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Accrued and Other Liabilities (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2023
Accrued Liabilities and Other Liabilities [Abstract] |
Accrued and Other Liabilities |
| December 31, 2023 |  | December 31, 2022
Accrued liabilities |  |  |
Dealer and customer allowances, claims and discounts | $ | 6,065 |  |  | $ | 4,813 |
Deferred revenue | 2,802 |  |  | 2,489 |
Product warranty and related liabilities | 3,285 |  |  | 3,042 |
Payrolls and employee benefits excluding postemployment benefits | 3,099 |  |  | 3,298 |
Other | 12,113 |  |  | 11,268 |
Total accrued liabilities | $ | 27,364 |  |  | $ | 24,910 |
Other liabilities |  |  |
Deferred revenue | $ | 5,019 |  |  | $ | 3,552 |
Product warranty and related liabilities | 6,011 |  |  | 5,488 |
Operating lease liabilities | 907 |  |  | 967 |
Employee benefits excluding postemployment benefits | 518 |  |  | 512 |
Postemployment benefits including facility idling reserves | 151 |  |  | 507 |
Other | 3,909 |  |  | 3,740 |
Total other liabilities | $ | 16,515 |  |  | $ | 14,767 |
Product Warranty and Related Liabilities |
| Years Ended December 31,
| 2023 |  | 2022 |  | 2021
Product Warranty and Related Liabilities |  |  |  |  |
Warranty balance at beginning of period | $ | 8,530 |  |  | $ | 9,774 |  |  | $ | 8,242 |
Warranties issued and assumed in period – recall campaigns | 864 |  |  | 651 |  |  | 2,820 |
Warranties issued and assumed in period – product warranty | 2,418 |  |  | 1,943 |  |  | 1,665 |
Payments | (4,009) |  |  | (4,097) |  |  | (3,249) |
Adjustments to pre-existing warranties | 1,462 |  |  | 297 |  |  | 315 |
Effect of foreign currency and other | 31 |  |  | (37) |  |  | (19) |
Warranty balance at end of period | 9,295 |  |  | 8,530 |  |  | 9,774 |
Less: Supplier recoveries balance at end of period(a) | 646 |  |  | 1,184 |  |  | 2,039 |
Warranty balance, net of supplier recoveries at end of period | $ | 8,649 |  |  | $ | 7,345 |  |  | $ | 7,735 |
__________ (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,
| 2023 |  | 2022 |  | 2021
Product warranty expense, net of recoveries |  |  |  |  |
Warranties issued and assumed in period | $ | 3,282 |  |  | $ | 2,593 |  |  | $ | 4,485 |
Supplier recoveries accrued in period | 3 |  |  | (261) |  |  | (2,175) |
Adjustments and other | 1,493 |  |  | 260 |  |  | 296 |
Warranty expense, net of supplier recoveries | $ | 4,778 |  |  | $ | 2,592 |  |  | $ | 2,606 |

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