<SEC-DOCUMENT>0001127602-16-052912.txt : 20160520
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<ACCEPTANCE-DATETIME>20160520153806
ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001127602-16-052912
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	4
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20160520
FILED AS OF DATE:		20160520
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20160520

ISSUER:		

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			AMERICAN AXLE & MANUFACTURING HOLDINGS INC
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001062231
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	MOTOR VEHICLE PARTS & ACCESSORIES [3714]
		IRS NUMBER:				383161171
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		ONE DAUCH DRIVE
		CITY:			DETROIT
		STATE:			MI
		ZIP:			48211-1198
		BUSINESS PHONE:		3137583600

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		ONE DAUCH DRIVE
		CITY:			DETROIT
		STATE:			MI
		ZIP:			48211-1198

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			Hantler Steven Brian
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001534202

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		4
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-14303
		FILM NUMBER:		161666057

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		ONE DAUCH DRIVE
		CITY:			DETROIT
		STATE:			MI
		ZIP:			48211-1198
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    <periodOfReport>2016-05-20</periodOfReport>

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    <issuer>
        <issuerCik>0001062231</issuerCik>
        <issuerName>AMERICAN AXLE &amp; MANUFACTURING HOLDINGS INC</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>AXL</issuerTradingSymbol>
    </issuer>

    <reportingOwner>
        <reportingOwnerId>
            <rptOwnerCik>0001534202</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>Hantler Steven Brian</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>ONE DAUCH DRIVE</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2></rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>DETROIT</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>MI</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>48211-1198</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
        </reportingOwnerAddress>
        <reportingOwnerRelationship>
            <isDirector>1</isDirector>
        </reportingOwnerRelationship>
    </reportingOwner>

    <footnotes></footnotes>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>/s/ Laura L. Douglas, attorney in fact</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2016-05-19</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
</ownershipDocument>
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<TYPE>EX-24
<SEQUENCE>2
<FILENAME>doc1.txt
<DESCRIPTION>POWER OF ATTORNEY (PUBLIC): POWER OF ATTORNEY (STEVEN HANTLER)
<TEXT>
POWER OF ATTORNEY
      As of the 2nd day of November, 2011, Steven B. Hantler appoints
Steven R. Keyes, Richard G. Raymond and Laura L. Douglas signing
singly, as the undersigned's true and lawful attorneys-in-fact to:

(1)execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in her capacity as officer
and/or director of American Axle & Manufacturing, Inc., Forms
3, 4, and 5 in accordance with Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934, and any other forms or reports the undersigned may be required
to file in connection with her ownership, acquisition, or disposition of
securities of American Axle &
Manufacturing Holdings, Inc. (the "Company");

(2)do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the undersigned in
order to execute any Form 3, 4, or 5, or other form or report, and timely file
the form or report with the United States Securities and Exchange
Commission; and

(3)take any other action, which, in the opinion of each attorney-in-fact, may
be in the interest of or legally required by the undersigned.

The undersigned hereby grants to each attorney-in-fact full power and authority
to perform any act necessary to exercise the rights and powers granted herein,
as fully as the undersigned could do if personally present, with full
power of substitution or revocation.  The undersigned acknowledges that the
attorneys-in-fact are not assuming, nor is the Company assuming,
any of the undersigned's responsibilities to comply with
Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the
undersigned is no longer required to file Forms 3, 4, or 5 with respect to the
undersigned's holdings of and transactions in securities issued by the Company,
unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to the
attorneys-in-fact.


							_________________________
							Steven B. Hantler

Subscribed and sworn to before me on
this 2nd day of November, 2011.

_________________________
Lisa Michelle Kennerly
Notary Public, Macomb County, MI
Acting in Wayne County, MI
My commission expires 3/14/15
</TEXT>
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