Exhibit (23)
CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT AUDITORS
We consent to the incorporation by reference in the Registration Statements of Cooper Tire & Rubber Company listed below, and in the Prospectus related to the Forms S-3, of our report dated February 8, 2001, with respect to the consolidated financial statements and schedule of Cooper Tire & Rubber Company included in this Annual Report (Form 10-K) for the year ended December 31, 2000:
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 | |||
Form S-8 | No. 2-58577 | Thrift and Profit Sharing Plan | ||
No. 2-77400 | 1981 Incentive Stock Option Plan | |||
No. 33-5483 | 1986 Incentive Stock Option Plan | |||
No. 33-35071 | Texarkana Pre-Tax Savings Plan | |||
No. 33-47979 | Pre-Tax Savings Plan at the Auburn Plant | |||
No. 33-47980 | 1991 Stock Option Plan for Non-Employee Directors | |||
No. 33-47981 | Pre-Tax Savings Plan at the Findlay Plant | |||
No. 33-47982 | Pre-Tax Savings Plan at the El Dorado Plant | |||
No. 33-52499 | Pre-Tax Savings Plan (Bowling Green — Hose) | |||
No. 33-52505 | Pre-Tax Savings Plan (Bowling Green — Sealing) | |||
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. 333-84793 | Pre-Tax Savings Plan at the Auburn Plant | |||
No. 333-84811 | Pre-Tax Savings Plan at the Findlay Plant | |||
No. 333-84807 | Pre-Tax Savings Plan at the El Dorado Plant | |||
No. 333-84803 | Pre-Tax Savings Plan (Bowling Green – Hose) | |||
No. 333-84805 | Pre-Tax Savings Plan (Bowling Green — Sealing) | |||
No. 333-39150 | Standard Products Individual Retirement and Investment Trust Plan | |||
No. 333-39154 | The Standard Products Company (Gaylord, Michigan Plant) UAW Local 388 Collectively Bargained Savings and Retirement Plan |
/s/ Ernst & Young LLP | ||
ERNST & YOUNG LLP |
Toledo, Ohio
March 22, 2001
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