ACQUISITIONS AND DISPOSITIONS - Narrative (Details) € / shares in Units, $ / shares in Units, ¥ in Millions, ¥ in Millions, SFr in Millions										1 Months Ended	5 Months Ended	9 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 01, 2022 USD ($)	Dec. 01, 2022 CHF (SFr)	Sep. 20, 2022 USD ($)	Sep. 20, 2022 CNY (¥)	Jul. 29, 2022 USD ($)	Mar. 31, 2022 USD ($)	Mar. 31, 2022 JPY (¥)	Dec. 31, 2021 USD ($) $ / shares	Oct. 01, 2020 USD ($) $ / shares	Feb. 28, 2022 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2022 USD ($) $ / shares	Dec. 31, 2022 USD ($) $ / shares	Dec. 31, 2022 USD ($) $ / shares	Dec. 31, 2022 EUR (€)	Dec. 31, 2021 USD ($) $ / shares	Dec. 31, 2020 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2022 CHF (SFr)	Sep. 20, 2022 CNY (¥)	Jun. 30, 2022 USD ($)	Mar. 31, 2022 JPY (¥)	Feb. 10, 2022	Dec. 17, 2021 USD ($)	Dec. 17, 2021 EUR (€) € / shares	Oct. 25, 2021 USD ($)	Aug. 02, 2021	Jun. 04, 2021 USD ($)	Jun. 04, 2021 EUR (€)	May 19, 2021 EUR (€)	Dec. 29, 2020	Jun. 19, 2020 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2019 USD ($)	May 31, 2019 USD ($)
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Goodwill								$ 3,279,000,000			$ 3,397,000,000	$ 3,397,000,000	$ 3,397,000,000		$ 3,279,000,000	$ 2,627,000,000
Common stock, par value (in dollar per share) | $ / shares								$ 0.01			$ 0.01	$ 0.01	$ 0.01		$ 0.01
Amortization of inventory fair value adjustment													$ 0		$ 0	27,000,000
Acquisition-related costs													40,000,000		50,000,000	96,000,000
Cash consideration													312,000,000		759,000,000	449,000,000
Loss on divestiture													13,000,000		(29,000,000)	0
Water Valley
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Net sales															177,000,000
Disposal Group, Disposed of by Sale, Not Discontinued Operations | Water Valley
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Disposal group, consideration								$ 57,000,000							57,000,000
Cash consideration															39,000,000
Potential earn out payments								30,000,000							30,000,000
Estimated payout								18,000,000							18,000,000
Estimate of expected earn-out, loss													9,000,000
Loss on divestiture								22,000,000							(22,000,000)
Assets held for sale								99,000,000							99,000,000
Goodwill								12,000,000							12,000,000
Liabilities								20,000,000							20,000,000
Senior Notes
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Debt instrument face value									$ 800,000,000																					$ 1,100,000,000
Senior Notes | 1.000% Senior notes due 05/19/31 (€1,000 million par value)
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Debt instrument stated interest rate																										1.00%	1.00%	1.00%
Debt instrument face value | €																											€ 1,000,000,000	€ 1,000,000,000
Senior Notes | DT Notes
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Debt instrument stated interest rate									5.00%
Romeo Power Inc.
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Noncontrolling interest																													14.00%
BorgWarner Romeo Power LLC
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Investment fair value																								$ 30,000,000
Corporate Joint Venture | BorgWarner Romeo Power LLC
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Noncontrolling interest																															60.00%
Romeo Power Inc.
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Ownership interest equity interest																																20.00%
Unrealized loss (gain) on debt and equity securities													(39,000,000)		(362,000,000)	382,000,000
Equity Securities, FV-NI								$ 70,000,000							$ 70,000,000
BorgWarner Romeo Power LLC
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Investment fair value										$ 30,000,000
Percent of ownership interest disposal										60.00%
Proceeds from divestiture of equity method investment										$ 29,000,000
Business combination fair value reduced by discount										5.00%
BorgWarner Romeo Power LLC | Corporate Joint Venture
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Equity securities without readily determinable fair value																															$ 10,000,000
Gain on sale of investments													22,000,000
Hubei Surpass Sun Electric Charging Business Member
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Business consideration			$ 60,000,000	¥ 410
Payments to acquire businesses			39,000,000	¥ 267
Contractual earn-out payments			$ 21,000,000															¥ 143
Retention payment payable period			2 years															2 years
Drivetek AG
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Payments to acquire businesses	$ 29,000,000	SFr 27
Contractual earn-out payments											$ 10,000,000	$ 10,000,000	$ 10,000,000				SFr 10
Retention payment payable period	3 years	3 years
Business acquisition, percentage of voting interests acquired											100.00%	100.00%	100.00%				100.00%
Other non-current liability											$ 10,000,000	$ 10,000,000	$ 10,000,000
Estimated fair values of assets acquired and liabilities assumed, assets											49,000,000	49,000,000	49,000,000
Estimated fair value of goodwill and intangibles											40,000,000	40,000,000	40,000,000
Estimated fair values of assets acquired and liabilities assumed, liabilities											10,000,000	10,000,000	10,000,000
Goodwill											22,000,000	22,000,000	22,000,000
Other intangible assets, net											18,000,000	18,000,000	18,000,000
Rhombus Energy Solutions
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Payments to acquire businesses					$ 131,000,000
Contractual earn-out payments					$ 30,000,000
Business acquisition, percentage of voting interests acquired					100.00%
Estimated fair values of assets acquired and liabilities assumed, assets					$ 142,000,000						142,000,000	142,000,000	142,000,000
Estimated fair value of goodwill and intangibles											27,000,000	27,000,000	27,000,000
Estimated fair values of assets acquired and liabilities assumed, liabilities					11,000,000						11,000,000	11,000,000	11,000,000
Goodwill					104,000,000						104,000,000	104,000,000	104,000,000
Measurement period adjustments, current liabilities											0
Other intangible assets, net					27,000,000						27,000,000	27,000,000	27,000,000
Rhombus Energy Solutions | Employee Retention Payment Member
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Contractual earn-out payments					$ 25,000,000
Retention payment payable period					3 years
Santoll Automotive Components
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Business consideration						$ 192,000,000
Payments to acquire businesses													157,000,000
Contractual earn-out payments						$ 47,000,000														¥ 300
Business acquisition, percentage of voting interests acquired						100.00%														100.00%
Estimated fair values of assets acquired and liabilities assumed, assets						$ 236,000,000					216,000,000	216,000,000	216,000,000
Estimated fair value of goodwill and intangibles						87,000,000
Estimated fair values of assets acquired and liabilities assumed, liabilities						24,000,000					24,000,000	24,000,000	24,000,000
Goodwill						132,000,000					112,000,000	112,000,000	112,000,000
Base purchase price						152,000,000	¥ 1,000
Estimated earn-out payments						40,000,000	¥ 250						21,000,000
Post-closing adjustments through reduction of payment						5,000,000
Measurement period adjustments, current liabilities												0
Other intangible assets, net						$ 87,000,000					87,000,000	87,000,000	87,000,000
AKASOL
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Business acquisition, percentage of voting interests acquired								93.00%							93.00%						100.00%				100.00%	89.00%	89.00%
Estimated fair values of assets acquired and liabilities assumed, assets																			$ 1,034,000,000							$ 1,035,000,000
Estimated fair value of goodwill and intangibles																										95,000,000
Estimated fair values of assets acquired and liabilities assumed, liabilities																			150,000,000							151,000,000
Goodwill											704,000,000	704,000,000	704,000,000						704,000,000							707,000,000
Business acquisition, preacquisition contingency, amount of settlement																										788,000,000	€ 648,000,000
Financial liabilities assumed																										77,000,000	€ 64,000,000
Purchase of additional shares of AKASOL													33,000,000	€ 28,000,000
Share price (in euro per share) | € / shares																							€ 119.16
Noncontrolling interest																			96,000,000			$ 58,000,000	€ 51,000,000			96,000,000
Net sales															$ 67,000,000
Other intangible assets, net																			$ 130,000,000							$ 130,000,000
Delphi Technologies PLC
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Business consideration									$ 2,391,000,000
Business acquisition, percentage of voting interests acquired									100.00%
Net sales													15,801,000,000		14,838,000,000	$ 12,792,000,000
Fixed exchange ratio									0.4307
Common stock, par value (in dollar per share) | $ / shares									$ 0.01
Acquisition-related costs															$ 89,000,000
Cash consideration									$ 18,000,000
Romeo Power Inc.
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Equity securities without readily determinable fair value																																$ 50,000,000
Romeo Power Inc. | Romeo Power Inc.
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Equity Securities, FV-NI											$ 31,000,000	$ 31,000,000	$ 31,000,000