FORM 4	UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549	OMB APPROVAL
Check this box if no longer subject to Section 16. Form 4 or Form 5 obligations may continue. See Instruction 1(b).	STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP 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	OMB Number: 3235-0287 Expires: January 31, 2005 Estimated average burden hours per response. . .0.5 Filed By Romeo & Dye's Instant Form 4 Filer www.section16.net

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* Soderstrom, Jr., S. Carl	2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol ArvinMeritor, Inc. (ARM)		6. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable)     Director                                       10% Owner X Officer (give title below)          Other (specify below) Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
(Last)      (First)     (Middle) ArvinMeritor, Inc. 2135 West Maple Road	3. I.R.S. Identification Number of Reporting Person, if an entity (voluntary)	4. Statement for Month/Day/Year 12/17/02
(Street) Troy, MI 48084-7186		5. If Amendment, Date of Original (Month/Day/Year)	7. 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. Trans- action Date (Month/ Day/ Year)	2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/ Year)	3. Trans- action Code (Instr. 8)		4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 & 5)			5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Follow- ing Reported Transactions(s) (Instr. 3 & 4)	6. Owner- ship 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								15,250	D
Common Stock								3,969	I	ArvinMeritor Savings Plan(1)
Common Stock	12/16/02	12/17/02	J(2)		269	A	$15.8140	42,759	I	Restricted Stock(3)
Common Stock								75	I	Rockwell Savings Plan(4)

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FORM 4 (continued) 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. Conver- sion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security

3. Trans- action Date (Month/ Day/ Year)

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

4. Trans- action Code (Instr. 8)

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

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

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

8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)

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

10. Owner- ship Form of Deriv- ative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)

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

Code

V

(A)

(D)

Date Exer-cisable

Expira- tion Date

Title

Amount or Number of Shares

Common Stock Share Equivalents

(5)

J

212

Common Stock

212

3,686

D

Explanation of Responses:

(1) Shares held in ArvinMeritor common stock funds in an employee benefit trust fund established under the ArvinMeritor, Inc. Savings Plan, based on information furnished by the Plan Administrator as of November 30, 2002.
(2) Acquisition of additional shares of restricted stock through reinvestment of quarterly dividend, based on information provided by restricted stock plan administrator.
(3) Held by the issuer to implement restrictions on transfer unless and until certain conditions are met.
(4) Shares represented by ArvinMeritor stock fund units under the Rockwell Automation Savings Plans, based on information furnished by the Plan Administrator. The shares represented by ArvinMeritor stock fund units are held in an employee benefit trust established thereunder.
(5) Periodic acquisition of share equivalents related to ArvinMeritor common stock, held under ArvinMeritor's supplemental savings plan, based on information furnished by the Plan Administrator as of November 30, 2002.

By: /s/ S. Carl Soderstrom, Jr.
             By: Bonnie Wilkinson, Attorney-in-fact
**Signature of Reporting Person 12/19/02
Date

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