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Accrued and Other Liabilities (Tables) | 3 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2021
Accrued Liabilities and Other Liabilities [Abstract] |
Accrued and Other Liabilities |
| March 31, 2021 |  | December 31, 2020
Accrued liabilities |  |  |
Dealer and customer allowances, claims and discounts | $ | 5,995 |  |  | $ | 7,300 |
Deferred revenue | 3,104 |  |  | 3,132 |
Product warranty and related liabilities | 3,113 |  |  | 3,048 |
Payrolls and employee benefits excluding postemployment benefits | 1,091 |  |  | 1,864 |
Other | 7,506 |  |  | 7,725 |
Total accrued liabilities | $ | 20,809 |  |  | $ | 23,069 |
Other liabilities |  |  |
Deferred revenue | $ | 2,695 |  |  | $ | 2,715 |
Product warranty and related liabilities | 4,964 |  |  | 5,193 |
Operating lease liabilities | 945 |  |  | 969 |
Employee benefits excluding postemployment benefits | 827 |  |  | 822 |
Postemployment benefits including facility idling reserves | 738 |  |  | 739 |
Other | 2,997 |  |  | 3,009 |
Total other liabilities | $ | 13,166 |  |  | $ | 13,447 |
Schedule of Policy, Product Warranty and Recall Campaigns |
| Three Months Ended |  |
| March 31, 2021 |  | March 31, 2020 |  |  |  |
Product Warranty and Related Liabilities |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Warranty balance at beginning of period | $ | 8,242 |  |  | $ | 7,798 |  |  |  |  |
Warranties issued and assumed in period – recall campaigns | 120 |  |  | 117 |  |  |  |  |
Warranties issued and assumed in period – product warranty | 443 |  |  | 498 |  |  |  |  |
Payments | (733) |  |  | (881) |  |  |  |  |
Adjustments to pre-existing warranties | 11 |  |  | (19) |  |  |  |  |
Effect of foreign currency and other | (6) |  |  | (115) |  |  |  |  |
Warranty balance at end of period | $ | 8,077 |  |  | $ | 7,398 |  |  |  |  |

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