loose ground somewhere....

do you have any aftermarket electronic devices hooked up to your electrical system?

 

got a kenwood HU, a set of pioneer speakers, and a LED switch for antenna override which IS grounded. (light on switch comes on..) also have a fuel cutoff, but it's a simple switch.

other than that the car is stock..

 

Touch the outside of the car as you're standing up to ground yourself to the car? I was getting shocked regularly for a while and that helps.

 

lol that happened when i stopped to get gas i got out of my car and the door started swinging back so i pushed it w/my chest and my nipple happened to touch the door first so it shocked my nipple it happened twice. It sucked.

 

wath your self when puting gas or BOOM!..........

 

.... my nipple happened to touch the door first so it shocked my nipple it happened twice. It sucked.

lol.


okay back to the subject. Check the grounds to all your aftermarket or any electronics you installed. I had an LED that was grounded too and that turned out to be the one that shocked my ass. Try moving the ground around. I like to use the existing bolts in the chassis as grounding points.

 

Quote: Originally posted by Preps1 on Apr/02/04
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.... my nipple happened to touch the door first so it shocked my nipple it happened twice. It sucked.

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LMAO!!!!! AHHAHAHA funnies sh*t ahha and i dont think u cna blow ur self up LMAO HAHAHA

i saw some ground wires on autozone, u hookk it up to the rear and it grounds it

 

hook it up to the rear of what?

I have the LED grounded onto one of the two screws that hold the center console in place, in that little tab in front of the ebrake. Is that technically a good place?

I am using pretty old wire for the ground however. could an old wire cause this?

 

hook it up to the rear of what?

I have the LED grounded onto one of the two screws that hold the center console in place, in that little tab in front of the ebrake. Is that technically a good place?

I am using pretty old wire for the ground however. could an old wire cause this?

O0O0O0O from experience... bad. that's where I grounded my LED and.... ZAP. It is an OKAY grounding point, some people hooked up there and never got shocked but didn't work for me. Besides, that place will be removed alot... best if you ground elsewhere:


I grounded the led to one of the bolts holding the Ebrake cables in place:

After that... no more shocks. BTW, My led is mounted in one of the switch covers on the center console... that's the reason it is grounded near there.

 

I have a loose ground in my engine compartment right above the radiator where i believe the valve cover should be grounded to the chassis. The problem is only the chassis end is connected. Does anyone know or have a pic of where this ground should be attached to the engine?

 

ilubdonutz, yep that's exactly where my switch is. I got lazy and didn't want to get my sockets out, so I used the screw. I'll go out now and re-ground it.

 

my car has that same problem...the only electrical upgrade that i have on my car is just my alpine deck. It mostly occurs when its sunny outside though. It still happens when its sunny but still dont have a clue what it is.

 

the ground that goes on the back that sickbling is talking about...is usually used on tractor trailers i think, i've never actually ever heard of anyone buying them before....but yeah, that is what causes those gas station explosions, i saw it on the discovery channel, its not from talking on cell phones, its from static electricity building up while getting in and out of the car while refueling....them BOOOOM!....keep the nozzle in the tank to avoid blowing up the whole place if this happens to you.

 

it's probably simply the fact that when you slide to get out of the car, you're rubbing your shirt all over the seat (just like rubbing socks on carpet) and when you get out and touch the door, you get shocked. Happens to me all the time, especially when wearing a wool jacket. Also, if the air happens to be dry, it will happen a lot more. Not much you can really do about it.

 

Ok, I changed the wire around and drove some more; seems to have fixed the shocks. thanks for the tip! although I also started holding onto the door when I step out of the car, so it's not conclusive.

but hey, less pain for me!

 

wath your self when puting gas or BOOM!..........

theres alot of truth to this. so much so that my company put out a bulliten about it. (statistically if your a woman, you're also more likely to cause your car to go BOOM while getting gas. out of 70 or so cases only 3 were men. and the explosions are most likely caused by static discharge)

 

wath your self when puting gas or BOOM!
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Quote: dexmix on Apr/03/04 theres alot of truth to this. so much so that my company put out a bulliten about it. (statistically if your a woman, you're also more likely to cause your car to go BOOM while getting gas. out of 70 or so cases only 3 were men. and the explosions are most likely caused by static discharge)

There was also video from real TV that confirms this . You can just do a google search on this.

Spets: Glad we can help.

 

dont hate me for this, but after having the same problem as you guys with the shock I have to say this.......... it's the materials in the clothing you are wearing, not the car
I wear fleece or baseball jerseys, instant shock upon exit
anything else, no problem
some jeans also

 

Quote: speedevilb18b on Apr/02/04wath your self when puting gas or BOOM!.......... theres alot of truth to this. so much so that my company put out a bulliten about it. (statistically if your a woman, you're also more likely to cause your car to go BOOM while getting gas. out of 70 or so cases only 3 were men. and the explosions are most likely caused by static discharge)

do you work for the discovery channel?

 

Do you have cloth or leather seats? Because the cloth seats can create static when you are sitting and moving around in them. As weird as that sounds when I had leather seats, it never happened to me. But when I put in the Recaro style seats, I started getting shocked when I got out and touched the door. It's not a ground problem for me, because my mom's 01 miata does the same thing. Her car is completely stock, and her seats have the same material.

 

hey man look my physics teracher had the same proble m with his daughters car. he said that the seat covers in a dry climate built up friction with his clothes therefor transfering more electons (-) to his shirt then when he touched the car door all of the electrons grounded out to the car making his body and shirt once again a neutral balance. its nothing to worry about but just try not to wear things that are wool or if you ahve seat covers then change them. other then that suck it up its just a little shock.

 

Quote: dexmix on Apr/04/04 Quote: speedevilb18b on Apr/02/04 wath your self when puting gas or BOOM!..........
theres alot of truth to this. so much so that my company put out a bulliten about it. (statistically if your a woman, you're also more likely to cause your car to go BOOM while getting gas. out of 70 or so cases only 3 were men. and the explosions are most likely caused by static discharge)
do you work for the discovery channel?

I work for an electric company and we have our own gas pumping stations

 

oh...i had seen the same stats on a program on the discovery channel....i don't understand, i'm a female and i don't get in and out of my car while fueling up, never understood why you would, guess i'm not your typical female.....typical females dont work on cars i guess eigther!

 

Everyone's suggesting a bad ground...that's not always the reason a car would shock...what about static electricity?

If the car is shocking you and it's due to static electricity and not a bad ground, a sure-fire way of avoiding shock is rubbing the plastic or cloth on the door panel before you close the door...it's an easy way to discharge the static electricity, if that's the problem.

 

Everyone's suggesting a bad ground...that's not always the reason a car would shock...what about static electricity?

If the car is shocking you and it's due to static electricity and not a bad ground, a sure-fire way of avoiding shock is rubbing the plastic or cloth on the door panel before you close the door...it's an easy way to discharge the static electricity, if that's the problem.

Thats what surfingsk8r, and I are trying to tell them.