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                                                                    Exhibit 23-A

                       CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS

We hereby consent to the incorporation by reference in the Prospectus
constituting part of this Registration Statement on Form S-3 of our report dated
January 21, 1997, which appears on page 22 of the 1996 Annual Report to
Shareholders of Dana Corporation, which is incorporated by reference in Dana
Corporation's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 1996.
We also consent to the incorporation by reference of our report on the Financial
Statement Schedule, which appears on page 15 of such Annual Report on Form 10-K.
We also consent to the reference to us under the heading "Experts" in such
Prospectus.

PRICE WATERHOUSE LLP

Toledo, Ohio
December 12, 1997

                                    II-86
