Cash Plus Availability Under Facility																1,000,000,000	1,000,000,000
Line of Credit Facility, Amount Outstanding				0		0	0					471,000,000		389,000,000											40,000,000	75,000,000	192,000,000	145,000,000	393,000,000	303,000,000
Letters of Credit Outstanding, Amount																		400,000,000	407,000,000														10,000,000	7,000,000	8,000,000	6,000,000
Accounts Receivable Securitization Facility											450,000,000
Long-term Debt	4,926,000,000	4,914,000,000													135,000,000					1,194,000,000	1,200,000,000	0	0				192,000,000		393,000,000
Off-balance Sheet Accounts Receivable Securitization	243,000,000	190,000,000
Line of Credit Facility, Remaining Borrowing Capacity												57,000,000	360,000,000												99,000,000		348,000,000	264,000,000
Restricted cash related to funds obtained under credit facilities												0		9,000,000
EstimatedTotalCostOfHeadquartersProject																																					200,000,000
Estimated Cost Of Project Funded By Government Financing And Incentives																																					60,000,000
Head quarters Estimated Financing Liability																																					$ 140,000,000