Net Sales - Schedule of Disaggregated Revenue (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2020	Mar. 31, 2019
Revenue, Initial Application Period Cumulative Effect Transition [Line Items]
Net Sales	$ 3,056	$ 3,598
Tire unit sales
Revenue, Initial Application Period Cumulative Effect Transition [Line Items]
Net Sales	2,553	3,060
Other tire and related sales
Revenue, Initial Application Period Cumulative Effect Transition [Line Items]
Net Sales	246	266
Retail services and service related sales
Revenue, Initial Application Period Cumulative Effect Transition [Line Items]
Net Sales	163	155
Chemical
Revenue, Initial Application Period Cumulative Effect Transition [Line Items]
Net Sales	91	109
Other
Revenue, Initial Application Period Cumulative Effect Transition [Line Items]
Net Sales	3	8
Americas
Revenue, Initial Application Period Cumulative Effect Transition [Line Items]
Net Sales	1,673	1,876
Americas | Tire unit sales
Revenue, Initial Application Period Cumulative Effect Transition [Line Items]
Net Sales	1,306	1,487
Americas | Other tire and related sales
Revenue, Initial Application Period Cumulative Effect Transition [Line Items]
Net Sales	142	143
Americas | Retail services and service related sales
Revenue, Initial Application Period Cumulative Effect Transition [Line Items]
Net Sales	133	132
Americas | Chemical
Revenue, Initial Application Period Cumulative Effect Transition [Line Items]
Net Sales	91	109
Americas | Other
Revenue, Initial Application Period Cumulative Effect Transition [Line Items]
Net Sales	1	5
Europe, Middle East and Africa
Revenue, Initial Application Period Cumulative Effect Transition [Line Items]
Net Sales	995	1,221
Europe, Middle East and Africa | Tire unit sales
Revenue, Initial Application Period Cumulative Effect Transition [Line Items]
Net Sales	904	1,120
Europe, Middle East and Africa | Other tire and related sales
Revenue, Initial Application Period Cumulative Effect Transition [Line Items]
Net Sales	72	91
Europe, Middle East and Africa | Retail services and service related sales
Revenue, Initial Application Period Cumulative Effect Transition [Line Items]
Net Sales	18	8
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	388	501
Asia Pacific | Tire unit sales
Revenue, Initial Application Period Cumulative Effect Transition [Line Items]
Net Sales	343	453
Asia Pacific | Other tire and related sales
Revenue, Initial Application Period Cumulative Effect Transition [Line Items]
Net Sales	32	32
Asia Pacific | Retail services and service related sales
Revenue, Initial Application Period Cumulative Effect Transition [Line Items]
Net Sales	12	15
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	$ 1