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Accrued and Other Liabilities | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2017
Accrued Liabilities and Other Liabilities [Abstract] |
Accrued and Other Liabilities | Accrued and Other Liabilities
| December 31, 2017 |  | December 31, 2016
Accrued liabilities |  |  |
Dealer and customer allowances, claims and discounts | $ | 8,523 |  |  | $ | 8,847 |
Deposits primarily from rental car companies | 2,113 |  |  | 2,023 |
Deferred revenue | 3,400 |  |  | 2,695 |
Product warranty and related liabilities | 2,994 |  |  | 3,236 |
Payrolls and employee benefits excluding postemployment benefits | 2,594 |  |  | 2,915 |
Other | 6,372 |  |  | 6,177 |
Total accrued liabilities | $ | 25,996 |  |  | $ | 25,893 |
Other liabilities |  |  |  |  |
Deferred revenue | $ | 2,887 |  |  | $ | 2,285 |
Product warranty and related liabilities | 5,338 |  |  | 5,833 |
Employee benefits excluding postemployment benefits | 680 |  |  | 899 |
Postemployment benefits including facility idling reserves | 574 |  |  | 757 |
Other | 2,915 |  |  | 2,641 |
Total other liabilities | $ | 12,394 |  |  | $ | 12,415 |
| Years Ended December 31,
| 2017 |  | 2016 |  | 2015
Product Warranty and Related Liabilities |  |  |  |  |
Warranty balance at beginning of period | $ | 9,069 |  |  | $ | 8,550 |  |  | $ | 8,871 |
Warranties issued and assumed in period – recall campaigns | 678 |  |  | 899 |  |  | 878 |
Warranties issued and assumed in period – product warranty | 2,123 |  |  | 2,338 |  |  | 2,108 |
Payments | (3,129 | ) |  | (3,375 | ) |  | (3,670 | )
Adjustments to pre-existing warranties | (495 | ) |  | 636 |  |  | 578 |
Effect of foreign currency and other | 86 |  |  | 21 |  |  | (215 | )
Warranty balance at end of period | $ | 8,332 |  |  | $ | 9,069 |  |  | $ | 8,550 |
We estimate our reasonably possible loss in excess of amounts accrued for recall campaigns to be insignificant at December 31, 2017. Refer to Note 17 for reasonably possible losses on Takata matters.

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