1998 dodge darango 8 cyl. hard to start and keeps stalling out . press gas peddle and hold steady and rpms keep jumping from 5 to 8. after about 10 - 12 minutes will idle at 6 rpm on its own and not stall. don't know if related but ABS and BRAKE lights are on. checked obd , no codes

SOURCE: while in drive, the idle

I have a 91 shadow and had a similar problem. Mine is fuel injected, and the quick fix was to just go buy some fuel injector cleaner, I reccomend STP, and throw that in the gas tank every fill up for about a month. Mine hasn't had the problem since.

SOURCE: TRANSMISSION SLIPS ON 1999 DODGE DARANGO.

Has the transmission fluid ever been changed, if not, or its been more than 50-75000 miles since the last one its reccomended that you do so.

SOURCE: 1999 dodge durango is hard to start. Starts with

FIrst have you tried giving the engine a tune up (ie replaced the spark plugs)

Also you need to check the condition of all the vacumn lines on the engine loss of vacumn can cause poor idling.