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Warranty Liability | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2016
Product Warranties Disclosures [Abstract] |
Warranty Liability | WARRANTY LIABILITY Changes in our warranty liability were as follows, in millions:
| Nine Months Ended September 30, 2016 |  | Twelve Months Ended December 31, 2015
Balance at January 1 | $ | 152 |  |  | $ | 135 |
Accruals for warranties issued during the period | 48 |  |  | 56 |
Accruals related to pre-existing warranties | 36 |  |  | 15 |
Settlements made (in cash or kind) during the period | (43 | ) |  | (50 | )
Other, net (including currency translation) | (1 | ) |  | (4 | )
Balance at end of period | $ | 192 |  |  | $ | 152 |
During 2016, a business in the Windows and Other Specialty Products segment recorded a $31 million increase as a change in estimate of expected future warranty claims resulting from recent warranty claim trends, including, among other items, the nature and type of claim and estimate of costs to service claims.

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- Definition The entire disclosure for standard and extended product warranties and other product guarantee contracts, including a tabular reconciliation of the changes in the guarantor's aggregate product warranty liability for the reporting period. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 460 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 8 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=68068213&loc=d3e12565-110249 + Details
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