Wagner(R) Brake Products Receives Parts Depot, Inc. Category Management Award

SOUTHFIELD, Mich.--Jan. 5, 2006--Wagner Brake(R) Products has received the 2005 Category Management Award from Parts Depot, Inc. in recognition of the brand's efforts in targeting and achieving significant increases in product line coverage and year-over-year sales. Wagner Brake Products are manufactured and marketed by Federal-Mogul Corporation (OTCBB:FDMLQ).

The Parts Depot award is presented annually to the manufacturer supplier that best applies modern category management strategies to address the evolving needs of professional and do-it-yourself customers. The Wagner team worked with Parts Depot to increase the distributor's brake parts application coverage resulting in increased comparable sales. Based on the success of the Wagner program, Parts Depot has announced it will continue to expand application coverage within the brake category in 2006.

"This award reflects Federal-Mogul's continued success in supporting the business objectives of one of our most important customers," said Joseph P. Felicelli, executive vice president, Aftermarket Products and Services, Federal-Mogul. "We are very pleased to have had the opportunity to work with Parts Depot in leveraging the full power of the Wagner Brake brand and product line."

The Wagner Brake product offering includes a comprehensive portfolio of advanced, application-specific friction solutions, rotors, drums, hardware, and hydraulics. The award-winning Wagner ThermoQuiet(R) one-piece brake pad - the only replacement brake pad to combine the benefits of quiet performance, exceptional stopping power and long life -- is the leading choice of thousands of undercar service professionals across North America. ThermoQuiet also is the first aftermarket friction product to have won the Automotive News PACE Award for Product Innovation.

Parts Depot, based in Roanoke, Va., is the nation's fifth-largest replacement auto parts distributor, with 19 regional warehouse operations and more than 125 retail stores serving vehicle repair shops, dealerships, do-it-yourselfers and other customers.

For more information regarding Wagner Brake products, please contact your Wagner Brake supplier, visit www.federal-mogul.com/wagner/brake, or write to: Wagner Brake Products, Federal-Mogul Corporation, 26555 Northwestern Highway, Southfield, MI 48034.

About Federal-Mogul

Federal-Mogul is a global supplier of automotive components, sub-systems, modules and systems serving the world's original equipment manufacturers and the aftermarket. The company utilizes its engineering and materials expertise, proprietary technology, manufacturing skill, distribution flexibility and marketing power to deliver products, brands and services of value to its customers. Federal-Mogul is focused on global profitable growth to create value for and bring greater satisfaction to its customers, employees, and stakeholders.

Headquartered in Southfield, Michigan, the Company employs 45,000 people in 30 countries. Federal-Mogul was founded in Detroit in 1899. Federal-Mogul's products are sold under a variety of power brands, including but not limited to, AE(R) engine products, ANCO(R) wipers, Champion(R) spark plugs and wipers, Fel-Pro(R) gaskets, Ferodo(R) brake pads, Glyco(R) bearings, Goetze(R) piston rings, Moog(R) chassis products, National(R) wheel-end components, Nural(R) pistons, Payen(R) gaskets, Sealed Power(R) engine products and Wagner(R) lighting and brake products.

For more information on Federal-Mogul, visit the company's Web site at http://www.federal-mogul.com.

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