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Acquisitions Indesit Company S.p.A. (Details) | 3 Months Ended | 12 Months Ended | 0 Months Ended | 12 Months Ended | 0 Months Ended |  |  | 0 Months Ended |  | 0 Months Ended |  | 0 Months Ended |
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Dec. 31, 2014 USD ($) | Sep. 30, 2014 USD ($) | Jun. 30, 2014 USD ($) | Mar. 31, 2014 USD ($) | Dec. 31, 2013 USD ($) | Sep. 30, 2013 USD ($) | Jun. 30, 2013 USD ($) | Mar. 31, 2013 USD ($) | Dec. 31, 2014 USD ($) | Dec. 31, 2013 USD ($) | Dec. 31, 2012 USD ($) | Dec. 03, 2014 Indesit Company S.p.A. USD ($) | Nov. 26, 2014 Indesit Company S.p.A. | Oct. 14, 2014 Indesit Company S.p.A. USD ($) | Dec. 31, 2014 Indesit Company S.p.A. USD ($) | Oct. 14, 2014 Indesit Company S.p.A. Share Group One USD ($) | Oct. 14, 2014 Indesit Company S.p.A. Share Group One EUR (€) | Oct. 14, 2014 Indesit Company S.p.A. Share Group One | Jul. 10, 2014 Indesit Company S.p.A. Share Group One | Oct. 14, 2014 Indesit Company S.p.A. Share Group Two USD ($) | Oct. 14, 2014 Indesit Company S.p.A. Share Group Two EUR (€) | Jul. 10, 2014 Indesit Company S.p.A. Share Group Two | Oct. 14, 2014 Indesit Company S.p.A. Share Group Three USD ($) | Oct. 14, 2014 Indesit Company S.p.A. Share Group Three EUR (€) | Jul. 10, 2014 Indesit Company S.p.A. Share Group Three | Nov. 26, 2014 Indesit Company S.p.A. Share Group Four USD ($) | Nov. 26, 2014 Indesit Company S.p.A. Share Group Four EUR (€) | Nov. 26, 2014 Indesit Company S.p.A. Share Group Four
Business Acquisition [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Percentage of share capital acquired |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 60.40%whr_BusinessCombinationPercentageofShareCapital / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = whr_IndesitCompanyS.p.A.Member / whr_CompanyShareGroupsAxis = whr_ShareGroupOneMember | 42.70%whr_BusinessCombinationPercentageofShareCapital / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = whr_IndesitCompanyS.p.A.Member / whr_CompanyShareGroupsAxis = whr_ShareGroupOneMember |  |  | 13.20%whr_BusinessCombinationPercentageofShareCapital / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = whr_IndesitCompanyS.p.A.Member / whr_CompanyShareGroupsAxis = whr_ShareGroupTwoMember |  |  | 4.40%whr_BusinessCombinationPercentageofShareCapital / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = whr_IndesitCompanyS.p.A.Member / whr_CompanyShareGroupsAxis = whr_ShareGroupThreeMember |  |  | 97.10%whr_BusinessCombinationPercentageofShareCapital / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = whr_IndesitCompanyS.p.A.Member / whr_CompanyShareGroupsAxis = whr_ShareGroupFourMember
Percentage of voting interests acquired |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 67.00%us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionPercentageOfVotingInterestsAcquired / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = whr_IndesitCompanyS.p.A.Member / whr_CompanyShareGroupsAxis = whr_ShareGroupOneMember |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Purchase price |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | $ 1,356,000,000 us-gaap_PaymentsToAcquireBusinessesGross | $ 0 us-gaap_PaymentsToAcquireBusinessesGross | $ 0 us-gaap_PaymentsToAcquireBusinessesGross |  |  | $ 650,000,000 us-gaap_PaymentsToAcquireBusinessesGross / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = whr_IndesitCompanyS.p.A.Member |  | $ 680,000,000 us-gaap_PaymentsToAcquireBusinessesGross / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = whr_IndesitCompanyS.p.A.Member / whr_CompanyShareGroupsAxis = whr_ShareGroupOneMember | € 537,000,000 us-gaap_PaymentsToAcquireBusinessesGross / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = whr_IndesitCompanyS.p.A.Member / whr_CompanyShareGroupsAxis = whr_ShareGroupOneMember |  |  | $ 210,000,000 us-gaap_PaymentsToAcquireBusinessesGross / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = whr_IndesitCompanyS.p.A.Member / whr_CompanyShareGroupsAxis = whr_ShareGroupTwoMember | € 166,000,000 us-gaap_PaymentsToAcquireBusinessesGross / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = whr_IndesitCompanyS.p.A.Member / whr_CompanyShareGroupsAxis = whr_ShareGroupTwoMember |  | $ 75,000,000 us-gaap_PaymentsToAcquireBusinessesGross / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = whr_IndesitCompanyS.p.A.Member / whr_CompanyShareGroupsAxis = whr_ShareGroupThreeMember | € 55,000,000 us-gaap_PaymentsToAcquireBusinessesGross / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = whr_IndesitCompanyS.p.A.Member / whr_CompanyShareGroupsAxis = whr_ShareGroupThreeMember |  | $ 429,000,000 us-gaap_PaymentsToAcquireBusinessesGross / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = whr_IndesitCompanyS.p.A.Member / whr_CompanyShareGroupsAxis = whr_ShareGroupFourMember | € 344,000,000 us-gaap_PaymentsToAcquireBusinessesGross / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = whr_IndesitCompanyS.p.A.Member / whr_CompanyShareGroupsAxis = whr_ShareGroupFourMember |
Tender offers received, percent of total shares available for purchase |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 91.40%whr_BusinessCombinationTenderOffersReceivedPercentOfTotalSharesAvailableForPurchase / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = whr_IndesitCompanyS.p.A.Member |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Total consideration paid, net of cash acquired |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 1,400,000,000 us-gaap_PaymentsToAcquireBusinessesNetOfCashAcquired / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = whr_IndesitCompanyS.p.A.Member |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Net sales | 6,003,000,000 us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet | 4,824,000,000 us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet | 4,682,000,000 us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet | 4,363,000,000 us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet | 5,090,000,000 us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet | 4,683,000,000 us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet | 4,748,000,000 us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet | 4,248,000,000 us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet | 19,872,000,000 us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet | 18,769,000,000 us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet | 18,143,000,000 us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Net earnings available to Whirlpool | 81,000,000 us-gaap_NetIncomeLoss | 230,000,000 us-gaap_NetIncomeLoss | 179,000,000 us-gaap_NetIncomeLoss | 160,000,000 us-gaap_NetIncomeLoss | 181,000,000 us-gaap_NetIncomeLoss | 196,000,000 us-gaap_NetIncomeLoss | 198,000,000 us-gaap_NetIncomeLoss | 252,000,000 us-gaap_NetIncomeLoss | 650,000,000 us-gaap_NetIncomeLoss | 827,000,000 us-gaap_NetIncomeLoss | 401,000,000 us-gaap_NetIncomeLoss |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Transaction costs |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | $ 60,000,000 us-gaap_BusinessCombinationAcquisitionRelatedCosts / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = whr_IndesitCompanyS.p.A.Member |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |

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