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<SEC-DOCUMENT>0001189233-06-000043.txt : 20060404
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<ACCEPTANCE-DATETIME>20060404073646
ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001189233-06-000043
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	4/A
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20050914
FILED AS OF DATE:		20060404
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20060404

ISSUER:		

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			ARVINMERITOR INC
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001113256
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	MOTOR VEHICLE PARTS & ACCESSORIES [3714]
		IRS NUMBER:				383354643
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			IN
		FISCAL YEAR END:			0930

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		2135 W MAPLE ROAD
		CITY:			TROY
		STATE:			MI
		ZIP:			48084
		BUSINESS PHONE:		2484351000

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	MU SUB INC
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	20000501

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			GOSNEL THOMAS A
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001189221

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		4/A
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-15983
		FILM NUMBER:		06735480

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		2135 WEST MAPLE RD
		CITY:			TROY
		STATE:			MI
		ZIP:			04084
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    <schemaVersion>X0202</schemaVersion>

    <documentType>4/A</documentType>

    <periodOfReport>2005-09-14</periodOfReport>

    <dateOfOriginalSubmission>2005-09-16</dateOfOriginalSubmission>

    <issuer>
        <issuerCik>0001113256</issuerCik>
        <issuerName>ARVINMERITOR INC</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>ARM</issuerTradingSymbol>
    </issuer>

    <reportingOwner>
        <reportingOwnerId>
            <rptOwnerCik>0001189221</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>GOSNEL THOMAS A</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>ARVINMERITOR, INC.</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2>2135 WEST MAPLE ROAD</rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>TROY</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>MI</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>48084-7186</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
        </reportingOwnerAddress>
        <reportingOwnerRelationship>
            <isDirector>0</isDirector>
            <isOfficer>1</isOfficer>
            <isTenPercentOwner>0</isTenPercentOwner>
            <isOther>0</isOther>
            <officerTitle>Sr. VP and President, CVS</officerTitle>
        </reportingOwnerRelationship>
    </reportingOwner>

    <nonDerivativeTable>
        <nonDerivativeHolding>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Common Stock</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <postTransactionAmounts>
                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>2306</value>
                    <footnoteId id="F1"/>
                </sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
            </postTransactionAmounts>
            <ownershipNature>
                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>D</value>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
                <natureOfOwnership>
                    <value></value>
                </natureOfOwnership>
            </ownershipNature>
        </nonDerivativeHolding>
    </nonDerivativeTable>

    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">Due to an inadvertent clerical error, end-of-period holdings in the original filing included 9,297 shares that had been sold (and reported in a Form 4) in August 2005.  This amendment corrects the error by subtracting these shares from end-of-period holdings.  Subsequent Forms 4 filed on November 22, 2005, November 29, 2005, December 15, 2005, February 1, 2006 and March 14, 2006 also reflected this error.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <remarks></remarks>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>Thomas A. Gosnell  By: Bonnie Wilkinson, Attorney-in-fact</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2006-04-04</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
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