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Acquisitions Purchase Price Allocation (Details) (USD $) In Millions, unless otherwise specified | 0 Months Ended | 3 Months Ended |  |
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Oct. 24, 2014 | Mar. 31, 2015 | Dec. 31, 2014 | Dec. 03, 2014
Business Acquisition [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Goodwill |  | $ 2,736us-gaap_Goodwill | $ 2,807us-gaap_Goodwill |
Identified intangible assets | 372us-gaap_BusinessCombinationRecognizedIdentifiableAssetsAcquiredAndLiabilitiesAssumedIntangibleAssetsOtherThanGoodwill |  |  | 822us-gaap_BusinessCombinationRecognizedIdentifiableAssetsAcquiredAndLiabilitiesAssumedIntangibleAssetsOtherThanGoodwill
Hefei Sanyo |  |  |  |
Business Acquisition [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Adjustments made to goodwill |  | (14)us-gaap_GoodwillPurchaseAccountingAdjustments / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = whr_HefeiSanyoMember |  |
Cash | 98us-gaap_BusinessCombinationRecognizedIdentifiableAssetsAcquiredAndLiabilitiesAssumedCurrentAssets / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = whr_HefeiSanyoMember |  |  |
Accounts receivable | 81us-gaap_BusinessCombinationRecognizedIdentifiableAssetsAcquiredAndLiabilitiesAssumedCurrentAssetsReceivables / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = whr_HefeiSanyoMember |  |  |
Inventory | 137us-gaap_BusinessCombinationRecognizedIdentifiableAssetsAcquiredAndLiabilitiesAssumedInventory / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = whr_HefeiSanyoMember |  |  |
Other current assets | 354us-gaap_BusinessCombinationRecognizedIdentifiableAssetsAcquiredAndLiabilitiesAssumedCurrentAssetsOther / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = whr_HefeiSanyoMember |  |  |
Property, plant and equipment | 169us-gaap_BusinessCombinationRecognizedIdentifiableAssetsAcquiredAndLiabilitiesAssumedPropertyPlantAndEquipment / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = whr_HefeiSanyoMember |  |  |
Goodwill | 437us-gaap_Goodwill / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = whr_HefeiSanyoMember |  |  |
Identified intangible assets | 372us-gaap_BusinessCombinationRecognizedIdentifiableAssetsAcquiredAndLiabilitiesAssumedIntangibleAssetsOtherThanGoodwill / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = whr_HefeiSanyoMember |  |  |
Other non-current assets | 317us-gaap_BusinessCombinationRecognizedIdentifiableAssetsAcquiredAndLiabilitiesAssumedOtherNoncurrentAssets / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = whr_HefeiSanyoMember |  |  |
Total assets acquired | 1,965us-gaap_BusinessCombinationRecognizedIdentifiableAssetsAcquiredAndLiabilitiesAssumedAssets / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = whr_HefeiSanyoMember |  |  |
Accounts payable | (181)us-gaap_BusinessCombinationRecognizedIdentifiableAssetsAcquiredAndLiabilitiesAssumedCurrentLiabilitiesAccountsPayable / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = whr_HefeiSanyoMember |  |  |
Short-term notes payable | 0us-gaap_BusinessCombinationRecognizedIdentifiableAssetsAcquiredAndLiabilitiesAssumedCurrentLiabilitiesLongTermDebt / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = whr_HefeiSanyoMember |  |  |
Other current liabilities | (307)us-gaap_BusinessCombinationRecognizedIdentifiableAssetsAcquiredAndLiabilitiesAssumedCurrentLiabilities / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = whr_HefeiSanyoMember |  |  |
Non-current liabilities | (129)us-gaap_BusinessCombinationRecognizedIdentifiableAssetsAcquiredAndLiabilitiesAssumedNoncurrentLiabilities / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = whr_HefeiSanyoMember |  |  |
Total liabilities assumed | (617)us-gaap_BusinessCombinationRecognizedIdentifiableAssetsAcquiredAndLiabilitiesAssumedLiabilities / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = whr_HefeiSanyoMember |  |  |
Net assets acquired | 1,348us-gaap_BusinessCombinationRecognizedIdentifiableAssetsAcquiredGoodwillAndLiabilitiesAssumedNet / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = whr_HefeiSanyoMember |  |  |
Percentage of voting interest acquired | 51.00%us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionPercentageOfVotingInterestsAcquired / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = whr_HefeiSanyoMember |  |  |
Non-controlling interest, value | 801us-gaap_NoncontrollingInterestIncreaseFromBusinessCombination / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = whr_HefeiSanyoMember |  |  |
Indesit |  |  |  |
Business Acquisition [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Adjustments made to goodwill |  | 22us-gaap_GoodwillPurchaseAccountingAdjustments / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = whr_IndesitCompanyS.p.A.Member |  |
Cash |  |  |  | 77us-gaap_BusinessCombinationRecognizedIdentifiableAssetsAcquiredAndLiabilitiesAssumedCurrentAssets / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = whr_IndesitCompanyS.p.A.Member
Accounts receivable |  |  |  | 888us-gaap_BusinessCombinationRecognizedIdentifiableAssetsAcquiredAndLiabilitiesAssumedCurrentAssetsReceivables / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = whr_IndesitCompanyS.p.A.Member
Inventory |  |  |  | 471us-gaap_BusinessCombinationRecognizedIdentifiableAssetsAcquiredAndLiabilitiesAssumedInventory / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = whr_IndesitCompanyS.p.A.Member
Other current assets |  |  |  | 288us-gaap_BusinessCombinationRecognizedIdentifiableAssetsAcquiredAndLiabilitiesAssumedCurrentAssetsOther / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = whr_IndesitCompanyS.p.A.Member
Property, plant and equipment |  |  |  | 854us-gaap_BusinessCombinationRecognizedIdentifiableAssetsAcquiredAndLiabilitiesAssumedPropertyPlantAndEquipment / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = whr_IndesitCompanyS.p.A.Member
Goodwill |  |  |  | 689us-gaap_Goodwill / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = whr_IndesitCompanyS.p.A.Member
Identified intangible assets |  |  |  | 822us-gaap_BusinessCombinationRecognizedIdentifiableAssetsAcquiredAndLiabilitiesAssumedIntangibleAssetsOtherThanGoodwill / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = whr_IndesitCompanyS.p.A.Member
Other non-current assets |  |  |  | 162us-gaap_BusinessCombinationRecognizedIdentifiableAssetsAcquiredAndLiabilitiesAssumedOtherNoncurrentAssets / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = whr_IndesitCompanyS.p.A.Member
Total assets acquired |  |  |  | 4,251us-gaap_BusinessCombinationRecognizedIdentifiableAssetsAcquiredAndLiabilitiesAssumedAssets / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = whr_IndesitCompanyS.p.A.Member
Accounts payable |  |  |  | (631)us-gaap_BusinessCombinationRecognizedIdentifiableAssetsAcquiredAndLiabilitiesAssumedCurrentLiabilitiesAccountsPayable / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = whr_IndesitCompanyS.p.A.Member
Short-term notes payable |  |  |  | (557)us-gaap_BusinessCombinationRecognizedIdentifiableAssetsAcquiredAndLiabilitiesAssumedCurrentLiabilitiesLongTermDebt / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = whr_IndesitCompanyS.p.A.Member
Other current liabilities |  |  |  | (630)us-gaap_BusinessCombinationRecognizedIdentifiableAssetsAcquiredAndLiabilitiesAssumedCurrentLiabilities / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = whr_IndesitCompanyS.p.A.Member
Non-current liabilities |  |  |  | (996)us-gaap_BusinessCombinationRecognizedIdentifiableAssetsAcquiredAndLiabilitiesAssumedNoncurrentLiabilities / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = whr_IndesitCompanyS.p.A.Member
Total liabilities assumed |  |  |  | (2,814)us-gaap_BusinessCombinationRecognizedIdentifiableAssetsAcquiredAndLiabilitiesAssumedLiabilities / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = whr_IndesitCompanyS.p.A.Member
Net assets acquired |  |  |  | $ 1,437us-gaap_BusinessCombinationRecognizedIdentifiableAssetsAcquiredGoodwillAndLiabilitiesAssumedNet / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = whr_IndesitCompanyS.p.A.Member

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