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Income Taxes (Narrative) (Details) (USD $) | 12 Months Ended | 0 Months Ended | 3 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2014 | Dec. 31, 2013 | Dec. 31, 2012 | Oct. 24, 2014 | Oct. 14, 2014 | Dec. 31, 2014
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract] |  |  |  |  |  |
Income tax expense | $ 189,000,000 us-gaap_IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit | $ 68,000,000 us-gaap_IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit | $ 133,000,000 us-gaap_IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit |  |  |
Effective income tax rate | 35.00%us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationAtFederalStatutoryIncomeTaxRate |  |  |  |  |
Distribution of foreign earnings | 24,000,000 whr_DistributionOfForeignEarnings |  |  |  |  | 24,000,000 whr_DistributionOfForeignEarnings
Undistributed foreign earnings | 4,900,000,000 us-gaap_UndistributedEarningsOfForeignSubsidiaries |  |  |  |  | 4,900,000,000 us-gaap_UndistributedEarningsOfForeignSubsidiaries
Cash and Cash Equivalents [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |
Cash and cash equivalents | 1,000,000,000 us-gaap_CashEquivalentsAtCarryingValue |  |  |  |  | 1,000,000,000 us-gaap_CashEquivalentsAtCarryingValue
Operating loss carryforwards | 3,200,000,000 us-gaap_OperatingLossCarryforwards |  |  |  |  | 3,200,000,000 us-gaap_OperatingLossCarryforwards
Positions assumed in acquisitions | 42,000,000 us-gaap_UnrecognizedTaxBenefitsIncreasesResultingFromAcquisition | 0 us-gaap_UnrecognizedTaxBenefitsIncreasesResultingFromAcquisition | 0 us-gaap_UnrecognizedTaxBenefitsIncreasesResultingFromAcquisition |  |  |
Unrecognized tax benefits, income tax penalties and interest accrued | 63,000,000 us-gaap_UnrecognizedTaxBenefitsIncomeTaxPenaltiesAndInterestAccrued | 39,000,000 us-gaap_UnrecognizedTaxBenefitsIncomeTaxPenaltiesAndInterestAccrued |  |  |  | 63,000,000 us-gaap_UnrecognizedTaxBenefitsIncomeTaxPenaltiesAndInterestAccrued
Unrecognized tax benefits, income tax penalties and interest expense | 6,000,000 us-gaap_UnrecognizedTaxBenefitsIncomeTaxPenaltiesAndInterestExpense | 12,000,000 us-gaap_UnrecognizedTaxBenefitsIncomeTaxPenaltiesAndInterestExpense | 4,000,000 us-gaap_UnrecognizedTaxBenefitsIncomeTaxPenaltiesAndInterestExpense |  |  |
Operating loss carryforwards, not subject to expiration | 1,800,000,000 whr_OperatingLossCarryforwardNotSubjectToExpiration |  |  |  |  | 1,800,000,000 whr_OperatingLossCarryforwardNotSubjectToExpiration
Foreign tax credit carryforwards | 249,000,000 us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsTaxCreditCarryforwardsForeign | 243,000,000 us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsTaxCreditCarryforwardsForeign |  |  |  | 249,000,000 us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsTaxCreditCarryforwardsForeign
U.S. general business credit carryforwards, including Energy Tax Credits | 1,005,000,000 us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsTaxCreditCarryforwardsGeneralBusiness | 1,050,000,000 us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsTaxCreditCarryforwardsGeneralBusiness |  |  |  | 1,005,000,000 us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsTaxCreditCarryforwardsGeneralBusiness
Valuation allowance, deferred tax assets | 308,000,000 us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsValuationAllowance | 186,000,000 us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsValuationAllowance |  |  |  | 308,000,000 us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsValuationAllowance
Valuation allowance, operating loss carryforward | 288,000,000 us-gaap_OperatingLossCarryforwardsValuationAllowance |  |  |  |  | 288,000,000 us-gaap_OperatingLossCarryforwardsValuationAllowance
Valuation allowance, other tax carryforwards | 20,000,000 us-gaap_TaxCreditCarryforwardValuationAllowance |  |  |  |  | 20,000,000 us-gaap_TaxCreditCarryforwardValuationAllowance
Unrecognized tax Benefits | 20,000,000 us-gaap_UnrecognizedTaxBenefitsThatWouldImpactEffectiveTaxRate |  |  |  |  | 20,000,000 us-gaap_UnrecognizedTaxBenefitsThatWouldImpactEffectiveTaxRate
Hefei Sanyo |  |  |  |  |  |
Cash and Cash Equivalents [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |
Positions assumed in acquisitions |  |  |  | 61,000,000 us-gaap_UnrecognizedTaxBenefitsIncreasesResultingFromAcquisition / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = whr_HefeiSanyoMember |  |
Indesit Company S.p.A. |  |  |  |  |  |
Cash and Cash Equivalents [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |
Positions assumed in acquisitions |  |  |  |  | 10,000,000 us-gaap_UnrecognizedTaxBenefitsIncreasesResultingFromAcquisition / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = whr_IndesitCompanyS.p.A.Member |
Hefei Sanyo And Indesit |  |  |  |  |  |
Cash and Cash Equivalents [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |
Positions assumed in acquisitions |  |  |  |  |  | 71,000,000 us-gaap_UnrecognizedTaxBenefitsIncreasesResultingFromAcquisition / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = whr_HefeiSanyoAndIndesitMember
Unrecognized tax benefits, income tax penalties and interest expense |  |  |  |  |  | 31,000,000 us-gaap_UnrecognizedTaxBenefitsIncomeTaxPenaltiesAndInterestExpense / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = whr_HefeiSanyoAndIndesitMember
United States |  |  |  |  |  |
Cash and Cash Equivalents [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |
Operating loss carryforwards | 1,200,000,000 us-gaap_OperatingLossCarryforwards / us-gaap_StatementGeographicalAxis = country_US |  |  |  |  | 1,200,000,000 us-gaap_OperatingLossCarryforwards / us-gaap_StatementGeographicalAxis = country_US
Geographical, outside the United States |  |  |  |  |  |
Cash and Cash Equivalents [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |
Cash and cash equivalents | $ 900,000,000 us-gaap_CashEquivalentsAtCarryingValue / us-gaap_StatementGeographicalAxis = whr_GeographicalOutsideUnitedStatesMember |  |  |  |  | $ 900,000,000 us-gaap_CashEquivalentsAtCarryingValue / us-gaap_StatementGeographicalAxis = whr_GeographicalOutsideUnitedStatesMember

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