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Other (Income) Expense (Details)
In Millions, unless otherwise specified
1 Months Ended 3 Months Ended 15 Months Ended 3 Months Ended
Feb. 12, 2013
VEF
Mar. 31, 2015
USD ($)
Dec. 31, 2014
USD ($)
Mar. 31, 2014
USD ($)
Mar. 31, 2015
USD ($)
Mar. 31, 2015
VEF
Dec. 31, 2014
VEF
Jan. 24, 2014
USD ($)
Jan. 24, 2014
VEF
Mar. 31, 2015
Greek Labor Claims
USD ($)
Mar. 31, 2014
Greek Labor Claims
USD ($)
Other (Income) and Expense                      
Royalty income   $ (165)us-gaap_RoyaltyIncomeNonoperating   $ (9)us-gaap_RoyaltyIncomeNonoperating              
Net foreign currency exchange losses   16us-gaap_ForeignCurrencyTransactionGainLossBeforeTax   153us-gaap_ForeignCurrencyTransactionGainLossBeforeTax              
Financing fees and financial instruments   16gt_ChargesRelatedToFinancingFeesAndFinancialInstruments   17gt_ChargesRelatedToFinancingFeesAndFinancialInstruments              
Interest Income   (5)us-gaap_InterestIncomeOther   (6)us-gaap_InterestIncomeOther              
General and product liability - discontinued products   5gt_GeneralAndProductLiabilityDiscontinuedProducts   6gt_GeneralAndProductLiabilityDiscontinuedProducts              
Net (gains) losses on asset sales   1us-gaap_GainLossOnDispositionOfAssets   2us-gaap_GainLossOnDispositionOfAssets              
Miscellaneous   4gt_MiscellaneousOtherIncomeExpense   5gt_MiscellaneousOtherIncomeExpense              
Other (Income) Expense   (128)us-gaap_OtherNonoperatingIncomeExpense   168us-gaap_OtherNonoperatingIncomeExpense              
Other (Income) Expense (Textuals)                      
Royalty income   165us-gaap_RoyaltyIncomeNonoperating   9us-gaap_RoyaltyIncomeNonoperating              
Recognition of Deferred Revenue   155us-gaap_RecognitionOfDeferredRevenue   0us-gaap_RecognitionOfDeferredRevenue              
Net foreign currency exchange losses   16us-gaap_ForeignCurrencyTransactionGainLossBeforeTax   153us-gaap_ForeignCurrencyTransactionGainLossBeforeTax              
Remeasurement Loss On Net Monetary Assets Devaluation   0gt_RemeasuementLossOnNetMonetaryAssetsandLiabilitiesDevaluation   157gt_RemeasuementLossOnNetMonetaryAssetsandLiabilitiesDevaluation              
Venezuelan Official Exchange Rate 4.3gt_Venezuelanofficialexchangerate         6.3gt_Venezuelanofficialexchangerate          
Venezuelan Government Settlement of U.S. dollar-denominated payables     85gt_VenezuelanGovernmentSettlementofU.S.dollardenominatedpayables                
Venezuelan government settlement payments received         7gt_Venezuelangovernmentsettlementpaymentsreceived            
Derecognition of Venezuela Subsidy Receivable     45gt_DerecognitionofVenezuelaSubsidyReceivable 11gt_DerecognitionofVenezuelaSubsidyReceivable              
Venezuela SICAD I Rate           12.0gt_VenezuelaSICADIRate 12.0gt_VenezuelaSICADIRate   11.4gt_VenezuelaSICADIRate    
Loss Contingency, Loss in Period                   4us-gaap_LossContingencyLossInPeriod
/ us-gaap_LitigationCaseAxis
= gt_GreekLaborClaimsMember
7us-gaap_LossContingencyLossInPeriod
/ us-gaap_LitigationCaseAxis
= gt_GreekLaborClaimsMember
Venezuela subsidy receivable               $ 50gt_VenezuelaSubsidyReceivable