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Acquisitions Hefei Rongshida Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd. (Details) In Millions, unless otherwise specified | 3 Months Ended | 0 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2015 USD ($) | Mar. 31, 2014 USD ($) | Oct. 24, 2014 Hefei Sanyo USD ($) | Oct. 24, 2014 Hefei Sanyo CNY
Business Acquisition [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Percentage of voting interest acquired |  |  | 51.00%us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionPercentageOfVotingInterestsAcquired / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = whr_HefeiSanyoMember | 51.00%us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionPercentageOfVotingInterestsAcquired / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = whr_HefeiSanyoMember
Purchase price | $ 15us-gaap_PaymentsToAcquireBusinessesGross | $ 21us-gaap_PaymentsToAcquireBusinessesGross | $ 551us-gaap_PaymentsToAcquireBusinessesGross / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = whr_HefeiSanyoMember | 3,400us-gaap_PaymentsToAcquireBusinessesGross / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = whr_HefeiSanyoMember

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