Net Sales - Schedule of Disaggregated Revenue (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2019	Jun. 30, 2018	Jun. 30, 2019	Jun. 30, 2018
Revenue, Initial Application Period Cumulative Effect Transition [Line Items]
Net Sales	$ 3,632	$ 3,841	$ 7,230	$ 7,671
Tire unit sales
Revenue, Initial Application Period Cumulative Effect Transition [Line Items]
Net Sales	3,086	3,231	6,175	6,464
Other tire and related sales
Revenue, Initial Application Period Cumulative Effect Transition [Line Items]
Net Sales	269	289	510	559
Retail services and service related sales
Revenue, Initial Application Period Cumulative Effect Transition [Line Items]
Net Sales	158	172	309	346
Chemical sales
Revenue, Initial Application Period Cumulative Effect Transition [Line Items]
Net Sales	114	143	223	291
Other
Revenue, Initial Application Period Cumulative Effect Transition [Line Items]
Net Sales	5	6	13	11
Americas
Revenue, Initial Application Period Cumulative Effect Transition [Line Items]
Net Sales	1,971	2,018	3,847	3,947
Americas | Tire unit sales
Revenue, Initial Application Period Cumulative Effect Transition [Line Items]
Net Sales	1,556	1,568	3,049	3,074
Americas | Other tire and related sales
Revenue, Initial Application Period Cumulative Effect Transition [Line Items]
Net Sales	159	159	296	294
Americas | Retail services and service related sales
Revenue, Initial Application Period Cumulative Effect Transition [Line Items]
Net Sales	138	144	270	281
Americas | Chemical sales
Revenue, Initial Application Period Cumulative Effect Transition [Line Items]
Net Sales	114	143	223	291
Americas | Other
Revenue, Initial Application Period Cumulative Effect Transition [Line Items]
Net Sales	4	4	9	7
Europe, Middle East and Africa
Revenue, Initial Application Period Cumulative Effect Transition [Line Items]
Net Sales	1,141	1,260	2,362	2,590
Europe, Middle East and Africa | Tire unit sales
Revenue, Initial Application Period Cumulative Effect Transition [Line Items]
Net Sales	1,058	1,152	2,201	2,361
Europe, Middle East and Africa | Other tire and related sales
Revenue, Initial Application Period Cumulative Effect Transition [Line Items]
Net Sales	80	98	152	203
Europe, Middle East and Africa | Retail services and service related sales
Revenue, Initial Application Period Cumulative Effect Transition [Line Items]
Net Sales	3	9	7	24
Europe, Middle East and Africa | Chemical sales
Revenue, Initial Application Period Cumulative Effect Transition [Line Items]
Net Sales	0	0	0	0
Europe, Middle East and Africa | Other
Revenue, Initial Application Period Cumulative Effect Transition [Line Items]
Net Sales	0	1	2	2
Asia Pacific
Revenue, Initial Application Period Cumulative Effect Transition [Line Items]
Net Sales	520	563	1,021	1,134
Asia Pacific | Tire unit sales
Revenue, Initial Application Period Cumulative Effect Transition [Line Items]
Net Sales	472	511	925	1,029
Asia Pacific | Other tire and related sales
Revenue, Initial Application Period Cumulative Effect Transition [Line Items]
Net Sales	30	32	62	62
Asia Pacific | Retail services and service related sales
Revenue, Initial Application Period Cumulative Effect Transition [Line Items]
Net Sales	17	19	32	41
Asia Pacific | Chemical sales
Revenue, Initial Application Period Cumulative Effect Transition [Line Items]
Net Sales	0	0	0	0
Asia Pacific | Other
Revenue, Initial Application Period Cumulative Effect Transition [Line Items]
Net Sales	$ 1	$ 1	$ 2	$ 2