ok i drive and wen i get out of my car and touch the door to close it i get a static electric shock. does this happen to you? what could it be? maybe the rug?

 

it's called... static.

it's your butt rubbing against the seat.

 

Uh depending on where you live it could be very dry out, no humidity, and you just get shocked. Could be your clothing rubbing on the seats that generates the static.

 

here's a good idea..

search... and maybe next time.. don't limit yourself to just SL here...

there's yahoo and google too.

 

well i never had this happen in any other car i had. so i was wondering if it was something in a scion

 

It's been happening to me a lot in the past 2 weeks. Hate it. lol.

 

Yeah I've had this happen in my other cars, but not sure if it's just more or what but I feel like it happens more since I've had my scion tc.

 

where do you live? here in socal there is a santa ana (desert wind) blowing in. that plus flowers realeasing pollen in the air, which builds up static charge as they brush over your car while you drive, could be causing your static electricity predicament.

 

here's an idea.. hold the car door (or anything metal of the car) while you get out of the car...

BEFORE you place your foot on the ground.

 

im in nyc. its an unpleasant suprise that keeps shocking me

 

it happens with any car... all it takes is the right conditions.

 

Just a thought.....
I h8 it when people say that someone should have went to another site or searched on this site for hours to find the info. they need! To a certain extent i understand not wanting 300 threads of the same question. However, I also think that if someone has a car question ASK IT!!!

 

Oh yeah I get them hardcore! I can usually see the bolt shoot off my door and connect to me.

 

I get these too - I am used to it though. I like to see the nice little spark at night when I come home when I touch the door

 

Nice idea, but here's a better idea: When you first get out, before touching anything, try ____ing on a metal part of the car and let us know what happens.

 

As per mythbusters nothing correct?

 

Well, apparently if you stand close enough and have a wide enough... uh... stream, then something will happen.

 

Here's another possibility: by any chance you wear a uniform/work clothes? It could be the wool content of your clothing (socks, pants, etc.) that's generating the static...not sure about cottons tho..

AS for me, never got a static (yet)

 

I get them on windy days, and they are especially bad when I wear wool fleece jackets. Sometimes at night, I can actually see the electricity being transferred.

 

Happens to me every single day. Open door, my calf gets shocked as I get outa the car. Looks like Leg - Sideskirt. even the theres no metal in the side skirt