Exhibit 23
[Letterhead of Bates White LLC]
CONSENT OF EXPERT
We consent to the references to our firm and to our reports with respect to estimation of the liability for pending and reasonably estimable unasserted future asbestos-related claims, which are included in Note 18 of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements in the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q of ArvinMeritor, Inc. (“ArvinMeritor”) for the Quarterly Period ended April 1, 2007, and to the incorporation by reference of such reference into the following Registration Statements of ArvinMeritor:
Form | Registration No. | Purpose |
S-8 | 333-141186 | 2007 Long-Term Incentive Plan |
S-3 | 333-134409 | Registration of convertible notes, | ||
| guarantees and common stock |
| ||
S-8 | 333-107913 | ArvinMeritor, Inc. Savings Plan |
S-8 | 333-123103 | ArvinMeritor, Inc. Hourly Employees |
Savings Plan
S-3 | 333-58760 | Registration of debt securities |
S-8 | 333-49610 | 1997 Long-Term Incentives Plan |
S-3 | 333-43118 | Arvin Industries, Inc. 1988 Stock Benefit | |
| Plan |
|
S-3 | 333-43116 | Arvin Industries, Inc. 1998 Stock Benefit Plan |
S-3 | 333-43112 | Arvin Industries, Inc. Employee Stock |
Benefit Plan
S-8 | 333-42012 | Employee Stock Benefit Plan, 1988 Stock |
Benefit Plan and 1998 Employee Stock Benefit Plan
By: /s/ Charles E. Bates
Charles E. Bates, Ph.D. | ||
| President and CEO |
|
Date: May 4, 2007