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Reclassifications out of Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss) (Details) (USD $) In Millions, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2015	Mar. 31, 2014
Reclassifications out of Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income [Line Items]
Cost of products sold	$ 3,993us-gaap_CostOfGoodsSold	$ 3,608us-gaap_CostOfGoodsSold
Accumulated Net Gain (Loss) from Designated or Qualifying Cash Flow Hedges
Reclassifications out of Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income [Line Items]
Cost of products sold	14us-gaap_CostOfGoodsSold / us-gaap_StatementEquityComponentsAxis = us-gaap_AccumulatedNetGainLossFromDesignatedOrQualifyingCashFlowHedgesMember
Accumulated Pension and Postretirement Benefits Adjustment
Reclassifications out of Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income [Line Items]
Cost of products sold / Selling, general and administrative	$ (35)whr_CostofProductsSoldSellingGeneralandAdministrativeExpenses / us-gaap_StatementEquityComponentsAxis = us-gaap_AccumulatedDefinedBenefitPlansAdjustmentMember

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Total costs related to goods produced and sold during the reporting period.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef

-Publisher SEC

-Name Regulation S-X (SX)

-Number 210

-Section 03

-Paragraph 2

-Article 5



Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef

-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 225

-SubTopic 10

-Section S99

-Paragraph 2

-Subparagraph (SX 210.5-03.2(a))

-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=26872669&loc=d3e20235-122688

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