every time I drive mine anywhere, get out, touch the outside of the door to close it, bzzzt, static discharge shock. Had a 07 sedan loaner about a week ago and same thing. drive for a bit, get out, touch the outside of the door, bzzt. Never had a car do that before.

Anybody else notice that? what causes it?

 

stop dragging your feet

 

but I'm not on carpet!

 

absolutely, happens to me every single time!

 

My car shocks me everyday in a good way.

 

hah.. i thought this was about your car impressing you.. not literally shocking you.. i was like, 'yeah, it shocked me when i got it up to 145' lol

 

No.

 

It's a build up of static electricity caused by your tires. Some tire compounds allow the build up of static electricity and don't dissipate it as well as other tires do. Since the only way to dissipate the static charge is to ground it, and the only place the car touches the Earth is the tires, you get it building up instead. Once you step out onto the ground, the charge flows through you and you get zapped.

You can buy grounding strips that hang from your car's frame/underbody and they sometimes work pretty well. But the best solution is to change your tire model.

For whatever reason, winter and all season tires tend to suffer from this more than summer tires do, but it also depends on air and road conditions. Cold, dry conditions with winter tires are the worst combination.

 

nope never been shocked before.

 

My G has not shocked my yet, my previous car would all the time

 

mine does it to me all the time.

i think its cause we share a connection.

 

I've had my G35 (leather interior) for a roughly a month now, and this car has given me the nastiest zaps I've ever gotten from ANYTHING before...EVER. And I hate getting shocked. The jolts were so loud that my wife would also wince when she'd hear them from the other side of the car.

Anyway, I have good news:
1) I think I finally figured out why I've been getting zapped: Because I usually wear shorts/pants made out of synthetic fibers (eg, nylon). So, just dress accordingly if you want to avoid getting shocked altogether. (I never get shocked whenever I wear cotton pants...knock on wood.)

2) Unfortunately, I wear basketball shorts or nylon jogging pants the majority of the time. Fortunately, I learned a neat little trick. To decrease the pain from these jolts by a gazillion-fold (yes, literally a gazillion-fold), just touch the outside of the rear door with your knuckle after you get out of the car--I usually give it a little knock with my middle knuckle. The zap will still be as large and loud as ever, but it is delightfully painless.

Works for me. Hope this helps.

 

Never been shocked...

 

I don't think clothing fabric has anything to do with it. I am an outside sales rep and during the week I wear cotton or cotton wool suit blends. Only time I where synthetics is on the weekends. I still get the shock no matter what.

It's not a big deal. I was just curious if it was the nature of the beast.

it's more of an "ow quit it" kinda thing.