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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
	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
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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									$ 1,356,000,000us-gaap_PaymentsToAcquireBusinessesGross	$ 0us-gaap_PaymentsToAcquireBusinessesGross	$ 0us-gaap_PaymentsToAcquireBusinessesGross			$ 650,000,000us-gaap_PaymentsToAcquireBusinessesGross / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = whr_IndesitCompanyS.p.A.Member		$ 680,000,000us-gaap_PaymentsToAcquireBusinessesGross / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = whr_IndesitCompanyS.p.A.Member / whr_CompanyShareGroupsAxis = whr_ShareGroupOneMember	€ 537,000,000us-gaap_PaymentsToAcquireBusinessesGross / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = whr_IndesitCompanyS.p.A.Member / whr_CompanyShareGroupsAxis = whr_ShareGroupOneMember			$ 210,000,000us-gaap_PaymentsToAcquireBusinessesGross / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = whr_IndesitCompanyS.p.A.Member / whr_CompanyShareGroupsAxis = whr_ShareGroupTwoMember	€ 166,000,000us-gaap_PaymentsToAcquireBusinessesGross / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = whr_IndesitCompanyS.p.A.Member / whr_CompanyShareGroupsAxis = whr_ShareGroupTwoMember		$ 75,000,000us-gaap_PaymentsToAcquireBusinessesGross / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = whr_IndesitCompanyS.p.A.Member / whr_CompanyShareGroupsAxis = whr_ShareGroupThreeMember	€ 55,000,000us-gaap_PaymentsToAcquireBusinessesGross / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = whr_IndesitCompanyS.p.A.Member / whr_CompanyShareGroupsAxis = whr_ShareGroupThreeMember		$ 429,000,000us-gaap_PaymentsToAcquireBusinessesGross / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = whr_IndesitCompanyS.p.A.Member / whr_CompanyShareGroupsAxis = whr_ShareGroupFourMember	€ 344,000,000us-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												1,400,000,000us-gaap_PaymentsToAcquireBusinessesNetOfCashAcquired / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = whr_IndesitCompanyS.p.A.Member
Net sales	6,003,000,000us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet	4,824,000,000us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet	4,682,000,000us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet	4,363,000,000us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet	5,090,000,000us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet	4,683,000,000us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet	4,748,000,000us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet	4,248,000,000us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet	19,872,000,000us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet	18,769,000,000us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet	18,143,000,000us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet
Net earnings available to Whirlpool	81,000,000us-gaap_NetIncomeLoss	230,000,000us-gaap_NetIncomeLoss	179,000,000us-gaap_NetIncomeLoss	160,000,000us-gaap_NetIncomeLoss	181,000,000us-gaap_NetIncomeLoss	196,000,000us-gaap_NetIncomeLoss	198,000,000us-gaap_NetIncomeLoss	252,000,000us-gaap_NetIncomeLoss	650,000,000us-gaap_NetIncomeLoss	827,000,000us-gaap_NetIncomeLoss	401,000,000us-gaap_NetIncomeLoss
Transaction costs															$ 60,000,000us-gaap_BusinessCombinationAcquisitionRelatedCosts / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = whr_IndesitCompanyS.p.A.Member

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