Earnings Per Share (Details) - USD ($) $ / shares in Units, $ in Millions	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013	Apr. 01, 2014
Antidilutive Securities Excluded from Computation of Earnings Per Share [Line Items]
Goodyear net income	$ 307	$ 2,452	$ 629
Less: Preferred stock dividends	0	7	29
Goodyear net income available to common shareholders	$ 307	$ 2,445	$ 600
Weighted average shares outstanding	269,000,000	268,000,000	246,000,000
Earnings per common share-basic (in dollars per share)	$ 1.14	$ 9.13	$ 2.44
Less: Preferred stock dividends	$ 0	$ 0	$ 0
Goodyear net income available to common shareholders	$ 307	$ 2,452	$ 629
Dilutive effect of mandatory convertible preferred stock (in shares)	0	7,000,000	28,000,000
Dilutive effect of stock options and other dilutive securities (in shares)	4,000,000	4,000,000	3,000,000
Weighted average shares outstanding — diluted	273,000,000	279,000,000	277,000,000
Earnings per common share-diluted (in dollars per share)	$ 1.12	$ 8.78	$ 2.28
Preferred Stock
Antidilutive Securities Excluded from Computation of Earnings Per Share [Line Items]
Shares converted from preferred stock, net of fractional shares (in shares)				27,573,735
Rate of conversion from preferred to common stock (in shares)				2.7574
Underwater Stock Options
Antidilutive Securities Excluded from Computation of Earnings Per Share [Line Items]
Equivalent shares excluded from weighted average shares outstanding (in shares)		2,000,000	3,000,000