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COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2020
Commitments and Contingencies Disclosure [Abstract] |
Loss Contingency |
| Years Ended December 31,
2020 |  | 2019 |  | 2018
Beginning of year | $ | 709 |  |  | $ | 755 |  |  | $ | 595 |
Accruals for environmental matters deemed probable and reasonably estimable | 173 |  |  | 213 |  |  | 395 |
Environmental liability payments | (216) |  |  | (256) |  |  | (218) |
Other | (6) |  |  | (3) |  |  | (17) |
End of year | $ | 660 |  |  | $ | 709 |  |  | $ | 755 |
Environmental liabilities are included in the following balance sheet accounts: | Environmental liabilities are included in the following balance sheet accounts:
| December 31,
2020 |  | 2019
Accrued liabilities | $ | 225 |  |  | $ | 222 |
Other liabilities | 435 |  |  | 487 |
| $ | 660 |  |  | $ | 709 |
Asbestos Related Liabilities |
| Year Ended December 31, 2020 |  | Year Ended December 31, 2019 |  | Year Ended December 31, 2018
| Bendix |  | NARCO |  | Total |  | Bendix |  | NARCO |  | Total |  | Bendix |  | NARCO |  | Total
Beginning of year | $ | 1,499 |  |  | $ | 858 |  |  | $ | 2,357 |  |  | $ | 1,623 |  |  | $ | 891 |  |  | $ | 2,514 |  |  | $ | 1,703 |  |  | $ | 907 |  |  | $ | 2,610 |
Accrual for update to estimated liability | 80 |  |  | 18 |  |  | 98 |  |  | 78 |  |  | 22 |  |  | 100 |  |  | 197 |  |  | 32 |  |  | 229 |
Change in estimated cost of future claims | 42 |  |  | — |  |  | 42 |  |  | (22) |  |  | — |  |  | (22) |  |  | (72) |  |  | — |  |  | (72) |
Update of expected resolution values for pending claims | 10 |  |  | — |  |  | 10 |  |  | (4) |  |  | — |  |  | (4) |  |  | 1 |  |  | — |  |  | 1 |
Asbestos related liability payments | (190) |  |  | (97) |  |  | (287) |  |  | (176) |  |  | (55) |  |  | (231) |  |  | (206) |  |  | (48) |  |  | (254) |
End of year | $ | 1,441 |  |  | $ | 779 |  |  | $ | 2,220 |  |  | $ | 1,499 |  |  | $ | 858 |  |  | $ | 2,357 |  |  | $ | 1,623 |  |  | $ | 891 |  |  | $ | 2,514 |
Insurance Recoveries for Asbestos Related Liabilities |
| Year Ended December 31, 2020 |  | Year Ended December 31, 2019 |  | Year Ended December 31, 2018
| Bendix |  | NARCO |  | Total |  | Bendix |  | NARCO |  | Total |  | Bendix |  | NARCO |  | Total
Beginning of year | $ | 153 |  |  | $ | 281 |  |  | $ | 434 |  |  | $ | 170 |  |  | $ | 307 |  |  | $ | 477 |  |  | $ | 191 |  |  | $ | 312 |  |  | $ | 503 |
Probable insurance recoveries related to estimated liability | 10 |  |  | — |  |  | 10 |  |  | 3 |  |  | — |  |  | 3 |  |  | 11 |  |  | — |  |  | 11 |
Insurance receipts for asbestos related liabilities | (33) |  |  | (25) |  |  | (58) |  |  | (39) |  |  | (29) |  |  | (68) |  |  | (33) |  |  | (5) |  |  | (38) |
Insurance receivables settlements and write offs | 18 |  |  | (2) |  |  | 16 |  |  | 19 |  |  | 3 |  |  | 22 |  |  | 1 |  |  | — |  |  | 1 |
End of year | $ | 148 |  |  | $ | 254 |  |  | $ | 402 |  |  | $ | 153 |  |  | $ | 281 |  |  | $ | 434 |  |  | $ | 170 |  |  | $ | 307 |  |  | $ | 477 |
NARCO and Bendix asbestos related balances are included in the following balance sheet accounts | NARCO and Bendix asbestos related balances are included in the following balance sheet accounts:
| December 31,
2020 |  | 2019
Other current assets | $ | 36 |  |  | $ | 42 |
Insurance recoveries for asbestos related liabilities | 366 |  |  | 392 |
| $ | 402 |  |  | $ | 434 |
Accrued liabilities | $ | 300 |  |  | $ | 361 |
Asbestos related liabilities | 1,920 |  |  | 1,996 |
| $ | 2,220 |  |  | $ | 2,357 |
Schedule Of Bendix Loss Contingencies Litigation Claims Activity [Table Text Block] |
Claims Activity | Years Ended December 31,
2020 |  | 2019
Claims Unresolved at the beginning of year | 6,480 |  |  | 6,209 |
Claims Filed | 2,233 |  |  | 2,659 |
Claims Resolved | (2,471) |  |  | (2,388) |
Claims Unresolved at the end of year | 6,242 |  |  | 6,480 |
Bendix related disease distribution of claims |
Disease Distribution of Unresolved Claims | December 31,
2020 |  | 2019
Mesothelioma and Other Cancer Claims | 3,422 |  |  | 3,399 |
Nonmalignant Claims | 2,820 |  |  | 3,081 |
Total Claims | 6,242 |  |  | 6,480 |
Bendix related average resolution values per asbestos claim | Honeywell has experienced average resolution values per claim excluding legal costs as follows:
| Years Ended December 31,
2020 |  | 2019 |  | 2018 |  | 2017 |  | 2016
| (in whole dollars)
Malignant claims | $ | 61,500 |  |  | $ | 50,200 |  |  | $ | 55,300 |  |  | $ | 56,000 |  |  | $ | 44,000 |
Nonmalignant claims | $ | 550 |  |  | $ | 3,900 |  |  | $ | 4,700 |  |  | $ | 2,800 |  |  | $ | 4,485 |
Movement In Standard Product Warranty Rollforward And Balances |
| Years Ended December 31,
2020 |  | 2019 |  | 2018
Beginning of year | $ | 269 |  |  | $ | 310 |  |  | $ | 408 |
Accruals for warranties/guarantees issued during the year | 164 |  |  | 173 |  |  | 208 |
Adjustment of pre-existing warranties/guarantees | (18) |  |  | (34) |  |  | (78) |
Settlement of warranty/guarantee claims | (172) |  |  | (180) |  |  | (228) |
End of year | $ | 243 |  |  | $ | 269 |  |  | $ | 310 |
Product warranties and product performance guarantees are included in the following balance sheet accounts:
| December 31,
2020 |  | 2019
Accrued liabilities | $ | 183 |  |  | $ | 213 |
Other liabilities | 60 |  |  | 56 |
| $ | 243 |  |  | $ | 269 |

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