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Accrued and Other Liabilities (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2020
Accrued Liabilities and Other Liabilities [Abstract] |
Accrued and Other Liabilities |
| December 31, 2020 |  | December 31, 2019
Accrued liabilities |  |  |
Dealer and customer allowances, claims and discounts | $ | 7,300 |  |  | $ | 10,402 |
Deferred revenue | 3,132 |  |  | 3,234 |
Product warranty and related liabilities | 3,048 |  |  | 2,987 |
Payrolls and employee benefits excluding postemployment benefits | 1,864 |  |  | 1,969 |
Other | 7,725 |  |  | 7,895 |
Total accrued liabilities | $ | 23,069 |  |  | $ | 26,487 |
Other liabilities |  |  |
Deferred revenue | $ | 2,715 |  |  | $ | 2,962 |
Product warranty and related liabilities | 5,193 |  |  | 4,811 |
Operating lease liabilities | 969 |  |  | 1,010 |
Employee benefits excluding postemployment benefits | 822 |  |  | 704 |
Postemployment benefits including facility idling reserves | 739 |  |  | 633 |
Other | 3,009 |  |  | 3,026 |
Total other liabilities | $ | 13,447 |  |  | $ | 13,146 |
Product Warranty and Related Liabilities |
| Years Ended December 31,
| 2020 |  | 2019 |  | 2018
Product Warranty and Related Liabilities |  |  |  |  |
Warranty balance at beginning of period | $ | 7,798 |  |  | $ | 7,590 |  |  | $ | 8,332 |
Warranties issued and assumed in period – recall campaigns | 1,628 |  |  | 745 |  |  | 665 |
Warranties issued and assumed in period – product warranty | 1,773 |  |  | 2,001 |  |  | 2,143 |
Payments | (2,986) |  |  | (3,012) |  |  | (2,903) |
Adjustments to pre-existing warranties | 41 |  |  | 455 |  |  | (464) |
Effect of foreign currency and other | (12) |  |  | 19 |  |  | (183) |
Warranty balance at end of period | $ | 8,242 |  |  | $ | 7,798 |  |  | $ | 7,590 |

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