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Accrued and Other Liabilities (Tables) | 6 Months Ended
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Jun. 30, 2020
Accrued Liabilities and Other Liabilities [Abstract] |
Accrued and other liabilities |
| June 30, 2020 |  | December 31, 2019
Accrued liabilities |  |  |
Dealer and customer allowances, claims and discounts | $ | 6,855 |  |  | $ | 10,402 |
Deferred revenue | 3,106 |  |  | 3,234 |
Product warranty and related liabilities | 2,728 |  |  | 2,987 |
Payrolls and employee benefits excluding postemployment benefits | 1,573 |  |  | 1,969 |
Other | 8,465 |  |  | 7,895 |
Total accrued liabilities | $ | 22,727 |  |  | $ | 26,487 |
Other liabilities |  |  |
Deferred revenue | $ | 2,696 |  |  | $ | 2,962 |
Product warranty and related liabilities | 4,312 |  |  | 4,811 |
Operating lease liabilities | 960 |  |  | 1,010 |
Employee benefits excluding postemployment benefits | 724 |  |  | 704 |
Postemployment benefits including facility idling reserves | 617 |  |  | 633 |
Other | 2,594 |  |  | 3,026 |
Total other liabilities | $ | 11,903 |  |  | $ | 13,146 |
Schedule of policy, product warranty and recall campaigns |
| Three Months Ended |  |  |  | Six Months Ended |  |  |  |  |  |
| June 30, 2020 |  | June 30, 2019 |  | June 30, 2020 |  | June 30, 2019 |  |  |  |
Product Warranty and Related Liabilities |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Warranty balance at beginning of period | $ | 7,398 |  |  | $ | 7,552 |  |  | $ | 7,798 |  |  | $ | 7,590 |  |  |  |  |
Warranties issued and assumed in period – recall campaigns | 41 |  |  | 128 |  |  | 158 |  |  | 252 |  |  |  |  |
Warranties issued and assumed in period – product warranty | 220 |  |  | 529 |  |  | 718 |  |  | 1,056 |  |  |  |  |
Payments | (652) |  |  | (728) |  |  | (1,533) |  |  | (1,460) |  |  |  |  |
Adjustments to pre-existing warranties | (1) |  |  | (57) |  |  | (20) |  |  | (22) |  |  |  |  |
Effect of foreign currency and other | 34 |  |  | 15 |  |  | (81) |  |  | 23 |  |  |  |  |
Warranty balance at end of period | $ | 7,040 |  |  | $ | 7,439 |  |  | $ | 7,040 |  |  | $ | 7,439 |  |  |  |  |

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