Exhibit (23)
CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM
We consent to the incorporation by reference in the Registration Statements of Cooper Tire & Rubber Company listed below, and in the related Prospectuses, of our reports dated March 2, 2010, with respect to the consolidated financial statements and schedule of Cooper Tire & Rubber Company and the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting of Cooper Tire & Rubber Company, included in this Annual Report (Form 10-K) for the year ended December 31, 2009:
Form S-3 | No. 33-44159 | $200,000,000 aggregate principal amount of the Company’s Debt Securities | ||
No. 333-89149 | Registration of securities not to exceed an initial public offering price of $1,200,000,000 | |||
No. 333-161870 | Registration of 1,527,778 shares of the Company’s common stock | |||
Form S-8 | No. 2-58577 | Thrift and Profit Sharing Plan | ||
No. 33-35071 | Texarkana Pre-Tax Savings Plan | |||
No. 33-47980 | 1991 Stock Option Plan for Non-Employee Directors | |||
No. 33-47981 | Pre-Tax Savings Plan at the Findlay Plant | |||
No. 333-09619 | 1996 Stock Option Plan | |||
No. 333-83311 | Pre-Tax Savings Plan (Clarksdale) | |||
No. 333-83309 | 1998 Employee Stock Option Plan | |||
1998 Incentive Compensation Plan | ||||
No. 333-83589 | 1998 Non-Employee Directors Compensation Deferral Plan | |||
No. 333-84815 | Thrift & Profit Sharing Plan | |||
No. 333-84813 | Texarkana Pre-Tax Savings Plan | |||
No. 333-84811 | Pre-Tax Savings Plan at the Findlay Plant | |||
No. 333-103007 | 2001 Incentive Compensation Plan | |||
No. 333-113315 | Pre-Tax Savings Plan at the Auburn Plant, Pre-Tax Savings Plan (Bowling Green – Hose), Pre-Tax Savings Plan (Bowling Green – Sealing), Pre-Tax Savings Plan (Clarksdale), Pre-Tax Savings Plan at the El Dorado Plant, Pre-Tax Savings Plan at the Findlay Plant, Texarkana Pre-Tax Savings Plan | |||
No. 333-138811 | Pre-Tax Savings Plan (Findlay) and Pre-Tax Savings Plan (Texarkana) | |||
No. 333-142136 | 2006 Incentive Compensation Plan | |||
No. 333-157778 | Spectrum Investment Plan, Pre-Tax Savings Plan (Findlay) and Pre-Tax Savings Plan (Texarkana) |
/s/ Ernst & Young LLP | ||||
ERNST & YOUNG LLP | ||||
Toledo, Ohio
March 2, 2010
March 2, 2010
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