XML 57 R12.htm IDEA: XBRL DOCUMENT v2.4.0.8
Product-Related Liabilities
9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2013
Product-Related Liabilities

7 Product-Related Liabilities

The Company has reserves for product risks. Such reserves are related to product performance issues including recall, product liability and warranty issues.

The Company records liabilities for product-related risks when probable claims are identified and when it is possible to reasonably estimate costs. Provisions for warranty claims are estimated based on prior experience, likely changes in performance of newer products and the mix and volume of the products sold. The provisions are recorded on an accrual basis. For further explanation, see Note 11 Contingent Liabilities below.

 

The table below summarizes the change in the balance sheet position of the product-related liabilities. The provisions for the three months ended September 30, 2013 mainly relate to warranty related issues and the nine months ended September 30, 2013 mainly relate to recall related issues. The cash paid for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2013 related mainly to warranty related issues. The provisions and cash paid for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2012 mainly related to warranty related issues.

 

     Three months ended     Nine months ended  
     September 30,
2013
    September 30,
2012
    September 30,
2013
    September 30,
2012
 

Reserve at beginning of the period

   $ 37.1      $ 31.6      $ 29.9      $ 33.0   

Change in reserve

     2.9        3.5        16.4        13.3   

Cash payments

     (2.8     (4.5     (8.5     (15.3

Translation difference

     0.6        0.7        (0.0     0.3   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Reserve at end of the period

   $ 37.8      $ 31.3      $ 37.8      $ 31.3