FORM 3

UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 INITIAL STATEMENT OF 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* Hopgood Daniel Roy (Last) (First) (Middle) ARVINMERITOR, INC., 2135 WEST MAPLE ROAD (Street) TROY MI 48084-7186 (City) (State) (Zip)	2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year) 01/30/2009	3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol ARVINMERITOR INC [ARM]
		4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) Director 10% Owner X Officer (give title below) Other (specify below) Controller	5. If Amendment, Date of 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

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security (Instr. 4)	2. Amount of Securities Owned (Instr. 4)	3. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5)	4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
Common Stock	21,536 (1)	D
Common Stock	703	I	ArvinMeritor Savings Plan (2)

Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 4)	2. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)		3. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 4)		4. Conversion or Excercise Price of Derivative Security	5. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5)	6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares
Common Stock Share Equivalents (3)	(4)	(4)	Common Stock	3	$ (4)	I	ArvinMeritor Supplemental Savings Plan

Explanation of Responses:

1. Includes 5,436 shares of restricted stock that are held by the issuer to implement restrictions on transfer unless and until certain conditions are met and 16,100 restricted stock units, each of which represents the right to receive one share of common stock upon the vesting date, subject to terms and conditions.

2. 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 December 31, 2008.

3. Share equivalents related to ArvinMeritor common stock, held under ArvinMeritor's supplemental savings plan, based on information furnished by the Plan Administrator as of December 31, 2008.

4. Not applicable.

	/s/ Daniel Hopgood, by Barbara Novak, attorney-in-fact	01/30/2009
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
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EX-24

Know all by these presents that the undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints each of Vernon G. Baker, II and Barbara Novak, 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), Form ID and 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 22nd day of January, 2009. /s/ Daniel R. Hopgood Signature Daniel R. Hopgood Print Name: Daniel R. Hopgood