Q: My Durango is idealing at about 1100-1800 rpm in park and occasionally it will Race up to 3000 rpm in drive .
I also need a muffler and tail pipe so I'm not sure if this is a part of the issue.
My car has 158000 miles.
My car has an automatic transmission.
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