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Commitments and Contingencies Guarantees (Details) (USD $) In Millions, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014
Customer Lines Of Credit For Brazilian Subsidiary
Guarantor Obligations [Line Items]
Guarantor obligations, maximum exposure, undiscounted	$ 324us-gaap_GuaranteeObligationsMaximumExposure / us-gaap_GuaranteeObligationsByNatureAxis = whr_CustomerLinesOfCreditForBrazilianSubsidiaryMember	$ 492us-gaap_GuaranteeObligationsMaximumExposure / us-gaap_GuaranteeObligationsByNatureAxis = whr_CustomerLinesOfCreditForBrazilianSubsidiaryMember
Guarantee of Indebtedness of Others
Guarantor Obligations [Line Items]
Guarantor obligations, maximum exposure, undiscounted	2,400us-gaap_GuaranteeObligationsMaximumExposure / us-gaap_GuaranteeObligationsByNatureAxis = us-gaap_GuaranteeOfIndebtednessOfOthersMember	2,600us-gaap_GuaranteeObligationsMaximumExposure / us-gaap_GuaranteeObligationsByNatureAxis = us-gaap_GuaranteeOfIndebtednessOfOthersMember
Line of Credit
Guarantor Obligations [Line Items]
Guarantor obligations, maximum exposure, undiscounted	$ 45us-gaap_GuaranteeObligationsMaximumExposure / us-gaap_GuaranteeObligationsByNatureAxis = us-gaap_LineOfCreditMember
Guarantor obligations, term	5 years

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Maximum potential amount of future payments (undiscounted) the guarantor could be required to make under the guarantee or each group of similar guarantees before reduction for potential recoveries under recourse or collateralization provisions.

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-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 460

-SubTopic 10

-Section 50

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-Subparagraph (b)(1)

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