| Income Statement [Abstract] | |
| Net sales | 804.88M |
| Cost of sales | |
| Gross profit | 120.07M |
| Selling and administrative expenses | 99.57M |
| Restructuring and impairments, net | 15.78M |
| Operating income | 4.73M |
| Other expense, net | -2M |
| Interest expense, net | 18.37M |
| Loss before income taxes | -11.64M |
| Income tax provision (benefit) | 3.64M |
| Net loss | -15.28M |
| Net (loss) income attributable to noncontrolling interests | 160K |
| Net loss attributable to Exide Technologies | -15.44M |
| Loss per share | |
| Basic and diluted | |
| Weighted average shares | |
| Basic and diluted | |