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<ACCEPTANCE-DATETIME>20040401165329
ACCESSION NUMBER:		0000024491-04-000021
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	4
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20040331
FILED AS OF DATE:		20040401

ISSUER:		

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			COOPER TIRE & RUBBER CO
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000024491
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	TIRES AND INNER TUBES [3011]
		IRS NUMBER:				344297750
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		LIMA & WESTERN AVENUES
		CITY:			FINDLAY
		STATE:			OH
		ZIP:			45840
		BUSINESS PHONE:		4194231321

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			ARONSON ARTHUR H
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001228483

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		4
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-04329
		FILM NUMBER:		04710205

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		C/O NATIONAL STEEL CORP
		STREET 2:		4100 EDISON LAKES PARKWAY
		CITY:			MISHAWAKA
		STATE:			IN
		ZIP:			48545
		BUSINESS PHONE:		5742737854
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    <schemaVersion>X0201</schemaVersion>

    <documentType>4</documentType>

    <periodOfReport>2004-03-31</periodOfReport>

    <notSubjectToSection16>0</notSubjectToSection16>

    <issuer>
        <issuerCik>0000024491</issuerCik>
        <issuerName>COOPER TIRE &amp; RUBBER CO</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>CTB</issuerTradingSymbol>
    </issuer>

    <reportingOwner>
        <reportingOwnerId>
            <rptOwnerCik>0001228483</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>ARONSON ARTHUR H</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>COOPER TIRE &amp; RUBBER COMPANY</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2>701 LIMA AVE</rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>FINDLAY</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>OH</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>45840</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
        </reportingOwnerAddress>
        <reportingOwnerRelationship>
            <isDirector>1</isDirector>
            <isOfficer>0</isOfficer>
            <isTenPercentOwner>0</isTenPercentOwner>
            <isOther>0</isOther>
        </reportingOwnerRelationship>
    </reportingOwner>

    <derivativeTable>
        <derivativeTransaction>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Phantom Stock</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <conversionOrExercisePrice>
                <value>0</value>
                <footnoteId id="F1"/>
            </conversionOrExercisePrice>
            <transactionDate>
                <value>2004-03-31</value>
            </transactionDate>
            <deemedExecutionDate>
                <footnoteId id="F2"/>
            </deemedExecutionDate>
            <transactionCoding>
                <transactionFormType>4</transactionFormType>
                <transactionCode>A</transactionCode>
                <equitySwapInvolved>0</equitySwapInvolved>
            </transactionCoding>
            <transactionTimeliness>
                <value></value>
            </transactionTimeliness>
            <transactionAmounts>
                <transactionShares>
                    <value>543</value>
                </transactionShares>
                <transactionPricePerShare>
                    <value>20.22</value>
                </transactionPricePerShare>
                <transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
                    <value>A</value>
                </transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
            </transactionAmounts>
            <exerciseDate>
                <footnoteId id="F3"/>
            </exerciseDate>
            <expirationDate>
                <footnoteId id="F3"/>
            </expirationDate>
            <underlyingSecurity>
                <underlyingSecurityTitle>
                    <value>Common Stock</value>
                </underlyingSecurityTitle>
                <underlyingSecurityShares>
                    <value>543</value>
                </underlyingSecurityShares>
            </underlyingSecurity>
            <postTransactionAmounts>
                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>18825</value>
                </sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
            </postTransactionAmounts>
            <ownershipNature>
                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>D</value>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
            </ownershipNature>
        </derivativeTransaction>
    </derivativeTable>

    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">Each phantom stock unit will convert to one share of Common Stock.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F2">The deemed execution date is not applicable to this transaction.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F3">The phantom stock units were accrued under the Cooper Tire &amp; Rubber Company 1998 Non-Employee Directors Compensation Deferral Plan and are to be settled in Common Stock of the Company in a single lump sum upon the reporting person's termination of service as a Director.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>James E. Kline, Attorney-in-fact for Arthur H. Aronson</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2004-04-01</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
</ownershipDocument>

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