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Accrued and Other Liabilities | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2020
Accrued Liabilities and Other Liabilities [Abstract] |
Accrued and Other Liabilities | Accrued and Other Liabilities
| September 30, 2020 |  | December 31, 2019
Accrued liabilities |  |  |
Dealer and customer allowances, claims and discounts | $ | 7,924 |  |  | $ | 10,402 |
Deferred revenue | 3,054 |  |  | 3,234 |
Product warranty and related liabilities | 2,654 |  |  | 2,987 |
Payrolls and employee benefits excluding postemployment benefits | 2,011 |  |  | 1,969 |
Other | 8,273 |  |  | 7,895 |
Total accrued liabilities | $ | 23,916 |  |  | $ | 26,487 |
Other liabilities |  |  |
Deferred revenue | $ | 2,635 |  |  | $ | 2,962 |
Product warranty and related liabilities | 4,501 |  |  | 4,811 |
Operating lease liabilities | 951 |  |  | 1,010 |
Employee benefits excluding postemployment benefits | 907 |  |  | 704 |
Postemployment benefits including facility idling reserves | 617 |  |  | 633 |
Other | 2,813 |  |  | 3,026 |
Total other liabilities | $ | 12,424 |  |  | $ | 13,146 |
| Three Months Ended |  | Nine Months Ended |  |
| September 30, 2020 |  | September 30, 2019 |  | September 30, 2020 |  | September 30, 2019 |  |  |  |
Product Warranty and Related Liabilities |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Warranty balance at beginning of period | $ | 7,040 |  |  | $ | 7,439 |  |  | $ | 7,798 |  |  | $ | 7,590 |  |  |  |  |
Warranties issued and assumed in period – recall campaigns | 249 |  |  | 357 |  |  | 407 |  |  | 609 |  |  |  |  |
Warranties issued and assumed in period – product warranty | 523 |  |  | 500 |  |  | 1,241 |  |  | 1,556 |  |  |  |  |
Payments | (727) |  |  | (754) |  |  | (2,260) |  |  | (2,214) |  |  |  |  |
Adjustments to pre-existing warranties | 53 |  |  | 101 |  |  | 33 |  |  | 79 |  |  |  |  |
Effect of foreign currency and other | 17 |  |  | (34) |  |  | (64) |  |  | (11) |  |  |  |  |
Warranty balance at end of period | $ | 7,155 |  |  | $ | 7,609 |  |  | $ | 7,155 |  |  | $ | 7,609 |  |  |  |  |
We estimate our reasonably possible loss in excess of amounts accrued for recall campaigns to b e insignificant a t September 30, 2020. Refer to Note 15 for reasonably possible losses on Takata Corporation (Takata) matters.

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