Amazing....there's a forumn for everything.

I have a terrible problem of everytime I exit my car, I get the crap shocked out of me.  I know it might be my butt sliding across the seats creating static, but it seems like much more.  It's a good "pop" each time. 

thanks

[QUOTE=SpyderGS]Oh man, i thought i was the only one!!!  Yeah, it begins to get annoying after like the first time.  Sometimes I'll just hesitate before opening the door because i know what's coming.  I have cloth seats in my car too, but i dunno.  I think it may be the keys or something related to that.  Like when you're taking them out of the ignition, it build up a small charge.  But it's kinda of a big charge sometimes.  I know one time at night i actually saw a flash....and my finger felt numb for a good minute.  It only happens when i touch the body though.[/QUOTE]

me too what the hell is it, only in the outlander

This is a common problem with most cars. The friciton between wheels and tarmac, and between car body and air particles charges the car electrostatically, but since the steering wheel is not exactly conductive we remain at a different electric potential. When you touch an exposed metallic part you tend to equalize the potentials. I guess a solution would be to ground the rim of the steering wheel :)

I remember that about 25 years ago most cars dragged either small strips of conductive rubber, or even chains behind them in order to keep themselves grounded.

My wife sometimes gets shocked after riding in the Outlander (leather seats), but my old Opel Astra/Nissan Sentra/BMW 323i used to shock me more often.