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Acquisitions Hefei Rongshida Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd. (Details) In Millions, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended		0 Months Ended
	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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Percentage of voting equity interests acquired at the acquisition date in the business combination.

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