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<SEC-DOCUMENT>0000026780-06-000028.txt : 20060428
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<ACCEPTANCE-DATETIME>20060428110658
ACCESSION NUMBER:		0000026780-06-000028
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	3
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20060418
FILED AS OF DATE:		20060428
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20060428

ISSUER:		

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			DANA CORP
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000026780
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	MOTOR VEHICLE PARTS & ACCESSORIES [3714]
		IRS NUMBER:				344361040
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			VA
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		4500 DORR ST
		CITY:			TOLEDO
		STATE:			OH
		ZIP:			43615
		BUSINESS PHONE:		4195354500

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		PO BOX 1000
		CITY:			TOLEDO
		STATE:			OH
		ZIP:			43697

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			Miller Paul E
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001360132

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		3
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-01063
		FILM NUMBER:		06787771

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		BUSINESS PHONE:		(419) 865-9201

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		8818 OAK VALLEY
		CITY:			HOLLAND
		STATE:			OH
		ZIP:			43528
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<TYPE>3
<SEQUENCE>1
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<DESCRIPTION>PRIMARY DOCUMENT
<TEXT>
<XML>
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<ownershipDocument>

    <schemaVersion>X0202</schemaVersion>

    <documentType>3</documentType>

    <periodOfReport>2006-04-18</periodOfReport>

    <noSecuritiesOwned>0</noSecuritiesOwned>

    <issuer>
        <issuerCik>0000026780</issuerCik>
        <issuerName>DANA CORP</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>DCN</issuerTradingSymbol>
    </issuer>

    <reportingOwner>
        <reportingOwnerId>
            <rptOwnerCik>0001360132</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>Miller Paul E</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>P.O. BOX 1000</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2></rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>TOLEDO</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>OH</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>43697</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
        </reportingOwnerAddress>
        <reportingOwnerRelationship>
            <isDirector>0</isDirector>
            <isOfficer>1</isOfficer>
            <isTenPercentOwner>0</isTenPercentOwner>
            <isOther>0</isOther>
            <officerTitle>V.P. of Purchasing</officerTitle>
            <otherText></otherText>
        </reportingOwnerRelationship>
    </reportingOwner>

    <nonDerivativeTable>
        <nonDerivativeHolding>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Common</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <postTransactionAmounts>
                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>32857.</value>
                </sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
            </postTransactionAmounts>
            <ownershipNature>
                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>D</value>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
            </ownershipNature>
        </nonDerivativeHolding>
    </nonDerivativeTable>

    <derivativeTable>
        <derivativeHolding>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Option</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <conversionOrExercisePrice>
                <value>20.19</value>
            </conversionOrExercisePrice>
            <exerciseDate>
                <value>2005-12-01</value>
                <footnoteId id="F1"/>
            </exerciseDate>
            <expirationDate>
                <value>2014-05-02</value>
            </expirationDate>
            <underlyingSecurity>
                <underlyingSecurityTitle>
                    <value>Common</value>
                </underlyingSecurityTitle>
                <underlyingSecurityShares>
                    <value>83403.</value>
                </underlyingSecurityShares>
            </underlyingSecurity>
            <ownershipNature>
                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>D</value>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
            </ownershipNature>
        </derivativeHolding>
        <derivativeHolding>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Option</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <conversionOrExercisePrice>
                <value>15.94</value>
            </conversionOrExercisePrice>
            <exerciseDate>
                <value>2005-12-01</value>
                <footnoteId id="F1"/>
            </exerciseDate>
            <expirationDate>
                <value>2015-02-13</value>
            </expirationDate>
            <underlyingSecurity>
                <underlyingSecurityTitle>
                    <value>Common</value>
                </underlyingSecurityTitle>
                <underlyingSecurityShares>
                    <value>60662.</value>
                </underlyingSecurityShares>
            </underlyingSecurity>
            <ownershipNature>
                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>D</value>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
            </ownershipNature>
        </derivativeHolding>
    </derivativeTable>

    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">On December 1, 2005, all outstanding stock options with an
exercise price of $15.00 or more became immediately and
fully vested.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <remarks>Note: Also see attached Exhibit EX-24 Attachment 0.</remarks>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>Paul Miller</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2006-04-28</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
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<DOCUMENT>
<TYPE>EX-24
<SEQUENCE>2
<FILENAME>millerpoa.txt
<DESCRIPTION>ATTACHMENT 0
<TEXT>
POWER OF ATTORNEY
I hereby constitute and appoint Michael L. DeBacker, M.
Jean Hardman, Pamela W. Fletcher, Lisa A. Amend and
Laura L. Aossey, or any one of them, as my true and lawful
attorneys-in-fact to (i) complete Securities and Exchange
Commission Forms 3, 4, and 5, with respect to my ownership
of Dana Corporation equity securities, based on the
information that I may furnish to them from time to time;
(ii) execute all such completed Forms for and on my
behalf; and (iii)file all such completed Forms with the
Securities and Exchange Commission and the New York Stock
Exchange, all in accordance with Section 16(a) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules thereunder.
I acknowledge that the foregoing persons, in serving as
my attorneys-in-fact hereunder, do not assume any of the
obligations or liabilities that are imposed on me by
Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the
rules thereunder.
This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and
effect until such time as I deliver a written revocation
hereof to the foregoing attorneys-in-fact, or any one of
them.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have executed this Power of
Attorney this 19th day of April, 2006.

/s/ Paul E. Miller

Signed, acknowledged, and delivered
in the presence of:		Witness:
			/s/ G. J. Mulawa

County of Lucas	)
		     	) ss:
State of Ohio	)

Sworn and subscribed before me this 19th day of
April, 2006.

/s/ Jean Anne Jones
Notary Public State of Ohio
My Commission Expires 07-13-08


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