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Product Warranty and Related Liabilities | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2018
Product Warranties Disclosures [Abstract] |
Product Warranty and Related Liabilities | Product Warranty and Related Liabilities
| Three Months Ended |  | Nine Months Ended
| September 30, 2018 |  | September 30, 2017 |  | September 30, 2018 |  | September 30, 2017
Warranty balance at beginning of period | $ | 7,990 |  |  | $ | 8,890 |  |  | $ | 8,332 |  |  | $ | 9,069 |
Warranties issued and assumed in period – recall campaigns | 101 |  |  | 173 |  |  | 515 |  |  | 527 |
Warranties issued and assumed in period – product warranty | 542 |  |  | 481 |  |  | 1,599 |  |  | 1,586 |
Payments | (723 | ) |  | (787 | ) |  | (2,175 | ) |  | (2,382 | )
Adjustments to pre-existing warranties | (209 | ) |  | (317 | ) |  | (426 | ) |  | (405 | )
Effect of foreign currency and other | (8 | ) |  | 39 |  |  | (152 | ) |  | 84 |
Warranty balance at end of period | $ | 7,693 |  |  | $ | 8,479 |  |  | $ | 7,693 |  |  | $ | 8,479 |
We estimate our reasonably possible loss in excess of amounts accrued for recall campaigns to be insignificant at September 30, 2018. Refer to Note 14 for reasonably possible losses on Takata Corporation (Takata) matters.

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