Two months after winning a bidding war for the car-parts retailer Pep Boys, Carl C. Icahn has his sights on acquiring another company in the auto industry: the Federal-Mogul Holdings Corporation.

Federal-Mogul said on Monday that it had received a proposal from the billionaire activist investor’s firm to acquire the remaining 18 percent of the company that he did not already own, according to a statement.

In a letter addressed to the Federal-Mogul board, Keith Cozza, the chief executive of Icahn Enterprises, outlined a plan to acquire the remainder of Federal-Mogul for $7 a share, or a 41 percent premium to where the stock last closed. The company, based in Southfield, Mich., had an $842 million market valuation as of Friday.

As a result of the letter, Federal-Mogul said it would appoint a special committee of independent directors to evaluate Icahn Enterprises’ proposal.