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Acquisitions Hefei Rongshida Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd. (Details) In Millions, unless otherwise specified | 3 Months Ended | 12 Months Ended | 3 Months Ended | 0 Months Ended | 12 Months Ended |  | 12 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 ($) | Dec. 31, 2014 Hefei Sanyo And Indesit USD ($) | Oct. 24, 2014 Hefei Sanyo USD ($) | Oct. 24, 2014 Hefei Sanyo CNY | Oct. 20, 2014 Hefei Sanyo USD ($) | Oct. 20, 2014 Hefei Sanyo CNY | Oct. 24, 2014 Hefei Sanyo USD ($) | Oct. 24, 2014 Hefei Sanyo CNY | Dec. 31, 2014 Hefei Sanyo USD ($) | Dec. 31, 2013 Hefei Sanyo USD ($) | Oct. 20, 2014 Hefei Sanyo | Dec. 31, 2014 Nonoperating Income (Expense) USD ($) | Dec. 31, 2013 Nonoperating Income (Expense) Hefei Sanyo USD ($)
Business Acquisition [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Percentage of voting interests acquired |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 51.00%us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionPercentageOfVotingInterestsAcquired / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = whr_HefeiSanyoMember | 51.00%us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionPercentageOfVotingInterestsAcquired / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = whr_HefeiSanyoMember |  |  | 29.51%us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionPercentageOfVotingInterestsAcquired / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = whr_HefeiSanyoMember |  |
Shares acquired |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 234 whr_BusinessAcquisitionShareAcquired / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = whr_HefeiSanyoMember | 234 whr_BusinessAcquisitionShareAcquired / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = whr_HefeiSanyoMember |  |  | 157 whr_BusinessAcquisitionShareAcquired / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = whr_HefeiSanyoMember |  |
Purchase price |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | $ 1,356.0 us-gaap_PaymentsToAcquireBusinessesGross | $ 0 us-gaap_PaymentsToAcquireBusinessesGross | $ 0 us-gaap_PaymentsToAcquireBusinessesGross |  | $ 321.0 us-gaap_PaymentsToAcquireBusinessesGross / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = whr_HefeiSanyoMember | 2,000.0 us-gaap_PaymentsToAcquireBusinessesGross / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = whr_HefeiSanyoMember | $ 230.0 us-gaap_PaymentsToAcquireBusinessesGross / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = whr_HefeiSanyoMember | 1,400.0 us-gaap_PaymentsToAcquireBusinessesGross / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = whr_HefeiSanyoMember | $ 551.0 us-gaap_PaymentsToAcquireBusinessesGross / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = whr_HefeiSanyoMember | 3,400.0 us-gaap_PaymentsToAcquireBusinessesGross / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = whr_HefeiSanyoMember |  |  |  |  |
Period in which acquired shares can not be sold |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 36 months | 36 months |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Net sales | 6,003 us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet | 4,824 us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet | 4,682 us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet | 4,363 us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet | 5,090 us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet | 4,683 us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet | 4,748 us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet | 4,248 us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet | 19,872 us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet | 18,769 us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet | 18,143 us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet | 994 us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = whr_HefeiSanyoAndIndesitMember |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Net earnings available to Whirlpool | 81 us-gaap_NetIncomeLoss | 230 us-gaap_NetIncomeLoss | 179 us-gaap_NetIncomeLoss | 160 us-gaap_NetIncomeLoss | 181 us-gaap_NetIncomeLoss | 196 us-gaap_NetIncomeLoss | 198 us-gaap_NetIncomeLoss | 252 us-gaap_NetIncomeLoss | 650 us-gaap_NetIncomeLoss | 827 us-gaap_NetIncomeLoss | 401 us-gaap_NetIncomeLoss | 15 us-gaap_NetIncomeLoss / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = whr_HefeiSanyoAndIndesitMember |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Transaction costs |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | $ 30 us-gaap_BusinessCombinationAcquisitionRelatedCosts / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = whr_HefeiSanyoMember | $ 21 us-gaap_BusinessCombinationAcquisitionRelatedCosts / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = whr_HefeiSanyoMember |  | $ 55 us-gaap_BusinessCombinationAcquisitionRelatedCosts / us-gaap_IncomeStatementLocationAxis = us-gaap_NonoperatingIncomeExpenseMember | $ 15 us-gaap_BusinessCombinationAcquisitionRelatedCosts / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = whr_HefeiSanyoMember / us-gaap_IncomeStatementLocationAxis = us-gaap_NonoperatingIncomeExpenseMember

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