I dont know why but since winter started, whenever i get out of my car and reach to close the door, I get real good shock from it. It never happened during the summer, could something on my car be misgrounded? It really sucks cuz im gettin tired of it. It seems like static shock but this doesnt happen to me when i drive my moms camry.

 

i get that too...

i think it has something to do with our clothes and cloth seat...static

 

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i think it has something to do with our clothes and cloth seat...static</TD></TR></TABLE>

of course yea with our clothes, but it only happens in the accord. So what gives?

 

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of course yea with our clothes, but it only happens in the accord. So what gives?</TD></TR></TABLE>

Try Putting your foot on the ground before you touch the door to shut it...this should ground you thus preventing the shock....Note the "should" statement there in that I have done this and it worked some of the time but not all so.....yeah

 

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close the door by pushing the nonconductive window glass vs. the conductive metal...

 

hey! me too! everytime I get outta my cousins honda.. and I touch the door.. it gives me a shock too! but it doesn't do that with my cousins 2004 solara.. =/

 

hey i think that happens to all of us huh! i was thinking that the winter air is colder and dryer and the friction of my leg shifting the clutch back and forth rubs against the cloth seats creating static energy. sike... i really dont know..

 

Yep.. Winter air is much more drier.. so electrons pass more freely without being blocked by moisture (or water droplets). Summer has more humidity which makes it much harder to get a static shock from your car.

Many people experience shocks when they get out of their car. Often they believe that the car is charged - but this is not normally so. Sitting in the car, electrostatic charges are generated on the car seat and the person's body, due to contact and movement between the clothes and the seat. When the person leaves the seat, They take half of this charge with them. As they get out of the vehicle, their body voltages rises due to this charge - a voltage of 10,000 Volts is not unusual. When they reach to touch the vehicle door, the electrostatic discharge and shock occurs as their hand approaches the metal door. The voltage build-up can often be avoided by holding onto a metal part of the door frame as you leave the seat. This provides a return dissipation path for the charge on your body. If you have forgotten to hold the metal door part as you leave the seat, a shock may often still be avoided by touching the glass window before you touch the metal door. The glass may be conductive enough to dissipate charge, whilst preventing the rapid discharg which is felt as a shock.

 

spoken like a true scientist....or drunk!

 

This scientist is getting krunk tommorow.. I got stuck inside tonight because I have to pick my sister up from airport @ like 6am.

 

You need to ground yourself.
Hold on to a piece of metal while exiting the car.
This will put an end to it.