Consolidated Statements of Shareholders' Equity - USD ($) $ in Millions	Total	Preferred Stock	Common Stock	Capital Surplus	Retained Earnings	Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss	Goodyear Shareholders' Equity	Minority Shareholders' Equity - Non-Redeemable	Total	Minority Shareholders' Equity - Redeemable
Preferred stock beginning balance (in shares) at Dec. 31, 2013		10,000,000
Common stock beginning balance (in shares) at Dec. 31, 2013			247,753,029
Beginning balance at Dec. 31, 2013		$ 500	$ 248	$ 2,847	$ 1,946	$ (3,935)	$ 1,606	$ 262	$ 1,868
Comprehensive income (loss):
Net income	$ 2,521				2,452		2,452	23	2,475	$ 46
Foreign currency translation (net of tax)	(298)					(206)	(206)	(18)	(224)	(74)
Reclassification adjustment for amounts recognized in income (net of tax)	3					3	3		3
Amortization of prior service cost and unrecognized gains and losses included in total benefit cost (net of tax)	79					74	74		74	5
Decrease (increase) in net actuarial losses (net of tax)	(82)					(112)	(112)		(112)	30
Immediate recognition of prior service cost and unrecognized gains and losses due to curtailments, settlements and divestitures (net of tax)	35					31	31		31	4
Deferred derivative gains (losses) (net of tax)	16					13	13		13	3
Reclassification adjustment for amounts recognized in income (net of tax)	1									1
Unrealized investment gains (losses) (net of tax)	2					2	2		2
Reclassification adjustment for amounts recognized in income (net of tax)	0
Deconsolidation of Venezuelan subsidiary (net of tax)	0
Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)	(244)						(195)	(18)	(213)	(31)
Comprehensive Income	2,277						2,257	5	2,262	15
Purchase of subsidiary shares from minority interest				(4)		(1)	(5)	(16)	(21)	0
Dividends declared to minority shareholders								(16)	(16)	(10)
Stock-based compensation plans				20			20		20
Repurchase of common stock (in shares)			(8,955,107)
Repurchase of common stock			$ (9)	(225)			(234)		(234)
Dividends declared					(67)		(67)		(67)
Common stock issued from treasury (in shares)			3,111,843
Common stock issued from treasury			$ 2	31			33		33
Preferred stock conversion (in shares)		(10,000,000)	27,573,735
Preferred stock conversion		$ (500)	$ 28	472					0
Preferred stock ending balance (in shares) at Dec. 31, 2014		0
Common stock ending balance (in shares) at Dec. 31, 2014			269,483,500
Ending balance at Dec. 31, 2014		$ 0	$ 269	3,141	4,331	(4,131)	3,610	235	3,845
Beginning balance at Dec. 31, 2013										577
Comprehensive income (loss):
Net income	2,521				2,452		2,452	23	2,475	46
Foreign currency translation (net of tax)	(298)					(206)	(206)	(18)	(224)	(74)
Amortization of prior service cost and unrecognized gains and losses included in total benefit cost (net of tax)	79					74	74		74	5
Decrease (increase) in net actuarial losses (net of tax)	(82)					(112)	(112)		(112)	30
Immediate recognition of prior service cost and unrecognized gains and losses due to curtailments, settlements and divestitures (net of tax)	35					31	31		31	4
Deferred derivative gains (losses) (net of tax)	16					13	13		13	3
Reclassification adjustment for amounts recognized in income (net of tax)	1									1
Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)	(244)						(195)	(18)	(213)	(31)
Comprehensive Income	2,277						2,257	5	2,262	15
Dividends declared to minority shareholders								(16)	(16)	(10)
Dissolution of global alliance				(4)		(1)	(5)	(16)	(21)	0
Ending balance at Dec. 31, 2014										582
Comprehensive income (loss):
Net income	376				307		307	22	329	47
Foreign currency translation (net of tax)	(315)					(251)	(251)	(26)	(277)	(38)
Reclassification adjustment for amounts recognized in income (net of tax)	16					16	16		16
Amortization of prior service cost and unrecognized gains and losses included in total benefit cost (net of tax)	69					66	66		66	3
Decrease (increase) in net actuarial losses (net of tax)	(68)					(68)	(68)		(68)	0
Immediate recognition of prior service cost and unrecognized gains and losses due to curtailments, settlements and divestitures (net of tax)	259					259	259		259	0
Deferred derivative gains (losses) (net of tax)	17					15	15		15	2
Reclassification adjustment for amounts recognized in income (net of tax)	(25)					(21)	(21)		(21)	(4)
Unrealized investment gains (losses) (net of tax)	(4)					(4)	(4)		(4)
Reclassification adjustment for amounts recognized in income (net of tax)	(32)					(32)	(32)		(32)
Deconsolidation of Venezuelan subsidiary (net of tax)	248					248	248		248
Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)	165						228	(26)	202	(37)
Comprehensive Income	$ 541						535	(4)	531	10
Purchase of subsidiary shares from minority interest				60		(107)	(47)		(47)	(592)
Dividends declared to minority shareholders								(9)	(9)	0
Stock-based compensation plans				19			19		19
Repurchase of common stock (in shares)			(5,647,429)
Repurchase of common stock			$ (5)	(175)			(180)		(180)
Dividends declared					(68)		(68)		(68)
Common stock issued from treasury (in shares)			3,181,911
Common stock issued from treasury			$ 3	48			51		51
Common stock ending balance (in shares) at Dec. 31, 2015	267,000,000		267,017,982
Ending balance at Dec. 31, 2015	$ 4,142		$ 267	3,093	4,570	(4,010)	3,920	222	4,142
Comprehensive income (loss):
Net income	376				307		307	22	329	47
Foreign currency translation (net of tax)	(315)					(251)	(251)	(26)	(277)	(38)
Amortization of prior service cost and unrecognized gains and losses included in total benefit cost (net of tax)	69					66	66		66	3
Decrease (increase) in net actuarial losses (net of tax)	(68)					(68)	(68)		(68)	0
Immediate recognition of prior service cost and unrecognized gains and losses due to curtailments, settlements and divestitures (net of tax)	259					259	259		259	0
Deferred derivative gains (losses) (net of tax)	17					15	15		15	2
Reclassification adjustment for amounts recognized in income (net of tax)	(25)					(21)	(21)		(21)	(4)
Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)	165						228	(26)	202	(37)
Comprehensive Income	541						535	(4)	531	10
Dividends declared to minority shareholders								(9)	(9)	0
Dissolution of global alliance				60		(107)	(47)		(47)	(592)
Ending balance at Dec. 31, 2015										$ 0
Comprehensive income (loss):
Adoption of new accounting standard					56		56		56
Net income	1,284				1,264		1,264	20	1,284
Foreign currency translation (net of tax)	(221)					(209)	(209)	(12)	(221)
Reclassification adjustment for amounts recognized in income (net of tax)	0
Amortization of prior service cost and unrecognized gains and losses included in total benefit cost (net of tax)	63					63	63		63
Decrease (increase) in net actuarial losses (net of tax)	(62)					(62)	(62)		(62)
Immediate recognition of prior service cost and unrecognized gains and losses due to curtailments, settlements and divestitures (net of tax)	17					17	17		17
Deferred derivative gains (losses) (net of tax)	8					8	8		8
Reclassification adjustment for amounts recognized in income (net of tax)	(5)					(5)	(5)		(5)
Unrealized investment gains (losses) (net of tax)	0
Reclassification adjustment for amounts recognized in income (net of tax)	0
Deconsolidation of Venezuelan subsidiary (net of tax)	0
Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)	(200)						(188)	(12)	(200)
Comprehensive Income	$ 1,084						1,076	8	1,084
Dividends declared to minority shareholders								(12)	(12)
Stock-based compensation plans				24			24		24
Repurchase of common stock (in shares)			(16,706,392)
Repurchase of common stock			$ (17)	(483)			(500)		(500)
Dividends declared					(82)		(82)		(82)
Common stock issued from treasury (in shares)			1,284,944
Common stock issued from treasury			$ 2	11			13		13
Common stock ending balance (in shares) at Dec. 31, 2016	252,000,000		251,596,534
Ending balance at Dec. 31, 2016	$ 4,725		$ 252	$ 2,645	5,808	(4,198)	4,507	218	4,725
Comprehensive income (loss):
Net income	1,284				$ 1,264		1,264	20	1,284
Foreign currency translation (net of tax)	(221)					(209)	(209)	(12)	(221)
Amortization of prior service cost and unrecognized gains and losses included in total benefit cost (net of tax)	63					63	63		63
Decrease (increase) in net actuarial losses (net of tax)	(62)					(62)	(62)		(62)
Immediate recognition of prior service cost and unrecognized gains and losses due to curtailments, settlements and divestitures (net of tax)	17					17	17		17
Deferred derivative gains (losses) (net of tax)	8					8	8		8
Reclassification adjustment for amounts recognized in income (net of tax)	(5)					$ (5)	(5)		(5)
Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)	(200)						(188)	(12)	(200)
Comprehensive Income	$ 1,084						$ 1,076	8	1,084
Dividends declared to minority shareholders								$ (12)	$ (12)