WARRANTY LIABILITIES

3 Months Ended

Apr. 04, 2015

WARRANTY LIABILITIES

WARRANTY LIABILITIES

4. WARRANTY LIABILITIES

Warranty liability activity consisted of the following (in thousands):

	For the 13			For the 14
	Weeks Ended			Weeks Ended
	April 4,			April 5,
	2015			2014
Beginning balance	$	13,500		$	15,658
Settlements in cash or kind	(2,102		)	(3,163		)
Warranties issued and adjustments to preexisting warranties (1)	2,016			3,364
Liabilities assumed in acquisition	44			0
Ending balance	$	13,458		$	15,859

(1) Changes in cost estimates related to preexisting warranties are aggregated with accruals for new standard warranties issued and foreign currency changes.