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

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Amount after accumulated impairment loss of an asset representing future economic benefits arising from other assets acquired in a business combination that are not individually identified and separately recognized.

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