POWER OF ATTORNEY

	Know all by these presents, that
the undersigned hereby constitutes and
appoints each of Vernon G. Baker, II
and Bonnie Wilkinson, signing singly,
the undersigned's true and lawful
attorney-in-fact to:

	(1)	execute for and on behalf
of the undersigned, in the undersigned's
capacity as a director and/or an executive
who is or may be considered to be an
officer (as defined for purposes of
Section 16 of the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934 (the Act) and the rules
thereunder) of ArvinMeritor, Inc. (the Company),
Forms 3, 4 and 5 in accordance with
Section 16(a) of the Act and the rules thereunder;

	(2)	do and perform any and all
acts for and on behalf of the undersigned
which may be necessary or desirable to
complete and execute any such Form 3, 4 or 5 and
timely file such form with the United States
Securities and Exchange Commission and any
stock exchange or similar authority; and

	(3)	take any other action of any
type whatsoever in connection with the
foregoing which, in the opinion of such
attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit to,
in the best interest of, or legally required
by, the undersigned, it being understood
that the documents executed by such
attorney-in-fact on behalf of the undersigned
pursuant to this Power of Attorney shall
be in such form and shall contain such
terms and conditions as such attorney-in-fact
may approve in such attorney-in-fact's discretion.

	The undersigned hereby grants to each
such attorney-in-fact full power and authority
to do and perform any and every act and thing
whatsoever requisite, necessary or proper to
be done in the exercise of any of the
rights and powers herein granted, as fully
to all intents and purposes as the
undersigned might or could do if personally
present, with full power of substitution
or revocation, hereby ratifying and confirming
all that such attorney-in-fact, or
such attorney-in-fact's substitute or substitutes,
shall lawfully do or cause to be done by
virtue of this power of attorney and
the rights and powers herein granted.
The undersigned acknowledges that
the foregoing attorneys-in-fact, in
serving in such capacity at the request of
the undersigned, are not assuming, nor is
the Company assuming, any of the undersigned's
responsibilities to comply with Section 16
of the Act and the rules thereunder.

	This Power of Attorney shall remain
in full force and effect until the
undersigned's filing of Forms 3, 4 and 5
with respect to the undersigned's holdings
of and transactions in securities issued
by the Company is no longer either required
or deemed advisable in the opinion of
the Company's General Counsel, unless
earlier revoked by the undersigned in
a signed writing delivered to the
Company's Office of the Secretary
for distribution to each
of the foregoing attorneys-in-fact.

	IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned
has caused this Power of Attorney to be
executed as of this 17th day of September, 2003.




	/s/ Rakesh Sachdev
	Signature

 	Rakesh Sachdev
	Print Name