American Axle takes $485M charge in Q4, but outlook bullish for 2019 American Axle takes $485M charge in Q4, but outlook bullish for 2019 February 15, 2019 dzadmin Comments 0 Comment The driveline supplier said its fourth quarter and full year 2018 results reflected the impact of a noncash goodwill impairment of $485.5 million. The supplier issued a bullish forecast for 2019.