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Accrued and Other Liabilities (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2017
Accrued Liabilities and Other Liabilities [Abstract] |
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 |
Product Warranty and Related Liabilities |
| 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 |

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