Seat Slider Questions

[MP5_509]

So this past week i was helping my gf move and i went to move the passenger seat up to fit an appliance handtruck into my car and when i slid it i heard a strange pop. Didnt think anything of it until today when i was washing and cleaning the inside i went to move it back, well the seat didnt move an inch. I look underneath and theres a loose piece of metal wire that connects the lever side to the other side unlocking mechanism. To me it looked home made like it was a quick fix, same goes for the drivers seats. Now my question is could someone look under their seat and tell me if it really is just a piece of wire strung across or did someone do some backwoods modifing. Or a pic of someones seat would be sweet to.

/end long winded request.

[the tortoise]

I'm pretty sure the seat slider bar pulls on a wire that releases the locking mechanism from the opposite side of the seat. Is this the wire you're talking about (look for the red arrow).

http://img379.imageshack.us/img379/8398/seatwire0nw.jpg

[Tengo]

yes i looked under there yesterday and it is a wire

[2003newlyack]

yup i got the same one too..

[MP5_509]

Excellent. thanks guys. Guess i just need a new wire or ghetto rig the broken one.

[Kansei]

It may have just come unhooked, I think one of mine has before (or was it in my Mazda truck, I dunno). You could definitely rig something up if it is broken though, just make it the same length as the non-broken one. I don't want to know how much a Mazda dealership would rape someone on that part (they'd probably tell you to buy the whole seat).

[MP5_509]

Its definatly broken. the loop is still attached to the left side slider. Im gonna dick around with it tomorrow. I might check the dealer just to humor myself its only a couple blocks away.