Car starts but dies immediately

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1996-2002 SL/SL1/SL2 Saturn
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I would have started with the crank position sensor, which is in the block just above the starter. If no luck there I would be thinking about a fuel supply or vacuum problem as opposed to spark.

Guessing there may be two issues. One might be "burning and arching" of the fuse box. My 1999 SL2 would periodically not even make a noise to turn over and that fixed that. It also had issues that some electrical components wouldn't work at the same time.

sounds like a fuel pump reley you can change it cheep and it is usualy the fix for this problem

This is a fuel related problem.

Replace the fuel pump.

sounds like someone might have "rolled" the mileage back and srewed all that up taking the instrument panel out. Possible seen it before.

bad idle air control valve or a misfire,could be alot need more info

if all it does is click with a new battery it is not the alternator because all the alternator does is charge the battery i would take the starter or selinoid off if it isnt built in with the starter and have it tested the same as you did the battery

check to see if it has spark it sounds like it could be a broken timing belt.