ok so i have a 00' si and it shocks me when i get out like all the time what could cause this? bad ground? i searched and i dont need new shocks lol

 

ive gotten used to getting electrocuted everytime i get out..

 

Its just static all the time.

 

lol... that **** is funny

 

take physics n u'll find out why. i think its something with our body when were driving for too long blah blah blah.. we discussed this in clas but i wasnt really paying attention

 

my EJ8 does the same thing...

 

When you get out of the car just make sure to put your foot on the ground before you touch the door. I used to have this problem getting out of my car, and it turned out there was a static charge being built up in the door somewhere that would shock me unless I grounded myself when getting out XD

 

Its just your own static. Car would ground itself out. The shell couldnt hold a charge without frying the system.

 

It's an EK thing

 

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It's an EG thing.... too

My car does the same thing, but i notice it on hot sunny days. It just rained here and i didnt get shocked at all.

 

Along with puttin your foot on the ground, you may want to get in the habit of holding a metal part of the door while pivoting out of the vehicle. When you turn your body on the seat, you build up an electrical charge. By touching metal while turning, the static goes back to the car!!

 

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Did you fail physics???

Metal conducts, thats why you would notice that u get shocked when touchin the door (metal) or door jam (metal) and not plastic (insulater, crappy, but it does insulate)

I get shocked when i touch metal.

 

Well.....from actually doing it, I have FOUND personally that I do not get shocked while getting out. If the door is shocking you, and you hold it while you are getting out(which is where the electricity is coming from because of the friction from your ***, you should not get shocked. This especially proves correct if you dont take your hand off of the door metal because the charge should divert back to the car.

 

"earth belt" check it

 

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humm.....

I do not hold my door when getting out. I put my hand on the door jam or steering wheel. Maybe the cup hander on the inside panel. But when i go to close the door, i push closed from the top corner of the door and thats where i get shocked. even though im already out of the car. Ima have to really go and test this out tomorrow

 

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humm.....

I do not hold my door when getting out. I put my hand on the door jam or steering wheel. Maybe the cup hander on the inside panel. But when i go to close the door, i push closed from the top corner of the door and thats where i get shocked. even though im already out of the car. Ima have to really go and test this out tomorrow</TD></TR></TABLE>

yeah, i used to have both feet on the ground before i touched the top corner of my 99 ej8 door, and i got shocked just the same.

 

dude this sucks so bad everytime i get out i get electrocuted i am jsut used to it now most eg's do this from what ive heard my ef sure didnt

 

best way is to open your door handle push/use your feet to kick it all the way open.. and lunge your body out of the car... i figure this is the best way to avoid electrocution..

 

my 95 coupe looks like a laser show when i go to put the key into the ignition and hit the cylinder. lol im afraid to get gas sometimes

 

its the weather that causes it. touch something metal INSIDE the car before you get out and you wont get shocked.

 

lol funny tips,

 

this would happen to me in my truck a few times too, never bothered me. You could always push your door open from the door panel, and close it using the tips of your fingers on the glass to close it, than clean it with a wipe-e if your a clean freak or sumtin. Anybody ever hear of that chick that almost burned to death cuz she got out of her car to pump gas, started pumping and somehow produced a statick spark and the gas tank caught on fire? that would suck- thats why some gas stations have a fuel cutoff switch on the building.

 

my eg tickles me all the time. its the seat meterial. easy way to solve this is when you close yoru door. touch the glass of the window.

 

Every honda I've owned has done it to me ('84 Accord LX, '94 Accord LX, 98 Civic EX, 99 Civic EX). And I've gotten rid of it the same way each time.

You need a 4-6ft copper pipe or rod (found in the Home Depot PLumbing department). Next you need some copper wire (Home Depot). Sand down a patch of metal on the frame rail of the vehicle shocking you. Attach the wire to the shiny new patch on the rail. Attach the other end to the copper pipe. Make sure both connections are TIGHT. Burry the Pip in the ground about halfway down the length of the pipe. Let the car sit over night.

Viola! static gone.

 

I used to get shocked in my Silverado also.....lots of cars do this and it does depend on the weater, also depends on your clothes (such as sweaters or other static friendly clothing). The gas fire you are speaking of was rumored to be started because of people who are too lazy to stand outside of their car while the gas pumps. The theory that I heard goes something like this........person starts pumping gas, sits in vehicle until it stops pumping, gets out of the vehicle and because of the static formed between their seat and their ***, an electrical charge forms, they then go to pull the nozzle out of the filler tube and when their hand touches the metal on the underside of the nozzle handle......BAM!!!!! I guess that is why they put all of that rubber on the nozzle handle area.....hmmmmm, kinda makes sense! Cloth interiors are usually where shocking is a problem, I never get shocked in my dads Navi. Just in my cloth interior cars.