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Accrued and Other Liabilities (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2019
Accrued Liabilities and Other Liabilities [Abstract] |
Accrued and Other Liabilities |
| December 31, 2019 |  | December 31, 2018
Accrued liabilities |  |  |
Dealer and customer allowances, claims and discounts | $ | 10,402 |  |  | $ | 11,611 |
Deferred revenue | 3,234 |  |  | 3,504 |
Product warranty and related liabilities | 2,987 |  |  | 2,788 |
Payrolls and employee benefits excluding postemployment benefits | 1,969 |  |  | 2,233 |
Other | 7,895 |  |  | 7,913 |
Total accrued liabilities | $ | 26,487 |  |  | $ | 28,049 |
Other liabilities |  |  |
Deferred revenue | $ | 2,962 |  |  | $ | 2,959 |
Product warranty and related liabilities | 4,811 |  |  | 4,802 |
Operating lease liabilities | 1,010 |  |  | — |
Employee benefits excluding postemployment benefits | 704 |  |  | 658 |
Postemployment benefits including facility idling reserves | 633 |  |  | 875 |
Other | 3,026 |  |  | 3,063 |
Total other liabilities | $ | 13,146 |  |  | $ | 12,357 |
Product Warranty and Related Liabilities |
| Years Ended December 31,
| 2019 |  | 2018 |  | 2017
Product Warranty and Related Liabilities |  |  |  |  |
Warranty balance at beginning of period | $ | 7,590 |  |  | $ | 8,332 |  |  | $ | 9,069 |
Warranties issued and assumed in period – recall campaigns | 745 |  |  | 665 |  |  | 678 |
Warranties issued and assumed in period – product warranty | 2,001 |  |  | 2,143 |  |  | 2,123 |
Payments | (3,012 | ) |  | (2,903 | ) |  | (3,129 | )
Adjustments to pre-existing warranties | 455 |  |  | (464 | ) |  | (495 | )
Effect of foreign currency and other | 19 |  |  | (183 | ) |  | 86 |
Warranty balance at end of period | $ | 7,798 |  |  | $ | 7,590 |  |  | $ | 8,332 |

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