Does anyone else get shocked to hell when the get out of their xB? It happens to me EVERY time! Does anyone know why this is? It has never happened to me with any other car i have ever owned

 

it's the static running through your car and the static created by you on cloth seats. I have personally only got shocked once or twice, but I have rubber mats and a grounding box, I figure the mats help to dissipate the charge.

but people use grounding boxes and wires, there are grounding straps.

 

Meh I think I am so used to it now that it doesn't really bother me... lol but my girlfriend still gets a surprise every time she gets out of the car haha

 

Yes I do and it drives me nuts!

 

better then getting struck by lightning i think. i don't want to find out though. ill take a winter static shock!

 

I haven't been shocked since i installed a ground wire kit. used to happen alot!

 

i read about that too. saw something on speed channel about a grounding box that hooks up to the battery and various under body points to prevent rust.

it also keeps the car from collecting dust. changes the polarity of the car's body. ill get on top of that one day.

 

where can i find this ground wire kit?

 

where can i find this ground wire kit?

 

their is a DIY on the tech section

 

I get shocked to hell 90% of the time.

Now when I get out the car I hold my finger about an inch or so from the exterior of the car to see if I can see that blue static electricity; I can see it good at night.

 

i've had my gen1 for 2 and half years now... haven't gotten shocked once

 

Here ya go:

https://www.scionlife.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=29261

 

Personally I hold on to a metal part of my car as I put my foot down on the ground. Sometimes I forget and as I use the metal frame of the window to push the door shut *ZAP*. One solution is go to a junkyard and cut a seat belt out of a junker, leaving the metal buckle on one end, have enough length that when you bolt the seat belt under the car to drag on the ground. Little trick from the mid-west.

 

i got shocked for the 1st time on my xB yesterday afternoon after having stepped out of the car and touched the window frame, wondering what the ___ just happened!

 

i got mine here, didn't feel like making them up myself. then theres 1000's of universal cheapies on ebay too.

http://randode.com/store/product17.html

 

Its most likely due to a combination of your floor mats and what shoes you are wearing.

I say this because I only get shocked depending on what shoes I wear

 

I never have this problem in my xB. I do not have cloth seats however (replaced them with leather the first day I owned the car). My wife's Honda however (with cloth seats) zaps us all the time. I would surmise that the cloth seats are the primary builder of this static charge.

 

I would rule out the cloth seats as the main factor. I get shocked all the time and I have neoprene seat covers.

 

LoL.. I get shoCked 95% of the time..! Happened to me this morning.. && I try not to touCh the metal part toO, but then I forget after the first time ..&& shockaGe! I have the tenDency to jump when it happens.. My reaction I suppose. && my friends loOk @ me as if I were retarDed..