You can try Static Guard spray, found in the laundry section of many grocery
stores.
Spray your car seats with it. That should take care of any static generated
when
you slide accross your seats.

"Dswolfson" <dswolfson@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> We have new Michelin tires but it happened before we got the new tires as
> well and yes we have cloth seats. Can you explain what a grounding strap
> is? Is it something you can get at a auto supply store?
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> Susan
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> "Brian Stell" <bstell@ix.netcom.com> wrote in message
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>> Dswolfson wrote:
>> > When we get out of our 2002 Odyssey and go to close
>> > the door you can get a nasty shock.
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>> So you step out of the car and when you reach for
>> the door to close it you get a shock?
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>> I can think of 2 possibilities: tires or fabrics
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>> Did you get new tires? Tires are supposed to be
>> designed to bleed off the charge. But sometimes they
>> don't. The typical fix for this is a grounding strap
>> (or different tires).
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>> If you have cloth seats: some fabrics will interact
>> with seat covering and build up a charge. I believe
>> this is aggravated if the AC is running and drying
>> the air. I had this with one car and the only fix
>> I came up with was touching a piece of metal (ie:
>> house key (not fancy car key with transmitter)) and
>> then touching the metal to the car before touching
>> the car with my hand.
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