03 cavalier, getting shocked exiting the car

[dewitp]

Hello. My first post and I am not a car guy, I know very little about them.

I recently (about 1 month ago) had the front brakes replaced as the pads had worn down to barely a milimeter.

Since that time, I get a nasty shock when I go to close my door after exiting the car. It seems to be the same whether I drive 100ft or 100km.

It hurts!

Could something be rubbing somewhere causing a nasty static buildup on the outside of the car? Maybe my ass is rubbing around on the seat and I'm getting charged and not the car?

Any advice?

[shakewell]

It's less humid out now and so you'll probably get shocked when you slide your butt off the seat. Just hold on to the metal part of the door when you're getting out and you shouldn't get shocked. I seriously doubt it has anything to do with the work you had done.

[dewitp]

Thanks.

I got zapped through a thick winter jacket, sweater and t-shirt yesterday.

Today I held onto the rubber part of my key and put the key near the door, sure enough a big static discharge, atleast I didn't feel it that time.

[Mangoamerican]

go to your freinds house... you know - the freind with a multimeter ( they gotta know how to use it) tell them to measure the resistance between the ground on your battery to the frame of your car.. and then from your battery to your engine.

I suspect you have a bad ground.

[Macgyver62]

For your static problem I know that you can get static straps at Canadian Tire , Walmart, etc to put on the bumper of the car if it's metal or attach it to the body of the car with self tapping metal screws. This keeps the body of the car grounded and prevents static from building up.