MAYTAG CORPORATION

                                   Exhibit 23

                        Consent of Independent Auditors.

                                    


                         Consent of Independent Auditors





Shareowners and Board of Directors
Maytag Corporation

We consent to the incorporation by reference in Registration Statement Number
33-8249, Registration Statement Number 33-8248, Registration Statement Number
33-6378, Registration Statement Number 33-22228, and Registration Statement
Number 33-26620 on Forms S-8; and Registration Statement Number 33-35219 on Form
S-3 of Maytag Corporation and in the related Prospectuses of our report dated
January 28, 1997 with respect to the consolidated financial statements and
schedule of Maytag Corporation included in this Annual Report (Form 10-K) for
the year ended December 31, 1996.






                                                  s/sErnst & Young LLP





Chicago, Illinois
March 26, 1997