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                                                                    EXHIBIT 23.1

               CONSENT OF ERNST & YOUNG LLP, INDEPENDENT AUDITORS

     We consent to the incorporation by reference in the: (a) Registration
Statement (Form S-8 No 333-63393) pertaining to the CSK Auto Corporation 1996
Associate Stock Option Plan, the CSK Auto Corporation 1996 Executive Stock
Option Plan, the CSK Auto Corporation Directors Stock Plan and the Executive
Stock Option Plan, (2), (b) Registration Statement (Form S-8 No 333-77879)
pertaining to the CSK Auto, Inc Retirement Program, (c) Registration Statement
(Form S-8 No 333-86071) pertaining to the CSK Auto Corporation 1996 Executive
Stock Option Plan, (d) Registration Statement (Form S-8 No 333-86069) pertaining
to the CSK Auto Corporation 1999 Employee Stock Option Plan and (e) Registration
Statement (Form S-8 No. 333-30512) pertaining to the CSK Auto Corporation 2000
Senior Executive Stock Loan Plan of our report dated November 15, 1999 with
respect to the consolidated financial statements of PACCAR Automotive, Inc.
included in this Current Report on Form 8-K/A of CSK Auto Corporation dated
October 1, 1999 and filed March 17, 2000.

                                          /s/ ERNST & YOUNG LLP

Seattle, Washington
March 17, 2000.
