Consoldiated Statements of Shareholders' Equity (USD $) In Millions, except Share data, unless otherwise specified	Total	Preferred Stock	Common Stock	Capital Surplus	Retained Earnings	Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss	Goodyear Shareholders' Equity	Minority Shareholders' Equity - Non-Redeemable	Total Shareholders' Equity
Beginning Balance at Dec. 31, 2010		$ 0	$ 243	$ 2,805	$ 866	$ (3,270)	$ 644	$ 277	$ 921
Preferred Stock, Shares, Beginning Balance at Dec. 31, 2010		0
Common Stock, Shares, Beginning Balance at Dec. 31, 2010			242,938,949
Increase (Decrease) in Stockholders' Equity [Roll Forward]
Net Income	417				343		343	39	382
Foreign currency translation (net of tax)	(186)					(140)	(140)	(27)	(167)
Reclassification adjustment for amounts recognized in income (net of tax)	0
Amortization of prior service cost and unrecognized gains and losses included in total benefit cost (net of tax)	162					157	157		157
Decrease (increase) in net actuarial losses (net of tax benefit)	(769)					(770)	(770)		(770)
Immediate recognition of prior service cost and unrecognized gains and losses due to curtailments, settlements and divestitures (net of tax)	18					18	18		18
Prior service credit (cost) from plan amendments (net of tax)	0
Deferred derivative gains (losses) (net of tax)	4					3	3		3
Reclassification adjustment for amounts recognized in income (net of tax)	8					6	6		6
Unrealized investment gains (net of tax)	5					5	5		5
Other comprehensive income (loss)	(758)						(721)	(27)	(748)
Total comprehensive income (loss)	(341)						(378)	12	(366)
Dividends declared to minority shareholders								(20)	(20)
Stock-based compensation plans				13			13		13
Preferred stock issued (Note 19) (shares)		10,000,000
Preferred stock issued (Note 19)		500		(16)			484		484
Preferred stock dividends declared (Note 19)					(22)		(22)		(22)
Common stock issued from treasury (Note 17) (shares)			1,596,892
Common stock issued from treasury (Note 17)			2	6			8		8
Other								(1)	(1)
Ending Balance at Dec. 31, 2011		500	245	2,808	1,187	(3,991)	749	268	1,017
Common Stock, Shares, Ending Balance at Dec. 31, 2011			244,535,841
Preferred Stock, Shares, Ending Balance at Dec. 31, 2011		10,000,000
Increase (Decrease) in Stockholders' Equity [Roll Forward]
Net Income	237				212		212	35	247
Foreign currency translation (net of tax)	83					51	51	14	65
Reclassification adjustment for amounts recognized in income (net of tax)	0
Amortization of prior service cost and unrecognized gains and losses included in total benefit cost (net of tax)	209					203	203		203
Decrease (increase) in net actuarial losses (net of tax benefit)	(979)					(898)	(898)		(898)
Immediate recognition of prior service cost and unrecognized gains and losses due to curtailments, settlements and divestitures (net of tax)	11					9	9		9
Prior service credit (cost) from plan amendments (net of tax)	73					72	72		72
Deferred derivative gains (losses) (net of tax)	(5)					(4)	(4)		(4)
Reclassification adjustment for amounts recognized in income (net of tax)	(11)					(7)	(7)		(7)
Unrealized investment gains (net of tax)	0
Other comprehensive income (loss)	(619)						(574)	14	(560)
Total comprehensive income (loss)	(382)						(362)	49	(313)
Purchase of subsidiary shares from minority interest				(13)		5	(8)	(47)	(55)
Dividends declared to minority shareholders								(15)	(15)
Stock-based compensation plans				17			17		17
Preferred stock dividends declared (Note 19)					(29)		(29)		(29)
Common stock issued from treasury (Note 17) (shares)			704,921
Common stock issued from treasury (Note 17)			0	3			3		3
Ending Balance at Dec. 31, 2012	625	500	245	2,815	1,370	(4,560)	370	255	625
Common Stock, Shares, Ending Balance at Dec. 31, 2012	245,000,000		245,240,762
Preferred Stock, Shares, Ending Balance at Dec. 31, 2012	10,000,000	10,000,000
Increase (Decrease) in Stockholders' Equity [Roll Forward]
Net Income	675				629		629	45	674
Foreign currency translation (net of tax)	(151)					(153)	(153)	(21)	(174)
Reclassification adjustment for amounts recognized in income (net of tax)	1					1	1		1
Amortization of prior service cost and unrecognized gains and losses included in total benefit cost (net of tax)	232					224	224		224
Decrease (increase) in net actuarial losses (net of tax benefit)	519					498	498		498
Immediate recognition of prior service cost and unrecognized gains and losses due to curtailments, settlements and divestitures (net of tax)	2					2	2		2
Prior service credit (cost) from plan amendments (net of tax)	31					30	30		30
Deferred derivative gains (losses) (net of tax)	1					1	1		1
Reclassification adjustment for amounts recognized in income (net of tax)	2					2	2		2
Unrealized investment gains (net of tax)	8					8	8		8
Other comprehensive income (loss)	645						613	(21)	592
Total comprehensive income (loss)	1,320						1,242	24	1,266
Purchase of subsidiary shares from minority interest				(2)			(2)	(2)	(4)
Dividends declared to minority shareholders								(11)	(11)
Stock-based compensation plans				15			15		15
Dividends declared (Note 19)					(41)		(41)		(41)
Common stock issued from treasury (Note 17) (shares)			2,512,267
Common stock issued from treasury (Note 17)			3	19			22		22
Other							0	(4)	(4)
Ending Balance at Dec. 31, 2013	$ 1,868	$ 500	$ 248	$ 2,847	$ 1,958	$ (3,947)	$ 1,606	$ 262	$ 1,868
Common Stock, Shares, Ending Balance at Dec. 31, 2013	248,000,000		247,753,029
Preferred Stock, Shares, Ending Balance at Dec. 31, 2013	10,000,000	10,000,000