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You may not need a new cable, rather you only need to shorten the cable housing. I did that on my 95 - the nice thing is the repair didn't cost a thing. The problem was the cable housing was too long so the cable didn't stick into the motor far enough to engage.
Interestingly you could have this problem even if you replace the cable. On my car the cable was replaced by the dealer when I bought it and the seat stopped working 6 months later, at which time I fixed it myself.
Here are some instructions I saved from this board. I don't remember who posted them, but they do work. Thanks to whomever it was.
Someone else's instructions, picking up with the seat back opened up far enough to see the motor:
With one end of the cable disconnected, remove the metal sleeve at the end of the cable. Someone posted a suggestion a few weeks ago, which works well... heat it up with a lighter and then pull it off while the plastic cable housing softens.
Once the metal sleeve is off, slice off about 1/4 inch of the cable housing (not the cable itself!) and then push the cable back into the housing until you feel it engage the motor or gearbox connection at the other end. (You'll know... it's loose at first, then you can feel/hear it engage).
Reheat the metal sleeve, and push it back onto the now-shortened cable housing. Make sure it's all the way on. You should have about 1/2 inch of cable exposed past the metal sleeve to engage the motor/gearbox from which you removed the cable.
Just reinstall it, reconnect the seatcover material, and you're done.
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