Exhibit 23

                         CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT AUDITORS

We consent to the incorporation by reference in the Registration Statement on
Form S-8 for the registration of 2,040,000 shares of Common Stock, $1 par value
per share, pertaining to the Pre-Tax Saving 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 and Texarkana Pre-Tax Savings Plan
("Plans") of our reports (a) dated January 31, 2003, with respect to the
consolidated financial statements and schedule of Cooper Tire & Rubber Company
included in its Annual Report (Form 10-K) and (b) dated May 19, 2003, with
respect to the financial statements and schedule of each of the Plans included
in each Plan's Annual Report (Form 11-K), for the year ended December 31, 2002,
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

                                                           /s/ Ernst & Young LLP

Toledo, Ohio

March 3, 2004