I think something is wrong with my car... everytime I drive somewhere and get out... (after starting the car and driving it for a good 5 minutes) i get shocked when i touch the door to close it...it's weird.. what could be wrong??!

 

Static electricity ?

 

happened like almost EVERYTIME ;-)

I can be that filled with static...

 

You and your car are very clean

 

How about grounding yourself before you get into your car?

 

Usually happens with me when it starts to get cold..

 

same thing happens to me all the time. and also my moms lexus does the same thing. it cant be good. we called lexus about it and they said it was normal. but i dont think so. hmm.

 

this is the most comon thig in the world of cars... as said before, it is static of your body... it has to do with the weather out side, and the clothes tou are wareing, shoes, rubber.... do not be woried it is normal.
just like when you comb your hair, and you can feel the static on the comb....

 

lolz, sucks to be you guys, i never got shocked before.

 

they make things that hang down from the bottom of your car creating a ground of some sort. My friend has one on his truck and i looks like a car belt.

 

Don't make a big deal out of nothing. Like the guys said, it is just static electricity. The same thing happens when the air is very dry and you touch just about anything metal (a doorknob).

SOLUTION:

Touch a metal part which would usually shock you BEFORE you start to get off the seat (when you brush off and out of the seat you create static electricity), that way the charge goes to the car without you feeling it.

Also if you are real sissy about those static shocks (like me, hah hah hah ) you can pass the charge by grabbing a key and touching it to the metal part. You will watch the spark go but wont feel anything.

I do that when I take off my coat in the winter and know I will get shocked when I touch something metal.

Of course, dont try the key thing with metal that has a LIVE charge or with cables.

 

My car does it all the time. Travelling through air creates friction and builds up static electricity.

Thanks for the tip Thorby. Getting shocked all the time gets old.

There used to be little wires that extended from the road to about a foot high at toll booths. Car touchs wire, discharges static eletricity = happy toll person.

Mr.P

 

Quick fix - leather seats!

 

sorry but i still get shocked eventho i have leather.....its just the climate change....its gettin cold and its starting to happen to me again.....its normal

 

dude be careful when you pump gas....

 

This happens to me everytime Winter comes around and it gets cold out, I usually use my shirt to shut the door, may look weird but it works...lol.

 

you can get that anti-static strip they have for cars, but i doubt it works.

 

barely happens to me

 

I have never been shocked by a car just by opening the door. I've driven 10+ cars and not a single one shocked me ever.

 

stay away from drugs
their not good 4 u

 

I have leather seats... still happens to me.. it's jus not like once in a while.. it's like EVERYTIME i get out of my car.... i already know it's static electricity... obviously.. but... why does it happen in cold weather?

cuz it did happen to me once it started to get cold...

 

Close your door with your hip... then run into the house and plant one on the wife and you will shock the crap out of her lips. My wife hates that.

 

This only seemed to happen when I had Michelins on the car.

 

Woah.. no kidding. I have been chocked in cars but not in my Maxima. It didn't occur to me it was because of the leather. I thought was the paint or something...

 

WOW! I never in my life would think this topic would be up.....lol

 

That usually happens in cold weather. Just do what Thorby said and you should be fine.

 

and this is what the forums have been reduced to... static electricity

 

This happens because your pants are rubbing against the seat fabric (which is why those with leather don't have this problem). The solution is to go to the grocery store and buy the anti-static spray people use on clothes. You should be able to find it in the laundry detergent isle near spray starch. Anyway, spray it on your seats and the problem should be solved.

Greg

 

it is also te type of shoes you ware.... shoes with bottom rubber hold static i your body...
leather bottom shoes dischard the eletricity (ground wiht your feet basicaly...)

also you can alwyas use the window to close the door, (my mother does it all the time)

Entrppy -> I do that too, to everyone that I see, (when I know I will have static. I get really close to the person and watch the spark glow when it hits the person....)

HERE are some good places to shock other people:
1 neck (most painfull)
2 ears
3 shoking kiss (danger may hurt both involved)
4 elbow
5 arm
6 Nose (I never tryind to shok someone on the nose, but it must hurt)

Gui

 

ehm no. as many have already stated you still can get shocked if you have leather seats. i get shocked like crazy in my moms car with leather seats.

today i tried the suggestion of someone who posted above to touch the metal with a key, and i did, but i still got shocked and i was touching the plastic part of the key! what gives with that?