4th October 2007 - ArvinMeritor Provides Updated Financial Outlook

At the Deutsche Bank Leveraged Finance Conference in Scottsdale, Ariz., ArvinMeritor's Senior Vice President, Strategic Initiatives, and Treasurer, Mary Lehmann, told investors that ArvinMeritor is revising its forecast for diluted earnings per share from continuing operations.

Jim Donlon, executive vice president and chief financial officer, who also attended the conference, said, "In North America, we are encountering a weaker than anticipated economic environment in our Commercial Vehicle Systems business group resulting from decreased freight volumes largely due to the decline in housing construction. Our customers expect the housing recession to delay the recovery cycle for North America commercial vehicle production into the 2008 calendar year. In addition, we are incurring premium freight and labor inefficiencies mainly in Europe, associated with unanticipated demand for higher production of truck parts, which is creating capacity issues for the entire supply chain.

"We anticipate that the company's earnings for the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2007 will be negatively impacted by approximately $0.20 per diluted share due to the combination of these market conditions," he continued. "In addition, we will also report non-recurring items in the fourth quarter related to suppliers in financial distress, and tax law changes in Germany, which will require a write-down of the value of certain deferred tax assets. We expect these items to reduce our earnings per share for the fourth fiscal quarter of 2007 by approximately an additional $0.20 per share."

Fiscal Year 2008 Outlook

"In fiscal year 2008, we anticipate the current soft market conditions will continue in the short term with recovery later in the year resulting in a range of $1.40 to $1.60 earnings per share from continuing operations before special items for fiscal year 2008," Donlon said.

"While we continue to be challenged by market conditions, we are encouraged by the results we are seeing from our Performance Plus profit improvement program. As previously reported, we expect to deliver cost improvements of $75 million in 2008.

"We also are pleased by our Performance Plus growth initiatives, including ArvinMeritor being sourced as the supplier on 55 percent of the MRAP vehicles awarded thus far, with additional potential upside as new awards are announced, and our arrangement with Chery Motors in China that will ramp up to anticipated sales of $150 million annually by 2010. In addition, our pension and retiree medical costs will decrease, largely because of improved funding and modifications to plan benefits. We anticipate that these savings, combined with our aggressive internal programs to reduce SG&A costs, will help to mitigate the soft market conditions in fiscal year 2008."

To continue to maintain financial flexibility, the company has amended its revolving credit facility to modify certain covenants through the third quarter of fiscal year 2008.

About ArvinMeritor

ArvinMeritor, Inc. is a premier global supplier of a broad range of integrated systems, modules and components to the motor vehicle industry. The company serves light vehicle, commercial truck, trailer and specialty original equipment manufacturers and certain aftermarkets. Headquartered in Troy, Mich., ArvinMeritor employs approximately 19,000 people in 25 countries. ArvinMeritor common stock is traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol ARM. For more information, visit the company's Web site at: http://www.arvinmeritor.com/

Forward-Looking Statements

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Source: ArvinMeritor Press Release