My 5 hates me.

[tviera]

I don't know why but my 5 keeps shocking the crap out of me when evr I get out. My wife has no problems when she drives it and gets out. It only shocks me. I had the same problem with my MSP, but I noticed the voltage varied so I assumed it was a short. Does anyone else have this problem?

 

[wachamacallit]

I don't know why but my 5 keeps shocking the crap out of me when evr I get out. My wife has no problems when she drives it and gets out. It only shocks me. I had the same problem with my MSP, but I noticed the voltage varied so I assumed it was a short. Does anyone else have this problem?

Holy crap it hurts me when i get shocked by mine and it just started when it got cold i have not had this problem with the other cars that i had but they all had leather so im guessin its cus i got that cloth in there maybe but i dont know but yes i get shocked also!! and u can hear it when it shocks me!

 

[mountjonas]

yup. my 5 does this. so did my protege5. i just got used to holding the door frame before i put my foot on the ground. problem solved.

 

[Tengo]

 

[jadonP5]

you guys need to stop wearing velvet

 

[tviera]

you guys need to stop wearing velvet

That'll never happen. It feels nice on the taint.

 

[tviera]

Holy crap it hurts me when i get shocked by mine and it just started when it got cold i have not had this problem with the other cars that i had but they all had leather so im guessin its cus i got that cloth in there maybe but i dont know but yes i get shocked also!! and u can hear it when it shocks me!

I got out at Papa John's today and that shock hit me so hard that My heart fluttered. My heart actually hurt and my left arm went numb for a couple of seconds. Scared the s*** out of me, I just had a kid 3 days ago and I'm in a Papa John's parking lot feeling like Fred Sanford.

 

[wachamacallit]

congrats on the baby
i try to cloths the door with my elbo so that the shock goes threw my coat and it dont hurt as much

 

[tviera]

congrats on the baby
i try to cloths the door with my elbo so that the shock goes threw my coat and it dont hurt as much

That'll only work like three days out of the year in S. FL.

 

[jandree22]

yup. my 5 does this. so did my protege5. i just got used to holding the door frame before i put my foot on the ground. problem solved.

Bingo. Works every time.

 

[raspykart]

yeah our Saturn does it to, at night you can see an arch. There's two solutions that I've seen. In Italy they actually, no s***, have a braided strap dangling from the chasis to the ground.... lol but damn'd if it doesn't work. Another thing is to put a ground clip on seat with a wire to the chasis.

 

[DeanSweet]

Personally, I think it has something to do with the tires. Mine does this to me only when I am running the stock 16's. That or maybe its just winter?

 

[Mazda5wannabe]

I get shocked by any car that has cloth seats. The grounding strap works, so does holding the door frame before putting your foot on the ground.

 

[JimboNC]

In the 1960s and later many cars had the gounding strap attached to the rear bumper. This reduced the chance of a spark when filling the gas tank. The static charge is in your clothes when you slide off of the seat. What you are wearing and the 5's seat fabic may have nylon or wool or both, which causes static electricity. Touch the door frame as suggested before setting your foot on the ground.

 

[fam]

The 5 shocked me and both my 3s have shocked me. The trick for me is not to touch the metal part of the key when removing the keys from the ignition.

 

[jandree22]

The 5 shocked me and both my 3s have shocked me. The trick for me is not to touch the metal part of the key when removing the keys from the ignition.

wow, where the hell have you been for the past 3 months?! lol (peep)

 

[GWDavis281]

What about using something like static guard on the seats?

Glenn |B)

 

[fam]

Yeah ive been gone a while form the forums, its a dreadful combination of work,college,parenting,marriage,college football (not in that order).

 

[jandree22]

Yeah ive been gone a while form the forums, its a dreadful combination of work,college,parenting,marriage,college football (not in that order).

wow, that is quite a load! But that's great that you're getting through college with all that life you're taking care of, congrats!

 

[fam]

Yeah this school year has been crazy, autocad has been fun up until the 3d modelling kicked in, digital video production, asp, PHP scripting for web design 2.