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Product Warranty and Related Liabilities (Tables) | 3 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2019
Product Warranties Disclosures [Abstract] |
Schedule of policy, product warranty and recall campaigns |
| Three Months Ended
| March 31, 2019 |  | March 31, 2018
Warranty balance at beginning of period | $ | 7,590 |  |  | $ | 8,332 |
Warranties issued and assumed in period – recall campaigns | 124 |  |  | 183 |
Warranties issued and assumed in period – product warranty | 527 |  |  | 521 |
Payments | (732 | ) |  | (735 | )
Adjustments to pre-existing warranties | 36 |  |  | (82 | )
Effect of foreign currency and other | 7 |  |  | (86 | )
Warranty balance at end of period | $ | 7,552 |  |  | $ | 8,133 |

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