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Warranty Reserves
3 Months Ended
Mar. 26, 2022
Product Warranties Disclosures [Abstract]  
Warranty Reserves

5. Warranty Reserves

 

The Company’s standard warranty obligation to its end-users provides for a period of one to two years from the date of shipment, while certain auto, aviation, and marine OEM products have a warranty period of two years or more from the date of installation. The Company’s estimates of costs to service its warranty obligations are based on historical experience and management’s expectations and judgments of future conditions, and are recorded as a liability on the balance sheet. The following reconciliation provides an illustration of changes in the aggregate warranty reserve.

 

 

 

13-Weeks Ended

 

 

 

March 26, 2022

 

 

March 27, 2021

 

Balance - beginning of period

 

$

45,467

 

 

$

42,643

 

Accrual for products sold (1)

 

 

10,871

 

 

 

11,456

 

Expenditures

 

 

(15,640

)

 

 

(14,811

)

Balance - end of period

 

$

40,698

 

 

$

39,288

 

 

(1) Changes in cost estimates related to pre-existing warranties were not material and aggregated with accruals for new warranty contracts in the ‘accrual for products sold’ line.