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Accrued and Other Liabilities (Tables) | 6 Months Ended
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Jun. 30, 2021
Accrued Liabilities and Other Liabilities [Abstract] |
Accrued and Other Liabilities |
| June 30, 2021 |  | December 31, 2020
Accrued liabilities |  |  |
Dealer and customer allowances, claims and discounts | $ | 4,359 |  |  | $ | 7,300 |
Deferred revenue | 2,660 |  |  | 3,132 |
Product warranty and related liabilities | 3,339 |  |  | 3,048 |
Payrolls and employee benefits excluding postemployment benefits | 1,732 |  |  | 1,864 |
Other | 7,100 |  |  | 7,725 |
Total accrued liabilities | $ | 19,190 |  |  | $ | 23,069 |
Other liabilities |  |  |
Deferred revenue | $ | 3,156 |  |  | $ | 2,715 |
Product warranty and related liabilities | 5,841 |  |  | 5,193 |
Operating lease liabilities | 979 |  |  | 969 |
Employee benefits excluding postemployment benefits | 818 |  |  | 822 |
Postemployment benefits including facility idling reserves | 777 |  |  | 739 |
Other | 3,081 |  |  | 3,009 |
Total other liabilities | $ | 14,652 |  |  | $ | 13,447 |
Schedule of Policy, Product Warranty and Recall Campaigns |
| Three Months Ended |  | Six Months Ended
| June 30, 2021 |  | June 30, 2020 |  | June 30, 2021 |  | June 30, 2020
Product Warranty and Related Liabilities |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Warranty balance at beginning of period | $ | 8,077 |  |  | $ | 7,398 |  |  | $ | 8,242 |  |  | $ | 7,798 |
Warranties issued and assumed in period – recall campaigns | 1,328 |  |  | 41 |  |  | 1,449 |  |  | 158 |
Warranties issued and assumed in period – product warranty | 463 |  |  | 220 |  |  | 905 |  |  | 718 |
Payments | (786) |  |  | (652) |  |  | (1,519) |  |  | (1,533) |
Adjustments to pre-existing warranties | 81 |  |  | (1) |  |  | 92 |  |  | (20) |
Effect of foreign currency and other | 17 |  |  | 34 |  |  | 11 |  |  | (81) |
Warranty balance at end of period | $ | 9,180 |  |  | $ | 7,040 |  |  | $ | 9,180 |  |  | $ | 7,040 |

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