I get shocked all the time, too. I thought it was 'cause of the cloth seats in my Miata, but my Max. has leather and I still get shocked. It happens when you slide your butt out of the seat to exit the car. It's really horrible up here in the NE in the winter. It's not so bad in the summer, though. Touching the door jam or any metal surface while sliding across the seat usually helps reduce the shock. Maybe getting some of those really cool straps your see dangling on the back of trucks would help?

 

never got shocked in my leather seats. my previous car had cloth and i only got shocked once in awhile, but not all the time. try not to move your butt too much when you drive...

 

Down here in the desert we get shocked all year around, I feel it's best to lead with you right nipple to take the shock... yoweee! That may just be me though.

dg

 

I wonder if that has ever really happened? Footage of that would be crazy!

 

Seems more common than you may think.

 

ok so you posted this what yesterday or something, and all of the sudden, today i get shocked twice jumping out of my car!!!!!, the second time i was out of the car and went to open back door....man that one hurt...those fire videos are insane.....they also say that at the pump its bad to talk on a cell because it could cause a spark....that could mean your whole face on fire, no thanks.

 

that site is like, the definition of information overload...

 

ROFL!!!!!

i just wanted to reiterate Bluesbrekr...


now for my two cents... I have short, clean cut hair... ah, and cloth interior... I am also a victim of static electricity... however... I can always tell when I’m "over charged" when the hair on the back of my head reaches out for the head rest... I went testing tonight... the door jamb method works... props on that... as far as j00r friends... let them fend for themselves... ... if they say anything, you can always retaliate with "well, it never happens to me"... while mumbling the following words under your breath while slight clearing your throat... "anymore".... >... anyhow!

 

maybe u guys arent cleaning your clothes?

 

And all this time I thought it was just me. Everytime I get out of my car and I go to close the door I get shocked. I know I look like a little girl because I be scared to touch that damn door. smh

Maybe I use go out and buy a can of anti-static or something....

 

strange this has never happend to me once

 

...am I missing something?

 

I have a full out grouding kit and i have never been shocked. My dads volkswagon shocks every once in awhile. i dont know if the grounding has anything to do with it but maybe??

 

dang....i am not spending hella money to buy leather seats!! esp. when it's only like 3-30,000 volts <--is this a right approximation? I must admit I hate it when it happens. On my 4th gen accord, the door frame was not metal..it was some kind of other material i don't remember but it didn't conduct electricity too much i think...but the maxima door frame is metal so....this could be the reason. How about put a bounce sheet on the seat haha!that would make people freak out more than jsut being shocked...

 

I watched the girl getting out of the car, they step out daintily and hold the door the whole time, that is why we dont see them getting shocked...and I thought it was god after me too.

 

I think i saw a video of that once...I think it was a woman in a white pickup that did that and the **** just lit up.

 

I'm especially concerned about it now that my fuel tank some leakage. More on that once I clear my 15 posts...

 

Tim,

Did the shocking start when you switched over to you summer rims/tires?
I was listening to CarTalk this morning and someone called with same concern on an older Jeep GC.
The first assumption was that he had just bought new tires, which was the case but he was getting shocked even with his old tires. Something about the differences in tire compounds...
Their solution was the previously mentioned grounding strap, preferably NOT attached near the gas tank.

 

Waaah Waaah....My maxima shocks me....waaaaaaah

 

just a quick remedy that might work. I know they sell keychains that kill static electricity at radio shack. Never actually tried them. but it might work

 

I know this may sound retarded but my car only shocked the girlfriends that didnt last the good ones she did shock, i have leather now thats ****en weir, my car is psychic or im just mentally insane either way maybe be nicer to your car, talk to her touch her once in a while smack her on her but cause you know maxis gotta big ole butt, and see what happens, i do it all the time last girlfriend said im insane for it but hey, screw her, new gf says its cute, so im sticking to it plus the car dont schock the new gf, so she likes her.

 

I had to read that a couple of times and the only thing I could comprehend was that a Maxima has a "big ole butt."

 

Punctuation. Grammar. Capital letters. Something worth saying.

I can't seem to find any of those in your post...

 

Sorry it was late, next time i write something that long i'll try that whole grammar, punctuation crap thanks.