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Any codes?Almost sounds like a bad crank shaft position sensor. Pretty common on those cars I have seen them do some pretty strange things. When it stalls and wont start see if you have spark?

So when it stalls out and wont start you made sure you have a nice blue spark when this haplens?Because a loss of spark is the most likely cause of whats happening.

Alright you threw me off you said you had good spark on your last post. So next time it stalls and wont start check for spark. Let me know what you find.

Its easy on that car all you have to do is pop off two spark plug wires that are side by side on the coil. Have someone crank the car while you watch for a nice blue spark jumping from coil tower to coil tower. If there is no spark then your down to a ignition control module or a crank sensor. The ignition control modules are expensive on those cars and dont fail often. The crank sensors fail pretty common on those cars and are cheap. You can test the crank shaft sensor when there failing with a multimeter. It should read around 800 ohms when they fail they read as a open.

So are you going to test the crank shaft sensor?Or just try replacing it?

I wasnt saying drive around with a bad one.I changed mine when I got over 200,000 miles on my 1999 saturn SL2 before it went bad. They usually fail before that I just didnt want to get stranded.I was just asking if you were going to test it before replacing it?Its a pretty cheap guess I wouldnt want to just try a ignition module those are expensive. But I have spare testers of those.

I have never seen the module and crank shaft sensor fail at the same time in my many years working for saturn. Its going to be one or the other most likely the crank shaft sensor.I havent replaced many of the modules but lots of the sensors.I dont really belive telling people to try changing parts but in your case it would be cheaper.I would try changing the crank shaft position sensor even if it wasnt the problem you would still be ahead of the game and it would be cheaper then taking it to a shop for diagnoses and repair. The sensor is only 15 plus tax at auto zone you may be able to get cheaper somewhere else. There easy to change you just raise up the car put it on jack stands. There is a connector to unplug and on 10mm bolt holding it in. Then you can pop it out and pop the new one in its most likely the problem. To answer your question should you replace the coils with the module I wouldnt. The coils dont fail that often your mileage is still pretty low.I replace coils etc like that when they fail. The only reason I replaced my crank shaft position sensor was because my miles were getting up there the sensors cheap and it beats getting towed.

Did the spark come back after it cooled down?Did you put the wires back on like they came off?

Should be easy to find now do you have a multimeter to test the sensor?

No you need a multimeter to test the resistance of it. You put it on 2k ohms scale it should read about 800 ohms. When there bad they will usually read as a open no reading.