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Goodwill and Other Intangibles Goodwill (Narrrative) (Details) (USD $) In Millions, unless otherwise specified | 12 Months Ended |  |  |
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Dec. 31, 2014 | Dec. 31, 2013 | Dec. 03, 2014 | Oct. 24, 2014
Goodwill [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Goodwill, impairment loss | $ 0 us-gaap_GoodwillImpairmentLoss |  |  |
Goodwill | 2,807 us-gaap_Goodwill | 1,724 us-gaap_Goodwill |  |
Indesit Company S.p.A. |  |  |  |
Goodwill [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Goodwill |  |  | 667 us-gaap_Goodwill / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = whr_IndesitCompanyS.p.A.Member |
Hefei Sanyo |  |  |  |
Goodwill [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Goodwill |  |  |  | 451 us-gaap_Goodwill / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = whr_HefeiSanyoMember
North America |  |  |  |
Goodwill [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Goodwill | 1,700 us-gaap_Goodwill / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = us-gaap_NorthAmericaMember | 1,720 us-gaap_Goodwill / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = us-gaap_NorthAmericaMember |  |
EMEA |  |  |  |
Goodwill [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Goodwill | 639 us-gaap_Goodwill / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = us-gaap_EMEAMember |  |  |
EMEA | Indesit Company S.p.A. |  |  |  |
Goodwill [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Goodwill, Translation Adjustments | 28 us-gaap_GoodwillTranslationAdjustments / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = whr_IndesitCompanyS.p.A.Member / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = us-gaap_EMEAMember |  |  |
Asia |  |  |  |
Goodwill [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Goodwill | 449 us-gaap_Goodwill / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = us-gaap_AsiaMember |  |  |
Asia | Hefei Sanyo |  |  |  |
Goodwill [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Goodwill, Translation Adjustments | 2 us-gaap_GoodwillTranslationAdjustments / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = whr_HefeiSanyoMember / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = us-gaap_AsiaMember |  |  |
Latin America |  |  |  |
Goodwill [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Goodwill | $ 4 us-gaap_Goodwill / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = us-gaap_LatinAmericaMember | $ 4 us-gaap_Goodwill / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = us-gaap_LatinAmericaMember |  |

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