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Accrued and Other Liabilities (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2021
Accrued Liabilities and Other Liabilities [Abstract] |
Accrued and Other Liabilities |
| December 31, 2021 |  | December 31, 2020
Accrued liabilities |  |  |
Dealer and customer allowances, claims and discounts | $ | 3,211 |  |  | $ | 7,300 |
Deferred revenue | 2,461 |  |  | 3,132 |
Product warranty and related liabilities | 3,769 |  |  | 3,048 |
Payrolls and employee benefits excluding postemployment benefits | 2,937 |  |  | 1,864 |
Other | 7,919 |  |  | 7,725 |
Total accrued liabilities | $ | 20,297 |  |  | $ | 23,069 |
Other liabilities |  |  |
Deferred revenue | $ | 3,010 |  |  | $ | 2,715 |
Product warranty and related liabilities | 6,005 |  |  | 5,193 |
Operating lease liabilities | 1,012 |  |  | 969 |
Employee benefits excluding postemployment benefits | 622 |  |  | 822 |
Postemployment benefits including facility idling reserves | 775 |  |  | 739 |
Other | 3,661 |  |  | 3,009 |
Total other liabilities | $ | 15,085 |  |  | $ | 13,447 |
Product Warranty and Related Liabilities |
| Years Ended December 31,
| 2021 |  | 2020 |  | 2019
Product Warranty and Related Liabilities |  |  |  |  |
Warranty balance at beginning of period | $ | 8,242 |  |  | $ | 7,798 |  |  | $ | 7,590 |
Warranties issued and assumed in period – recall campaigns | 2,820 |  |  | 1,628 |  |  | 745 |
Warranties issued and assumed in period – product warranty | 1,665 |  |  | 1,773 |  |  | 2,001 |
Payments | (3,249) |  |  | (2,986) |  |  | (3,012) |
Adjustments to pre-existing warranties | 315 |  |  | 41 |  |  | 455 |
Effect of foreign currency and other | (19) |  |  | (12) |  |  | 19 |
Warranty balance at end of period | 9,774 |  |  | 8,242 |  |  | 7,798 |
Less: Supplier recoveries balance at end of period(a) | 2,039 |  |  | 224 |  |  | 241 |
Warranty balance, net of supplier recoveries at end of period | $ | 7,735 |  |  | $ | 8,018 |  |  | $ | 7,557 |
__________ (a)The current portion of supplier recoveries is recorded in Accounts and notes receivable, net of allowance and the non-current portion is recorded in Other assets.
| Years Ended December 31,
| 2021 |  | 2020 |  | 2019
Product warranty expense, net of recoveries |  |  |  |  |
Warranties issued and assumed in period | $ | 4,485 |  |  | $ | 3,401 |  |  | $ | 2,746 |
Supplier recoveries accrued in period | (2,175) |  |  | (322) |  |  | (433) |
Adjustments and other | 296 |  |  | 29 |  |  | 474 |
Warranty expense, net of supplier recoveries | $ | 2,606 |  |  | $ | 3,108 |  |  | $ | 2,787 |

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