Exhibit 31-a

            CERTIFICATION OF THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER PURSUANT TO
                      RULE 13a-14(a) UNDER THE EXCHANGE ACT

      I, Larry D. Yost, Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive
Officer of ArvinMeritor, Inc., certify that:

1. I have reviewed this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q of ArvinMeritor, Inc. for
   the Quarterly Period Ended March 28, 2004;

2. Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a
   material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the
   statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements
   were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;

3. Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial
   information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects
   the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the
   registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;

4. The registrant's other certifying officer and I are responsible for
   establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined
   in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) for the registrant and have:

      a. Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such
         disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our
         supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the
         registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to
         us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in
         which this report is being prepared;

      b. Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant's disclosure controls and
         procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the
         effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end
         of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and

      c. Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant's internal
         control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant's
         most recent fiscal quarter that has materially affected, or is
         reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant's internal
         control over financial reporting; and

5. The registrant's other certifying officer and I have disclosed, based on our
   most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the
   registrant's auditors and the audit committee of registrant's board of
   directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):

      a. all significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or
         operation of internal control over financial reporting which are
         reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant's ability to
         record, process, summarize and report financial information; and

      b. any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management
         or other employees who have a significant role in the
         registrant's internal control over financial reporting.


Date:  May 7, 2004


                              /s/ Larry D. Yost
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                              Larry D. Yost, Chairman of the Board
                              and Chief Executive Officer