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Exhibit (23)
CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM
We consent to the incorporation by reference in the Registration Statements of Cooper Tire & Rubber Company listed below, and in the related Prospectuses, of our reports dated February 20, 2009, with respect to the consolidated financial statements and schedule of Cooper Tire & Rubber and the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting of Cooper Tire & Rubber Company, included in this Annual Report (Form 10-K) for the year ended December 31, 2008:
         
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. 33-35071   Texarkana Pre-Tax Savings Plan
 
  No. 33-47980   1991 Stock Option Plan for Non-Employee Directors
 
  No. 33-47981   Pre-Tax Savings Plan at the Findlay Plant
 
  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. 333-84811   Pre-Tax Savings Plan at the Findlay Plant
 
  No. 333-103007   2001 Incentive Compensation Plan
 
  No. 333-113315   Pre-Tax Savings 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, Texarkana Pre-Tax Savings Plan
 
  No. 333-138811   Pre-Tax Savings Plan (Findlay) and Pre-Tax Savings Plan (Texarkana)
 
  No. 333-142136   2006 Incentive Compensation Plan
         
  /s/ Ernst & Young LLP    
  ERNST & YOUNG LLP   
Toledo, Ohio
February 20, 2009

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