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Commitments and Contingent Liabilities (Details) (Asbestos Related Product Liability, USD $)
In Millions, unless otherwise specified
3 Months Ended 12 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2015
claims
Dec. 31, 2014
claims
Asbestos Related Product Liability
   
Number of claims filed    
Pending claims, beginning of period 73,800us-gaap_LossContingencyPendingClaimsNumber
/ us-gaap_LossContingenciesByNatureOfContingencyAxis
= gt_AsbestosRelatedProductLiabilityMember
74,000us-gaap_LossContingencyPendingClaimsNumber
/ us-gaap_LossContingenciesByNatureOfContingencyAxis
= gt_AsbestosRelatedProductLiabilityMember
New claims filed 400us-gaap_LossContingencyNewClaimsFiledNumber
/ us-gaap_LossContingenciesByNatureOfContingencyAxis
= gt_AsbestosRelatedProductLiabilityMember
1,900us-gaap_LossContingencyNewClaimsFiledNumber
/ us-gaap_LossContingenciesByNatureOfContingencyAxis
= gt_AsbestosRelatedProductLiabilityMember
Claims settled/dismissed (1,000)us-gaap_LossContingencyClaimsSettledAndDismissedNumber
/ us-gaap_LossContingenciesByNatureOfContingencyAxis
= gt_AsbestosRelatedProductLiabilityMember
(2,100)us-gaap_LossContingencyClaimsSettledAndDismissedNumber
/ us-gaap_LossContingenciesByNatureOfContingencyAxis
= gt_AsbestosRelatedProductLiabilityMember
Pending claims, end of period 73,200us-gaap_LossContingencyPendingClaimsNumber
/ us-gaap_LossContingenciesByNatureOfContingencyAxis
= gt_AsbestosRelatedProductLiabilityMember
73,800us-gaap_LossContingencyPendingClaimsNumber
/ us-gaap_LossContingenciesByNatureOfContingencyAxis
= gt_AsbestosRelatedProductLiabilityMember
Payments $ 4us-gaap_LossContingencyAccrualCarryingValuePayments
/ us-gaap_LossContingenciesByNatureOfContingencyAxis
= gt_AsbestosRelatedProductLiabilityMember
$ 20us-gaap_LossContingencyAccrualCarryingValuePayments
/ us-gaap_LossContingenciesByNatureOfContingencyAxis
= gt_AsbestosRelatedProductLiabilityMember