Everytime I get out of my car I get the ever living S!@# shocked out of me. Does anyone know of some way to stop this. Never had this problem in my Ford f150. I mean it fricking hurts especially when you have hands full of stuff and get that jolt.
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MerlintheMad
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It's personal. I bet I am the only person who cannot walk through Costco pushing one of their shopping carts, all the while getting these not so little static shocks into my fingers around the edges of the PLASTIC handle. WTH!? It happens a lot. And when I give my wife a peck on the lips, if we don't touch first, usually I'll get a static shock but she never feels it. Unfair. I've never experienced a single static shock from my Stinger.
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Without nerding the eff out, there are a TON of factors that go into this. However, the primary one is the material of your clothes versus the seats. What you can try is using a leather conditioner or interior "all surface" detailer (I use the Turtle Wax interior detailer) so that you have a layer of slicked surface over your seats. This reduces the friction that builds electricity.
To further reduce it, you can move to rubber floor mats, though your feet tend not to move that much anyway.
That should help reduce it if not eliminate it depending on other conditions (did you know that your car builds static between the road and tires due to friction, too?). The level of humidity in the air is a factor, too, among other things.
Or just just man up and accept the shock
To further reduce it, you can move to rubber floor mats, though your feet tend not to move that much anyway.
That should help reduce it if not eliminate it depending on other conditions (did you know that your car builds static between the road and tires due to friction, too?). The level of humidity in the air is a factor, too, among other things.
Or just just man up and accept the shock
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Attach a ground strap to your wrist, so the electric charge is grounded to the frame of the car.
Just remember to detach it when you get out of the car.
Just remember to detach it when you get out of the car.
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The only exposed metal part I can think you might be coming in contact with when exiting the car is the door striker or the seatbelt buckle. As others suggested, clothing fabric and static buildup is likely a contributing factor, and you touching exposed unpainted metal when exiting the car is causing the shock.
On an unrelated but related instance, I used to record gaming videos with a mic while gaming on my microfiber couch. I noticed there were a lot of spots in the audio recording that would have "skipped sections." It turned out it was static electricity between me and the couch somehow arcing with the USB connection on the mic which would spaz out the computer/audio recording software. I solved this by spraying the couch with diluted fabric softener in a spray bottle every week or two and never had the problem since. You know, just to show how crazy this planet is sometimes.
On an unrelated but related instance, I used to record gaming videos with a mic while gaming on my microfiber couch. I noticed there were a lot of spots in the audio recording that would have "skipped sections." It turned out it was static electricity between me and the couch somehow arcing with the USB connection on the mic which would spaz out the computer/audio recording software. I solved this by spraying the couch with diluted fabric softener in a spray bottle every week or two and never had the problem since. You know, just to show how crazy this planet is sometimes.
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I'm just here to say I have never been shocked by my car.
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I must assume that you are a jokester.
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Wind also plays a part in static and by that I mean the weather type. The rubber strip that attaches under the car and meets the road is meant to resolve that issue I believe.
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I used to have a Beetle with plastic seats covered with faux sheepskin covers. At night you could actually see the spark!
Best solution I found was to hold the door frame when leaving the car so no shock.
Best solution I found was to hold the door frame when leaving the car so no shock.
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I have found that touching a metal part of the car with the back of your hand, rather than the fingertips, is a less painful way of dealing with the ESD. I do this in the winter time and it seems to work for me. You still hear the "crack" or "pop" but it is not really felt as much as it is with your fingertips (nerve endings and whatnot...). Fun fact, the baggy skin around your elbow has almost no feeling it in. You can pinch the crap out of this and it doesn't hurt.
