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Accrued and Other Liabilities | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2022
Accrued Liabilities and Other Liabilities [Abstract] |
Accrued and Other Liabilities | Accrued and Other Liabilities
| December 31, 2022 |  | December 31, 2021
Accrued liabilities |  |  |
Dealer and customer allowances, claims and discounts | $ | 4,813 |  |  | $ | 3,211 |
Deferred revenue | 2,489 |  |  | 2,461 |
Product warranty and related liabilities | 3,042 |  |  | 3,769 |
Payrolls and employee benefits excluding postemployment benefits | 3,298 |  |  | 2,937 |
Other | 11,268 |  |  | 7,919 |
Total accrued liabilities | $ | 24,910 |  |  | $ | 20,297 |
Other liabilities |  |  |
Deferred revenue | $ | 3,552 |  |  | $ | 3,010 |
Product warranty and related liabilities | 5,488 |  |  | 6,005 |
Operating lease liabilities | 967 |  |  | 1,012 |
Employee benefits excluding postemployment benefits | 512 |  |  | 622 |
Postemployment benefits including facility idling reserves | 507 |  |  | 775 |
Other | 3,740 |  |  | 3,661 |
Total other liabilities | $ | 14,767 |  |  | $ | 15,085 |
| Years Ended December 31,
| 2022 |  | 2021 |  | 2020
Product Warranty and Related Liabilities |  |  |  |  |
Warranty balance at beginning of period | $ | 9,774 |  |  | $ | 8,242 |  |  | $ | 7,798 |
Warranties issued and assumed in period – recall campaigns | 651 |  |  | 2,820 |  |  | 1,628 |
Warranties issued and assumed in period – product warranty | 1,943 |  |  | 1,665 |  |  | 1,773 |
Payments | (4,097) |  |  | (3,249) |  |  | (2,986) |
Adjustments to pre-existing warranties | 297 |  |  | 315 |  |  | 41 |
Effect of foreign currency and other | (37) |  |  | (19) |  |  | (12) |
Warranty balance at end of period | 8,530 |  |  | 9,774 |  |  | 8,242 |
Less: Supplier recoveries balance at end of period(a) | 1,184 |  |  | 2,039 |  |  | 224 |
Warranty balance, net of supplier recoveries at end of period | $ | 7,345 |  |  | $ | 7,735 |  |  | $ | 8,018 |
__________ (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,
| 2022 |  | 2021 |  | 2020
Product warranty expense, net of recoveries |  |  |  |  |
Warranties issued and assumed in period | $ | 2,593 |  |  | $ | 4,485 |  |  | $ | 3,401 |
Supplier recoveries accrued in period | (261) |  |  | (2,175) |  |  | (322) |
Adjustments and other | 260 |  |  | 296 |  |  | 29 |
Warranty expense, net of supplier recoveries | $ | 2,592 |  |  | $ | 2,606 |  |  | $ | 3,108 |
We estimate our reasonably possible loss in excess of amounts accrued for recall campaigns to be insignificant at December 31, 2022. Refer to Note 16 to our consolidated financial statements for more details.

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