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Product Warranty and Related Liabilities (Tables) | 6 Months Ended
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Jun. 30, 2017
Product Warranties Disclosures [Abstract] |
Schedule of policy, product warranty, recall campaigns and courtesy transportation |
| Three Months Ended |  | Six Months Ended
| June 30, 2017 |  | June 30, 2016 |  | June 30, 2017 |  | June 30, 2016
Warranty balance at beginning of period | $ | 9,063 |  |  | $ | 8,486 |  |  | $ | 9,069 |  |  | $ | 8,550 |
Warranties issued and assumed in period – recall campaigns | 191 |  |  | 178 |  |  | 354 |  |  | 321 |
Warranties issued and assumed in period – product warranty | 539 |  |  | 595 |  |  | 1,105 |  |  | 1,086 |
Payments | (786 | ) |  | (831 | ) |  | (1,595 | ) |  | (1,663 | )
Adjustments to pre-existing warranties | (128 | ) |  | 216 |  |  | (88 | ) |  | 289 |
Effect of foreign currency and other | 11 |  |  | (5 | ) |  | 45 |  |  | 56 |
Warranty balance at end of period | $ | 8,890 |  |  | $ | 8,639 |  |  | $ | 8,890 |  |  | $ | 8,639 |

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