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Product Warranty and Related Liabilities (Tables) | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2019
Product Warranties Disclosures [Abstract] |
Schedule of policy, product warranty and recall campaigns |
| Three Months Ended |  | Nine Months Ended
| September 30, 2019 |  | September 30, 2018 |  | September 30, 2019 |  | September 30, 2018
Warranty balance at beginning of period | $ | 7,439 |  |  | $ | 7,990 |  |  | $ | 7,590 |  |  | $ | 8,332 |
Warranties issued and assumed in period – recall campaigns | 357 |  |  | 101 |  |  | 609 |  |  | 515 |
Warranties issued and assumed in period – product warranty | 500 |  |  | 542 |  |  | 1,556 |  |  | 1,599 |
Payments | (754 | ) |  | (723 | ) |  | (2,214 | ) |  | (2,175 | )
Adjustments to pre-existing warranties | 101 |  |  | (209 | ) |  | 79 |  |  | (426 | )
Effect of foreign currency and other | (34 | ) |  | (8 | ) |  | (11 | ) |  | (152 | )
Warranty balance at end of period | $ | 7,609 |  |  | $ | 7,693 |  |  | $ | 7,609 |  |  | $ | 7,693 |

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