Cooper Tire & Rubber (CTB) 10-K 2000 FY Annual report

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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