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Product Warranties | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2014
Commitments and Contingencies [Abstract] |
Product Warranty Disclosure [Text Block] |
7. | PRODUCT WARRANTIES
We record a liability for estimated warranty obligations at the dates our products are sold. These estimates are established using sales volumes and internal and external warranty data where there is no payment history and historical information about the average cost of warranty claims for customers with prior claims. We estimate our costs based on the contractual arrangements with our customers, existing customer warranty terms and internal and external warranty data, which includes a determination of our warranty claims and take actions to improve product quality and minimize warranty claims. We continuously evaluate these estimates and our customers' administration of their warranty programs. We closely monitor actual warranty claim data and adjust the liability, as necessary, on a quarterly basis. The following table provides a reconciliation of changes in the product warranty liability:
|  | Three Months Ended |  | Nine Months Ended
|  | September 30, |  | September 30,
|  | 2014 |  | 2013 |  | 2014 |  | 2013
|  | (in millions)
Beginning balance |  | $ | 18.2 |  |  | $ | 23.2 |  |  | $ | 14.3 |  |  | $ | 29.1 |
Accruals |  | 0.9 |  |  | 3.2 |  |  | 7.3 |  |  | 8.9 |
Settlements |  | (0.2 | ) |  | (0.1 | ) |  | (1.2 | ) |  | (10.6 | )
Adjustment to prior period accruals, net |  | (2.2 | ) |  | (6.9 | ) |  | (3.8 | ) |  | (7.8 | )
Foreign currency translation |  | (0.2 | ) |  | — |  |  | (0.1 | ) |  | (0.2 | )
Ending balance |  | $ | 16.5 |  |  | $ | 19.4 |  |  | $ | 16.5 |  |  | $ | 19.4 |

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- Definition The entire disclosure for standard and extended product warranties and other product guarantee contracts, including a tabular reconciliation of the changes in the guarantor's aggregate product warranty liability for the reporting period. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 460 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 8 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6398077&loc=d3e12565-110249 + Details
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