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                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                              WASHINGTON, DC 20549
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                                 SCHEDULE 14D-9
                      SOLICITATION/RECOMMENDATION STATEMENT
                       PURSUANT TO SECTION 14(d)(4) OF THE
                         SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

                               (AMENDMENT NO. 12)

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                                DANA CORPORATION
                            (Name of Subject Company)

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                                DANA CORPORATION
                      (Name of Person(s) Filing Statement)

                     Common Stock, Par Value $1.00 Per Share
                    (including the Associated Series A Junior
                 Participating Preferred Stock Purchase Rights)
                         (Title of Class of Securities)

                                   235811 10 6
                      (CUSIP Number of Class of Securities)

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                            Michael L. DeBacker, Esq.
                  Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary
                                Dana Corporation
                                4500 Dorr Street
                               Toledo, Ohio 43615
                                 (419) 535-4500
 (Name, Address and Telephone Number of Person Authorized to Receive Notice and
           Communications on Behalf of the Person(s) Filing Statement)

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                                 With copies to:

                             Adam O. Emmerich, Esq.
                               David C. Karp, Esq.
                         Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz
                               51 West 52nd Street
                            New York, New York 10019
                                 (212) 403-1000

[] Check the box if the filing relates solely to preliminary communications made
before the commencement of a tender offer.









                  The purpose of this amendment is to amend and supplement Item
9 in the Solicitation/Recommendation Statement on Schedule 14D-9 previously
filed by Dana Corporation, a Virginia corporation, on July 22, 2003, as
thereafter amended, and to add an additional Exhibit and revise the Exhibit
Index accordingly.



Item 9.           Exhibits.
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Exhibit No.        Description
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 (a) (22)          Press release issued by Dana on August 28, 2003










                                    SIGNATURE

                  After due inquiry and to the best of my knowledge and belief,
I certify that the information set forth in this statement is true, complete and
correct.

                                        DANA CORPORATION

                                        By: /s/ Joseph M. Magliochetti
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                                        Joseph M. Magliochetti
                                        Chairman of the Board and
                                        Chief Executive Officer

                                        Dated: August 29, 2003


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                                INDEX OF EXHIBITS

Exhibit No.           Description
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  (a) (22)            Press release issued by Dana on August 28, 2003


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