2006-11-15 02:30:31 · 17 answers · asked by bandito 1 in Cars & Transportation ➔ Maintenance & Repairs
If you're talking about when you stop the car and get out, it's static from your clothing and shoes dragging across the upholstery.
My car used to bite the )*@@ out of me until I found a product called "Static Guard." Look in the laundry supplies area at the store, it's in a spray can. Hose down the seat and floor of the car. You need to spray a lot of it, but it'll last a year if you do. Use like half the can for the front two seats and floors.
2006-11-15 02:49:18 · answer #1 · answered by seedy v 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A common problem this. Remember that essentially your car is completely insulated from the road by four round lumps of rubber and static will build up in the car. As you step out on to the road you complete the circuit for the currrent to earth itself. There is no easy answer to this but the best solution I have found (since the most sensitive nerves in the body are at the ends of your fingers) is to hold on to the door metal as you get out and then put your feet down. Do it the other way round and you feel the shock.
2006-11-15 04:06:21 · answer #2 · answered by lynxd67 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
We had the same problem and it turned out it was my husband's plastic coat that caused it. We got the car checked out thinking it was a bad earth somewhere but it wasn't. We have since brought the anti static strips for the car from Halfords and that works a treat.
2006-11-15 02:42:34 · answer #3 · answered by citta_uk 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i'm getting this worry too in dry climate. it particularly is a build-up of static electrical energy on your physique that tries to weld your fingernails to the door. Like gtimandan says, purely carry the metallic of the door as you place your foot out onto the floor. Solved. those crappy rubber strips do no longer do a topic, apart from make money for the makers. The static's on your physique, no longer the automobile's!
2016-10-03 23:54:59 · answer #4 · answered by greenwell 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's nothing more than static electricity a ground strap will get rid of it,you attach it to the frame and it drags along the road.
2006-11-15 03:03:01 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
static electricity. ever rubbed your shoes on carpet to build static? thats what happens when you rub your butt across your seat when you get out. if at a gas station, make sure you touch your car after getting out to "ground" out the static before touching the fuel pump.
2006-11-15 02:34:07 · answer #6 · answered by FJ40spencer 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
This is going to sound silly ... but a motor trader once pointed out to me ... Use a good fabric softener in your washing ,,,, you will find it does the trick ...
2006-11-15 04:37:40 · answer #7 · answered by avanti2uk 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Its static electricity earthing to you when you touch it
2006-11-15 02:34:18 · answer #8 · answered by col 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
am guessing it is dry and the dust blowing by builds up a static charge
2006-11-15 02:32:38 · answer #9 · answered by mongo862001 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I wish mine would do that to keep the cats off it.
2006-11-15 02:38:14 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋