Acquisitions and Divestitures	3 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2014
Business Combinations [Abstract]
Acquisition and Divestitures	Acquisitions and Divestitures In the first quarter of fiscal 2015, the Company completed two acquisitions for a combined purchase price, net of cash acquired, of $38 million, $9 million of which was paid in the three months ended December 31, 2014. The acquisitions in the aggregate were not material to the Company’s consolidated financial statements. In connection with the acquisitions, the Company recorded goodwill of $9 million. In the first quarter of fiscal 2015, the Company adjusted the purchase price allocation of the fiscal 2014 acquisition of Air Distribution Technologies Inc. (ADT). The adjustment was made as a result of a true-up to the purchase price in the amount of $4 million, all of which was paid in the three months ended December 31, 2014. Also, in connection with this acquisition, the Company recorded additional goodwill of $5 million in fiscal 2015 related to the purchase price allocations. The purchase price allocations may be subsequently adjusted to reflect final valuation studies. In January 2015, the Company signed a definitive agreement to create a joint venture with Hitachi to expand its Building Efficiency product offerings. The formation of the joint venture is expected to close in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2015, pending regulatory approvals. In January 2015, the Company signed an agreement to sell its interests in the Brookfield Johnson Controls joint ventures in Australia and Canada to Brookfield Asset Management. Estimated sales proceeds are $200 million and the transaction is expected to close in the second quarter of fiscal 2015, pending regulatory approvals. In the first quarter of fiscal 2014, the Company completed two acquisitions for a combined purchase price, net of cash acquired, of $128 million, all of which was paid in the three months ended December 31, 2013. The acquisitions in the aggregate were not material to the Company's consolidated financial statements. In connection with the acquisitions, the Company recorded goodwill of $102 million. As a result of one of the acquisitions, which increased the Company's ownership from a noncontrolling to controlling interest, the Company recorded a non-cash gain of $19 million in equity income for the Power Solutions business to adjust the Company's existing equity investment in the partially-owned affiliate to fair value. In the first quarter of fiscal 2014, the Company completed one divestiture for a sales price of $13 million, all of which was received as of December 31, 2013. The divestiture was not material to the Company’s consolidated financial statements. In connection with the divestiture, the Company recorded a gain, net of transaction costs, of $9 million in the Automotive Experience Interiors segment. There was no change in goodwill as a result of this transaction. In the first quarter of fiscal 2014, the Company adjusted the purchase price allocation of certain fiscal 2013 acquisitions and recorded additional goodwill of $2 million.

Acquisitions and Divestitures

In the first quarter of fiscal 2015, the Company completed two acquisitions for a combined purchase price, net of cash acquired, of $38 million, $9 million of which was paid in the three months ended December 31, 2014. The acquisitions in the aggregate were not material to the Company’s consolidated financial statements. In connection with the acquisitions, the Company recorded goodwill of $9 million.

In the first quarter of fiscal 2015, the Company adjusted the purchase price allocation of the fiscal 2014 acquisition of Air Distribution Technologies Inc. (ADT). The adjustment was made as a result of a true-up to the purchase price in the amount of $4 million, all of which was paid in the three months ended December 31, 2014. Also, in connection with this acquisition, the Company recorded additional goodwill of $5 million in fiscal 2015 related to the purchase price allocations. The purchase price allocations may be subsequently adjusted to reflect final valuation studies.

In January 2015, the Company signed a definitive agreement to create a joint venture with Hitachi to expand its Building Efficiency product offerings. The formation of the joint venture is expected to close in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2015, pending regulatory approvals.

In January 2015, the Company signed an agreement to sell its interests in the Brookfield Johnson Controls joint ventures in Australia and Canada to Brookfield Asset Management. Estimated sales proceeds are $200 million and the transaction is expected to close in the second quarter of fiscal 2015, pending regulatory approvals.

In the first quarter of fiscal 2014, the Company completed two acquisitions for a combined purchase price, net of cash acquired, of $128 million, all of which was paid in the three months ended December 31, 2013. The acquisitions in the aggregate were not material to the Company's consolidated financial statements. In connection with the acquisitions, the Company recorded goodwill of $102 million. As a result of one of the acquisitions, which increased the Company's ownership from a noncontrolling to controlling interest, the Company recorded a non-cash gain of $19 million in equity income for the Power Solutions business to adjust the Company's existing equity investment in the partially-owned affiliate to fair value.

In the first quarter of fiscal 2014, the Company completed one divestiture for a sales price of $13 million, all of which was received as of December 31, 2013. The divestiture was not material to the Company’s consolidated financial statements. In connection with the divestiture, the Company recorded a gain, net of transaction costs, of $9 million in the Automotive Experience Interiors segment. There was no change in goodwill as a result of this transaction.

In the first quarter of fiscal 2014, the Company adjusted the purchase price allocation of certain fiscal 2013 acquisitions and recorded additional goodwill of $2 million.