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                                                                    EXHIBIT 23.3
 
                         INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' CONSENT
 
The Board of Directors and Stockholders
NSK-WARNER KABUSHIKI KAISHA
 
     We consent to incorporation by reference in the registration statement on
Form S-3 of Borg-Warner Automotive, Inc. of our report dated April 26, 1995
relating to the balance sheets of NSK-Warner Kabushiki Kaisha as of March 31,
1995 and 1994, and the related statements of earnings, stockholders' equity, and
cash flows for each of the years in the three-year period ended March 31, 1995,
which report appears in the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended
December 31, 1994, as amended, of Borg-Warner Automotive, Inc. and to the
reference to our firm under the heading "Experts" in the prospectus.
 
KPMG PEAT MARWICK
Tokyo, Japan
 
June 12, 1996
