EX-23 6 c67755ex23.txt CONSENT OF ARTHUR ANDERSEN LLP EXHIBIT 23 CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS As independent public accountants, we hereby consent to the incorporation by reference of our report dated January 28, 2002, included in the Annual Report on Form 10-K of Tenneco Automotive Inc., formerly known as Tenneco Inc. ("Tenneco"), for the year ended December 31, 2001, into the following Registration Statements previously filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission:
REGISTRATION NO. FORM SECURITIES REGISTERED ---------------- ---- --------------------- 333-24291 S-3 $700,000,000 Tenneco debt securities of which $100,000,000 remains available for issuance. 333-17485 S-8 17,000,000 shares of Common Stock, par value $.01 per share of Tenneco ("Common Stock") issuable under the 1996 Tenneco Inc. Stock Ownership Plan (now known as the Tenneco Automotive Inc. Stock Ownership Plan). 333-30933 S-8 5,000 shares of Common Stock issuable under the Tenneco Thrift Plan for Hourly Employees ("Hourly Thrift Plan") and the Tenneco Thrift Plan ("Salaried Thrift Plan"). 333-17487 S-8 462,000 shares of Common Stock issuable under the Hourly Thrift Plan and the Salaried Thrift Plan. 333-41535 S-8 33,796 shares of Common Stock issuable under the 1996 Tenneco Inc. Stock Ownership Plan (now known as the Tenneco Automotive Inc. Stock Ownership Plan). 333-27279 S-8 64,000 shares of Common Stock issuable under the Hourly Thrift Plan. 333-23249 S-8 2,500,000 shares of Common Stock issuable under the 1997 Employee Stock Purchase Plan. 333-27281 S-8 395,000 shares of Common Stock issuable under the Hourly Thrift Plan and Salaried Thrift Plan. 333-41537 S-8 2,100 shares of Common Stock issuable under the Hourly Thrift Plan. 333-48777 S-8 710,000 shares of Common Stock issuable under the Hourly Thrift Plan and the Salaried Thrift Plan. 333-76261 S-8 740,000 shares of Common Stock issuable under the Hourly Thrift Plan and the Salaried Thrift Plan. 333-33442 S-8 1,880,000 shares Common Stock issuable under The Tenneco Automotive Employee Stock Ownership Plan for Hourly Employees and The Tenneco Automotive Employee Stock Ownership Plan for Salaried Employees. 333-33934 S-8 1,500,000 Shares Common Stock issuable under the Tenneco Automotive Inc. Supplemental Stock Ownership Plan.
ARTHUR ANDERSEN LLP Chicago, Illinois March 14, 2002