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Commitments, Contingencies and Uncertainties (Details) $ in Billions	1 Months Ended	3 Months Ended	9 Months Ended		12 Months Ended
	May 31, 2023 vehicle	Sep. 30, 2025 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2026 USD ($) arbitration case	Sep. 30, 2025 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2020 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2025 USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2025 subclass	Sep. 05, 2023 airbagInflator	Jul. 31, 2023 case	Mar. 31, 2023 case subclass
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Estimated litigation liability			$ 1.6			$ 1.5
Number of arbitrations \| arbitration			2
Maximum liability, guarantees			$ 4.1			3.5
Supplier finance obligation			$ 1.2			$ 1.1
Supplier finance program, obligation, statement of financial position [extensible enumeration]			Accounts payable (principally trade)			Accounts payable (principally trade)
Compliance related costs		$ 0.3	$ 0.7	$ 0.7
Acquired credits subject to impairment			0.5
Carrying amount of acquired credits			0.7
Takata Passenger-side Airbags
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Number of putative class actions pending \| case										1
Probable loss accrual			$ 0.3
A R C Matters
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Number of vehicles recalled \| vehicle	1,000,000
Number of defect airbag inflators \| airbagInflator								52,000,000
Period of defect airbag inflators			20 years
Privacy and Consumer Protection Matters
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Probable loss accrual			$ 0.5
Indirect Tax-Related Matters
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Estimate of possible loss			$ 1.0
Foreign Emissions Standards
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Loss contingency, pending claims, number \| case									2
Faulty 8 Speed Transmissions
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Number of putative class actions pending \| case			1
Number of certified class actions pending \| case			1
Model Year 2015-2019 Vehicles
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Number of certified state subclasses \| subclass										26
Number of decertified state subclasses \| subclass							26
Takata Passenger-side Airbags
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Increase in product warranty accrual					$ 1.1