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                                                                    EXHIBIT 23-A


                     CONSENT OF PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS LLP


         We consent to the incorporation by reference in Ford Motor Credit
Company's Registration Statement on Form S-3 of our report dated January 24,
2000 on our audits of the consolidated financial statements and financial
statement schedules of Ford Motor Credit Company and Subsidiaries at December
31, 1999 and 1998 and for each of the three years in the period ended December
31, 1999, included in the Ford Motor Credit Company Annual Report on Form 10-K
for the year ended December 31, 1999 and Ford Motor Credit Company Current
Report on Form 8-K dated January 28, 2000.  We also consent to the reference to
our firm under the caption "Experts" in the Registration Statement.



/s/ PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS LLP

Detroit, Michigan

January 2, 2001