Net Sales - Schedule of Disaggregated Revenue (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2018	Jun. 30, 2017	Jun. 30, 2018	Jun. 30, 2017
Revenue, Initial Application Period Cumulative Effect Transition [Line Items]
Net Sales	$ 3,841	$ 3,686	$ 7,671	$ 7,385
Tire unit sales
Revenue, Initial Application Period Cumulative Effect Transition [Line Items]
Net Sales	3,231		6,464
Other tire and related sales
Revenue, Initial Application Period Cumulative Effect Transition [Line Items]
Net Sales	289		559
Retail services and service related sales
Revenue, Initial Application Period Cumulative Effect Transition [Line Items]
Net Sales	172		346
Chemical
Revenue, Initial Application Period Cumulative Effect Transition [Line Items]
Net Sales	143		291
Other
Revenue, Initial Application Period Cumulative Effect Transition [Line Items]
Net Sales	6		11
Americas
Revenue, Initial Application Period Cumulative Effect Transition [Line Items]
Net Sales	2,018	2,029	3,947	3,987
Americas | Tire unit sales
Revenue, Initial Application Period Cumulative Effect Transition [Line Items]
Net Sales	1,568		3,074
Americas | Other tire and related sales
Revenue, Initial Application Period Cumulative Effect Transition [Line Items]
Net Sales	159		294
Americas | Retail services and service related sales
Revenue, Initial Application Period Cumulative Effect Transition [Line Items]
Net Sales	144		281
Americas | Chemical
Revenue, Initial Application Period Cumulative Effect Transition [Line Items]
Net Sales	143		291
Americas | Other
Revenue, Initial Application Period Cumulative Effect Transition [Line Items]
Net Sales	4		7
Europe, Middle East and Africa
Revenue, Initial Application Period Cumulative Effect Transition [Line Items]
Net Sales	1,260	1,114	2,590	2,353
Europe, Middle East and Africa | Tire unit sales
Revenue, Initial Application Period Cumulative Effect Transition [Line Items]
Net Sales	1,152		2,361
Europe, Middle East and Africa | Other tire and related sales
Revenue, Initial Application Period Cumulative Effect Transition [Line Items]
Net Sales	98		203
Europe, Middle East and Africa | Retail services and service related sales
Revenue, Initial Application Period Cumulative Effect Transition [Line Items]
Net Sales	9		24
Europe, Middle East and Africa | Chemical
Revenue, Initial Application Period Cumulative Effect Transition [Line Items]
Net Sales	0		0
Europe, Middle East and Africa | Other
Revenue, Initial Application Period Cumulative Effect Transition [Line Items]
Net Sales	1		2
Asia Pacific
Revenue, Initial Application Period Cumulative Effect Transition [Line Items]
Net Sales	563	$ 543	1,134	$ 1,045
Asia Pacific | Tire unit sales
Revenue, Initial Application Period Cumulative Effect Transition [Line Items]
Net Sales	511		1,029
Asia Pacific | Other tire and related sales
Revenue, Initial Application Period Cumulative Effect Transition [Line Items]
Net Sales	32		62
Asia Pacific | Retail services and service related sales
Revenue, Initial Application Period Cumulative Effect Transition [Line Items]
Net Sales	19		41
Asia Pacific | Chemical
Revenue, Initial Application Period Cumulative Effect Transition [Line Items]
Net Sales	0		0
Asia Pacific | Other
Revenue, Initial Application Period Cumulative Effect Transition [Line Items]
Net Sales	$ 1		$ 2