Exhibit 23.1
CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM
We consent to the incorporation by reference in Registration Statement Nos. 333-45423 dated
February 2, 1998; 333-117171 dated July 6, 2004; 333-118203, 333-118202, 333-118201 and 333-118200
all dated August 13, 2004; 333-122204 dated January 21, 2005; 333-124086 dated April 15, 2005;
333-134167 dated May 16, 2006; 333-136604, 333-136605 and 333-136606 all dated August 14, 2006;
333-150568, 333-150569, 333-150570, 333-150571 and 333-150572 all
dated May 1, 2008; all of the foregoing being registration
statements on Form
S-8; and Registration Statement Nos. 333-31259 dated July 14, 1997 on Form S-3 and dated August 1,
1997 on Form S-3/A; 333-84931 dated August 11, 1999 on Form S-3 and dated August 31, 1999 and
September 21, 1999 on Forms S-3/A; 333-106787 dated July 3, 2003 on Form S-3 and dated February 11,
2004 on Form S-3/A; and 333-149539 dated March 4, 2008 on Form S-3; of our reports dated February
12, 2009, relating to the financial statements of BorgWarner Inc. and Consolidated Subsidiaries
(which expressed an unqualified opinion on those financial statements and included an explanatory
paragraph regarding the Companys changes in its methods of accounting in 2007 for income taxes as
a result of adopting FASB Interpretation No. 48, Accounting for Uncertainty in Income Taxes, and in
2006 for defined benefit pension and other postretirement plans as a result of adopting SFAS No.
158, Employers Accounting for Defined Benefit Pension and Other Postretirement Plans.), and the
effectiveness of BorgWarner Inc.s and Consolidated Subsidiaries internal control over financial
reporting, appearing in this Annual Report on Form 10-K of BorgWarner Inc. and Consolidated
Subsidiaries for the year ended December 31, 2008.
/s/
DELOITTE & TOUCHE LLP
Detroit, Michigan
February 12, 2009