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2409402 - Disclosure - Product Warranties (Details)
(http://www.johnsoncontrols.com/role/ProductWarrantiesDetails)
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Reporting Entity [Axis]0000053669 (http://www.sec.gov/CIK)
Product Warranties Disclosures [Abstract]Period [Axis]
2012-10-01 - 2013-09-30
2011-10-01 - 2012-09-30
Product Warranties Disclosures [Abstract]
 
 
Product warranties transferred to liabilities held for sale
2,000,000  
 
Maximum length, in years, of a product warranty for it to be recorded in other current liabilities
P1Y 
 
Minimum length, in years, of a product warranty for it to be recorded in other noncurrent liabilities
P1Y 
 
Movement in Standard Product Warranty Accrual [Roll Forward]
 
 
Balance at beginning of period
278,000,000  
301,000,000  
Accruals for warranties issued during the period
272,000,000  
224,000,000  
Accruals from acquisitions and divestitures
(5,000,000)1
(1,000,000)1
Accruals related to pre-existing warranties (including changes in estimates)
(14,000,000) 
(21,000,000) 
Settlements made (in cash or in kind) during the period
(275,000,000) 
(221,000,000) 
Currency translation
0  
(4,000,000) 
Balance at end of period
256,000,000  
 
278,000,000  
 
1: Fiscal 2013 includes $2 million of product warranties transferred to liabilities held for sale on the consolidated statement of financial position. Refer to Note 3, "Assets and Liabilities Held for Sale," of the notes to consolidated financial statements for further information regarding the Company's disposal groups classified as held for sale.