i get shocked every single time i exit my car. you can even a small blue spark at night when i touch the door! is there a cure for this annoying problem?

I get it too... it makes me want to murder.

You are not the only ones, I too get it. But its not every time, only sometimes. I also got it from my Dodge Intrepid.

the weather?

Me too, I get shocked on everything. Every time I'm about to open a metal door I touch the back of my hand to it first just to get the shock over with, very annoying :\ I guess some people are just like that, probably has to do with the clothes we wear or something.

the worst is when you lean a little too close to the window when you get out of the car, and your nipple gets shocked.
or when you get shocked when you try to take the key out of the ignition.

Might be low humidity - I don't think I ever get a static spark on the handle when it's raining or foggy out.

I'll even get that spark at home if the air is very dry, especially after petting the cats. They hate it when I touch their nose and a little spark happens. :monkey: :D

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Every so often.

i stopped getting shocked for a couple months, but it's been happening again lately.

ive just recently start getting shocked by the car.

it used to happen very frequently when i first got my car 2 years ago, and since winter came it's happened a few times now... hmm...???

lately... think it's the weather....

ditto on th weather. i used to have a homemade grounding kit and it seemed to stop the static shocks.

do what Peter Gibbons did and take an electric screwdriver and remove the doorhandles

So that explains it... I told my wife it was my shocking personality, but alas I'm wrong again- I'll stick to my story with her but very interesting that I'm not the only person getting shocked...

dump the stock seats. i got shocked all the time, got sti seats and didnt get shocked once. now its back to stock and the zapping game back.

i thought i was the only one to get shocked b/c of the poor grounding on my stereo, but i guess not! :D

dump the stock seats. i got shocked all the time, got sti seats and didnt get shocked once. now its back to stock and the zapping game back.


I was the exact opposite. Got STi seats and the zapping has started. :(

I've made it a habit to touch the outside (metal side) of the a-pillar while getting out of the car. That eliminates the shocks. I think the dry weather and low humidity definitely make it worse, but it's also got a lot to do with the clothes you're wearing and your car seats. It doesn't happen nearly as much anymore with the leather seats in my FXT; in my old OBS it was pretty much a daily occurence.

mine were 04s though.

subaru cloth = http://kidshealth.org/kid/talk/qa/headers_37517/K_electric_shocK_1.GIF

This is actually a very good point. It is because of this you should never return to your driver seat while pumping gas. Initially when exiting the car at the gas station, you put your hand on the door, static is discharged, owwee a shock. You then proceed to grab the nozzel and begin fueling. If you return to your drivers seat and do not close the door, upon exiting to remove the nozzel your static charge will be dicharged to the filler nozzel and that's a big ol' owwee. Boom Boom.
Try going to the store and getting some "static gaurd". Spray it on the seats. This will help cease the production of static, and for the ladies it will help to keep your hair from flying as well.

This will help cease the production of static, and for the ladies it will help to keep your hair from flying as well.

Not that us guys need to keep our hair from flying!! :)

Herro. It happened to me (seeeeriously strong shocks too) whenever I would wear one particular jacket. I think it's the synthetic fiber in the jacket + the synthetic fiber of the seats.

I get shocked every time I see my water bill - it's more than my utility bill!

oh, wait...

That shock you get is static build up - one way to reduce this is to use curb feelers.

i never get shocked. I never get the pinky in the stinky either.

i get it

i used to have a homemade grounding kit and it seemed to stop the static shocks.


i noticed that too, but when i said that in wrxfanatics i got flamed on by people saying that it had nothing to do with it. but i still dont shocked as much as before with the grounding kit.

I have the HKS Circle Earth on my car, I never get shocked.

WRXfanatics....they have a website? lol

I used to get around the electric shock by using my windows to open and close the doors, but once I got metallic tint, the windows started shocking me :(

It get really bad when I wear all my Gortex rain gear and get out of the car. It makes me want to murder, just like brucelee.

I just touch my gf before getting out of the car she hates that ****...

i get shocked once in a while

i get shock when i wear polyester stuff........

I never get shocked - I don't have the stock interior either, I went to leather seats.

Go to the International Auto Shows and you'll get shocked guaranteed :D

But as for the shocks, just flick the door or a metal object with your fingernail. If a shock happens, you'll know, but you won't be able to feel it.

I never get shocked, have no grounding kit, and I have '04 STi seats.

I get that static shock too... man, that's very annoying!! Especially when it's not called for, it just suddenly happen and get shocked, it makes me wanna kick my car.

My Solution:

I try grabbing the metal stem of the key for a couple of seconds to a minute, then while still holding the metal part, close the door. Sometimes, it does the job, and I think when it didn't work, I guess I wasn't holding on the metal part of the key long enough to discharge any static off my body. If I don't have that time to do that, I just use my feet to close the door to avoid the annoyance or wrap my hand with the sleeves of my sweater. Even that doesn't work sometimes when the static is too strong.

For those that are experiencing this problem, try my "key theory", if it works for you confirm by telling.

http://www.200.com/laundry/ASDS.gif

is your friend
seriously use some damn downy or something
edgar, :)

I have the HKS Circle Earth on my car, I never get shocked.


I was shocked by the price people pay for those kits!

Like what pleiad7 said, just maintain contact with some metal part of the frame as you climb all the way out of the car.

I forgot to do that once and got my ass shocked trying to unlock the trunk with the key. I dropped the key and chipped a little paint off the bumper. Idiot.

http://forums.nasioc.com/forums/showthread.php?t=130025&highlight=static

http://forums.nasioc.com/forums/showthread.php?t=130025&highlight=static

Yup - Static Gard - you can get it at Safeway.

For me, it depends on what shoes I wear. I have these Teva shoes (not sandals) and they have a strange water-traction foam sole - wow, I mean - I can light up my driveway with the static arcs at night. When my g/f wears a particular pair of sandals, she gets zapped like crazy.

I have also noticed that this NEVER happens ever in cars with leather. My '01 RS has leather, and haven't been shocked once. I always get shocked in cars with cloth seats. I am not saying everyone will get zhocked on cloth seats because I am sure there are people that don't, but this has been my experience.

Static Gard works, but you gotta do it every once in a while. I used it first in my dorm room when I used to get the $@#$ shocked out of me all the time. Worked great.

BTW I use a dryer sheet with every load, makes no difference. I have a grounding kit on my car - the shocks never changed at all before/after installing it. What WILL change tho is a grounding strap, if you want people to always be telling you there's something hanging down from your car..

-Jacob

It stopped happening to me when I put a metal shift knob in the car.

Don't know why. I figured it built up while driving because you're constantly going back and forth with your feet on the floor carpet. Then you get out..zap. but with my hand on the shifter it must go into the shift boot or something....hell if I know.

I just know it happens a lot less now.

Also...I nearly always push the door the rest of the way open with the window..bad habbit. maybe my window tint eats the shock.

As for the gas exploding shock..that's just craziness. I mean you'd have to have a rediculous amount of static and the perfect circumstances with fumes to do that. It's like a 1 in 10 billion chance or more. I mean....it's a hell of a lot more likely you'd blow yourself up filling a plastic gas can on a plastic truck liner....and even then it's a very slim chance.

Gas isn't as volitile as the movies try to make you think> I've thrown matches into buckets of gas...etc. FUMES..kill. And unless you freaking grabbed the gas handled and pulled it out of your tank by the metal part...I think blowing up is unlikely.

i never noticed it, but once i saw this thread, i got shocked hah

Origami posted by wombatsauce
What WILL change tho is a grounding strap, if you want people to always be telling you there's something hanging down from your car.
"Are my car's nuts dragging on the ground again?" :p

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Yeah I get shocked every so often too. What's the big deal though? ;)

Yeah I get shocked every so often too. What's the big deal though? ;)

With my old WRX it wasn't just a little shock. It ****ing hurt. It was a seriously strong shock man. I hated that ****.

Doesn't happen at all in my STI. Y'all should just upgrade. =)

i thought this only happened to women.

With my old WRX it wasn't just a little shock. It ****ing hurt. It was a seriously strong shock man. I hated that ****.

Doesn't happen at all in my STI. Y'all should just upgrade. =)
Really?! Whoa, then that does kinda suck heh heh. With my o.g. WRX all I get are occasionally minor shocks (basically the ones the feel and sound like a little pop). But big painful shocks? Not from my WRX at least :D

I get it too... it makes me want to murder.

Ditto! Shocks the F*CK out of me!

My friend told me its cause I wear a lot of cotton and the fibers in the car are mostly polyester, so if its dry out then it builds static easier or something like that.

What is static electricity? (http://www.satcure-focus.com/design/page7.htm).

3. Get into a car and shuffle about on the nylon seat cover. Have the air conditioning blow air at you (full of charged particles). Now step out of the car and touch the car or some other metal object. (Sorry, it hurts, doesn't it!)

5. Wear two layers of clothing made of synthetic fibres. Move around a lot so the layers move against each other. This movement will build up a static charge on YOU. Now touch a large metal object. Ouch!

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Really?! Whoa, then that does kinda suck heh heh. With my o.g. WRX all I get are occasionally minor shocks (basically the ones the feel and sound like a little pop). But big painful shocks? Not from my WRX at least :D

I really think it has a lot to do with your shoes. Sometimes, it sounds like someone threw down a Pop-It and rarely there's a small light flash. A few seconds later you hear a really loud FUHCKING HELL! Instant mad. Same thing happens to my g/f. Sometimes it can be pretty entertaining. The Brighton got her the other day - it was like... "click" door opens.. snap! "AHHHH FACK!" *punches car* "OWWW DAMMIT!!"

"So uhh.. how was your day?" *punch*

-Jacob

As for the gas exploding shock..that's just craziness. I mean you'd have to have a rediculous amount of static and the perfect circumstances with fumes to do that. It's like a 1 in 10 billion chance or more. I mean....it's a hell of a lot more likely you'd blow yourself up filling a plastic gas can on a plastic truck liner....and even then it's a very slim chance.

Gas isn't as volitile as the movies try to make you think> I've thrown matches into buckets of gas...etc. FUMES..kill. And unless you freaking grabbed the gas handled and pulled it out of your tank by the metal part...I think blowing up is unlikely.
You really might want to do a little research on how dangerous gasoline truly is!!! The conditions that would be required to to ingnite the vapors while filling are a lot more likely than you would imagine. one gal of gasoline contains the same potential energy (explosive power) as 14 stick of dynamite. Seriously find out more before you lose your ash tray and decide to use your gas can as a butt snuffer.

You really might want to do a little research on how dangerous gasoline truly is!!! The conditions that would be required to to ingnite the vapors while filling are a lot more likely than you would imagine. one gal of gasoline contains the same potential energy (explosive power) as 14 stick of dynamite. Seriously find out more before you lose your ash tray and decide to use your gas can as a butt snuffer.
That's why you should leave your cell phone in the car when you gas up ;)

As for the shoes, I wonder... :confused:

As for the gas exploding shock..that's just craziness. I mean you'd have to have a rediculous amount of static and the perfect circumstances with fumes to do that. It's like a 1 in 10 billion chance or more. I mean....it's a hell of a lot more likely you'd blow yourself up filling a plastic gas can on a plastic truck liner....and even then it's a very slim chance.

Gas isn't as volitile as the movies try to make you think> I've thrown matches into buckets of gas...etc. FUMES..kill. And unless you freaking grabbed the gas handled and pulled it out of your tank by the metal part...I think blowing up is unlikely.


Actually the only times gas stations have ever blown up is because of static discharge. There's never been a case that was caused by a cell phone, or matches/lighter. But they do have strong evidence that static discharge causes explosions (static electricity is more electrons than you think).

You're right about the volatilaty of gas though, you can extinguish flames in liquid gas. But if there's vapor between your car and the nozzle, and static electricity arcs between the two...BOOM.

Don't cell phones give off electrical discharges sometimes though?

MVWRX...that's pretty much what I just said. the words cell and phone never made it into my post. And the matches/lighter thing echos what I said. but for humors sake.... http://www.cnn.com/US/9906/24/exxon.cellphones/

no fire has evern been proven to be started by a cellphone. ever.

As well as the static deal. That's what I said. It can and has happened...but chances are insanely slim. you figure we fill up our gas nationwide something like 18 billion times a year. and we have maybe...3-500 fires a year...maybe 150 get reported. And maybe 20 of them are related to static...many of those to idiots filling up gas cans on the truck bed.

Don't cell phones give off electrical discharges sometimes though?

Yes, but not through air containing gas vapor (unless you stick your cell phone into your gas filler area then pour the gas over it...)

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...many of those to idiots filling up gas cans on the truck bed.
I have seen this so many times since I moved here. I can't say that it is common sense b/c it isn't. Many simply just don't know. Any time I see this I make sure to "edumacate" the uneducated. "Me no want to go boom boom."

never happens to me here in socal

but autobacs sells some JDM stuff that takes care of that

*jealous rage* Damn you and your Autobacs :mad: :D

ive just recently start getting shocked by the car.

It only happened once to me I have had my car since january and I got shocked once and it was 2 days ago, maybee the weather...