UNITED STATES
                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             Washington, D.C. 20549

                                     FORM 15

CERTIFICATION AND NOTICE OF TERMINATION OF REGISTRATION UNDER SECTION 12(g) OF
THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 OR SUSPENSION OF DUTY TO FILE REPORTS UNDER
SECTIONS 13 AND 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934.

                                                  Commission File Number 1-00302
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                             ARVIN INDUSTRIES, INC.
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             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

                                One Noblitt Plaza
                                  P.O. Box 3000
                          Columbus, Indiana 47202-3000
                                 (812) 379-3000
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          (Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including
             area code, of registrant's principal executive offices)

                     Common Stock, par value $2.50 per share
                         Preferred Share Purchase Right
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            (Title of each class of securities covered by this Form)

                                       N/A
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         (Titles of all other classes of securities for which a duty to
               file reports under section 13(a) or 15(d) remains)

Please place an X in the box(es) to designate the appropriate rule provision(s)
relied upon to terminate or suspend the duty to file reports:

          Rule 12g-4(a)(1)(i)   |X|         Rule 12h-3(b)(1)(i)   |X|
          Rule 12g-4(a)(1)(ii)  |_|         Rule 12h-3(b)(1)(ii)  |_|
          Rule 12g-4(a)(2)(i)   |_|         Rule 12h-3(b)(2)(i)   |_|
          Rule 12g-4(a)(2)(ii)  |_|         Rule 12h-3(b)(2)(ii)  |_|
                                            Rule 15d-6            |_|

Approximate number of holders of record as of the certification or notice
date:      0
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Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
ARVINMERITOR, INC., successor by merger to Arvin Industries, Inc., has caused
this certification/notice to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned duly
authorized person.


Date:  July 13, 2000                    By: /s/ Vernon G. Baker, II
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                                            Name:   Vernon G. Baker, II
                                            Title:  Senior Vice President,
                                                    General Counsel and
                                                    Secretary