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Product Warranty and Related Liabilities (Tables) | 3 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2018
Product Warranties Disclosures [Abstract] |
Schedule of policy, product warranty and recall campaigns |
| Three Months Ended
| March 31, 2018 |  | March 31, 2017
Warranty balance at beginning of period | $ | 8,332 |  |  | $ | 9,069 |
Warranties issued and assumed in period – recall campaigns | 183 |  |  | 163 |
Warranties issued and assumed in period – product warranty | 521 |  |  | 566 |
Payments | (735 | ) |  | (809 | )
Adjustments to pre-existing warranties | (82 | ) |  | 40 |
Effect of foreign currency and other | (86 | ) |  | 34 |
Warranty balance at end of period | $ | 8,133 |  |  | $ | 9,063 |

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