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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person * SODERSTROM S CARL JR   2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol ARVINMERITOR INC [ARM] 5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) _____ Director _____ 10% Owner __X__ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below) Sr. VP and CFO (Last) (First) (Middle) ARVINMERITOR, INC., 2135 WEST MAPLE ROAD 3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year) 11/24/2004 (Street) TROY, MI 48084-7186 4. If Amendment, Date Original Filed(Month/Day/Year) 6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing(Check Applicable Line) _X_ Form filed by One Reporting Person ___ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person (City) (State) (Zip) Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned

1.Title of Security (Instr. 3) 2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) 2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) 3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8) 4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) 5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4) 6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4) 7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4) Code V Amount (A) or (D) Price Common Stock               5,161 I ArvinMeritor Savings Plan (1) Common Stock               67,755 I Restricted Stock (2) Common Stock               75 I Rockwell Savings Plan (3) Common Stock 11/24/2004   M   20,667 A $ 14.8125 20,667 D   Common Stock 11/24/2004   M   60,000 A $ 19.85 80,667 D   Common Stock 11/24/2004   S(8)   60,000 D $ 22 20,667 D   Common Stock 11/24/2004   S(8)   20,367 D $ 21.75 300 D   Common Stock 11/24/2004   S(8)   300 D $ 21.76 0 D

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Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)

1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3)

2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security

3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)

3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)

4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)

5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4, and 5)

6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)

7. Title and Amount of Underlying Securities (Instr. 3 and 4)

8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)

9. Number of Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4)

10. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)

11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)

Code

V

(A)

(D)

Date Exercisable

Expiration Date

Title

Amount or Number of Shares

Common Stock Share Equivalents (4)

$ 0

(5)

(5)

Common Stock

8,160

8,160

D

Employee Stock Option (Right to Buy)

$ 19.85

11/24/2004

M

60,000

(6)

01/21/2012

Common Stock

60,000

(5)

30,000

D

Employee Stock Option (Right to Buy)

$ 14.8125

11/24/2004

M

20,667

(7)

11/10/2010

Common Stock

20,667

(5)

0

D

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address	Relationships
	Director	10% Owner	Officer	Other
SODERSTROM S CARL JR ARVINMERITOR, INC. 2135 WEST MAPLE ROAD TROY, MI 48084-7186			Sr. VP and CFO

Signatures

S. Carl Soderstrom, Jr. By: Bonnie Wilkinson, Attorney-in-fact		11/29/2004
**Signature of Reporting Person		Date

Explanation of Responses:

*	If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 4(b)(v).
**	Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
(1)	Shares purchased periodically and held in ArvinMeritor common stock funds in an employee benefit trust established under the ArvinMeritor, Inc. Savings Plan, based on information furnished by the Plan Administrator as of October 31, 2004.
(2)	Held by the issuer to implement restrictions on transfer unless and until certain conditions are met.
(3)	Shares represented by ArvinMeritor stock fund units under the Rockwell Automation Savings Plans, based on information furnished by the Plan Administrator as of August 31, 2004. The shares represented by ArvinMeritor stock fund units are held in an employee benefit trust established thereunder.
(4)	Share equivalents related to ArvinMeritor common stock, held under ArvinMeritor's supplemental savings plan, based on information furnished by the Plan Administrator as of October 31, 2004.
(5)	Inapplicable.
(6)	Options became exercisable in whole or in part (but only for a whole number of shares) as to one-third of the option shares beginning on January 21, 2003, and as to an additional one-third of the option shares beginning on January 21, 2004, and will become exercisable as to the balance of the option shares beginning on January 21, 2005.
(7)	Options became exercisable in whole or in part (but only for a whole number of shares) as to one-third of the option shares beginning on November 10, 2001, as to an additional one-third of the option shares beginning on November 10, 2002 and as to the balance of the option shares beginning on November 10, 2003.
(8)	Shares of common stock acquired upon exercise of employee stock options and sold.

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