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Product Warranty
 9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2019
Commitments and Contingencies Disclosure [Abstract]  
Guarantees and Indemnifications
We provide warranties on the sale of most of our products and record an accrual for estimated future claims. Such accruals are based upon historical experience and management’s estimate of the level of future claims. The activity in warranty reserves for the quarter and nine months ended September 30, 2019 and 2018 are summarized in the following table:
 
Quarter Ended
 
Nine Months Ended
 
September 30,
 
September 30,
 
2019
 
2018
 
2019
 
2018
Beginning balance
$
9

 
$
23

 
$
14

 
$
25

Accrued to expense
—

 
—

 
1

 
1

Reduced to other operating credits and charges
—

 
(8
)
 
(4
)
 
(8
)
Accrued to discontinued operations
—

 
—

 
—

 
5

Foreign currency translation
—

 
—

 
—

 
(1
)
Payments made
(1
)
 
(1
)
 
(2
)
 
(8
)
Total warranty reserves
9

 
14

 
9

 
14

Current portion of warranty reserves
(2
)
 
(4
)
 
(2
)
 
(4
)
Long-term portion of warranty reserves
$
7

 
$
10

 
$
7

 
$
10


We continue to monitor warranty and other claims associated with these products and believe as of September 30, 2019 that the reserves associated with these matters are adequate. However, it is possible that additional changes may be required in the future.
The current portion of the warranty reserve is included in the caption “Accounts payable and accrued liabilities” and the long-term portion is included in Other long-term liabilities on our Consolidated Balance Sheets.