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Product Warranty and Related Liabilities (Tables) | 6 Months Ended
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Jun. 30, 2019
Product Warranties Disclosures [Abstract] |
Schedule of policy, product warranty and recall campaigns |
| Three Months Ended |  | Six Months Ended
| June 30, 2019 |  | June 30, 2018 |  | June 30, 2019 |  | June 30, 2018
Warranty balance at beginning of period | $ | 7,552 |  |  | $ | 8,133 |  |  | $ | 7,590 |  |  | $ | 8,332 |
Warranties issued and assumed in period – recall campaigns | 128 |  |  | 231 |  |  | 252 |  |  | 414 |
Warranties issued and assumed in period – product warranty | 529 |  |  | 536 |  |  | 1,056 |  |  | 1,057 |
Payments | (728 | ) |  | (717 | ) |  | (1,460 | ) |  | (1,452 | )
Adjustments to pre-existing warranties | (57 | ) |  | (135 | ) |  | (22 | ) |  | (217 | )
Effect of foreign currency and other | 15 |  |  | (58 | ) |  | 23 |  |  | (144 | )
Warranty balance at end of period | $ | 7,439 |  |  | $ | 7,990 |  |  | $ | 7,439 |  |  | $ | 7,990 |

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