Take the shock out of it! Really...

[Numus]

I own a 2003 cavalier ls sports coupe... And the thing just shocks me everything time i get out.. It either gets me when i touch the screws on the inside of the door handle (little thing people usually put junk in) or at the bottom on my leg if i don't step over it high enough.. or just the door.. Not sure what is doing it (don't even say static electricity... i am not that dumb) wondering if anything might be grounding to the frame...
I had circuit city install 2 sony xplod 10 inch subs and a 480 watt amp... Could they have grounded it wrong and it would cause the car to shock me? Or is it just my seats rubbing against my back.. Anyways any help would be great.. Thanks

[02'CavOwnr]

Same thing happens to me!!! I have a 2002 cavalier, the passengers dont get shoked but i do! It's wierd it might be the seats but i dunno know!?

[urweak]

when i drive my perants 03 ranger everytime i close the door it shock me. its strang but i cant figure out why.

[Numus]

My Friend explained it to me..He is studying electrical engineering at FSU, and i am soon going to be studying chemical engineering at FSU... It has to do when it is cold outside and you are cold inside. He explained the electrical component of the car and I was able to drieve about your body condition. The car is more likely to pick up free floating electrons when it is moving fast in cold weather.. Cold weather causes the atom to shrink and the closer it gets to the nucleaus the more unstable it becomes and the more ageer to pick up an extra election to stabilize it.. Thus the nature of metal to gain electrons.. Your body as an organic non-metal is more likely to lose electrons to gain stability instead of gaining electrons for stability.. Your body loses electrons into hard, rought surfaces like cloth when it is cold.. When you have leather it is harder for electrons to travel from you to the seats... When all this happens you come out of your car missing electrons while your car has stored extra electrons.. When your car stops moving it looks to release the electrons it doesn't need anymore. When you body comes into contact with the metal portion of the car.. It transfers its extra electrons to your body that is trying to get the electrons it has lost... The shock is the transfer of the electrons from the car to your body to stabilize eachother...
So remember even though you get a shock from it.. Ground (stabilize) yourself on your car before you pump gasonline.. Or else you could get a discharge frmo your car while you are pumping and eventably start a gasoline fire....

[s8kimo]

or you could just work around plastics like me...always full of static electricity, can't even pet my 2 cats without gettin em shocked...lol

[SlyBry]

A friend of mine had piece of rubber, about 6-8" long, attached to the underside of his car that would actually drag on the ground while he was driving. One day I told him that he had something hanging underneath his car, and he said that it was supposed to be there to prevent static electricity.

I'm not sure why or how it works, but it may be worth looking into if getting shocked bothers you that much.

[02'CavOwnr]

So basically keep u and ther car warm and not cold????? It didnt happen to me today so, I dunno it happens every now n then.

[98ChevCav]

It's from dragging your butt on the seat as you get out of the car. You should be careful to always ground yourself (ZAP!) before you start pumping gas if you have this problem a lot. If you're pumping and you touch metal, you're going to be in for a lot more pain than a quick shock.