getting shocked when opening door

pull your battery positive terminal, then try opening the door. If the same thing happens, then its your climate. If not, then grounding i guess??

 It keeps a guy moving under the dash!!!!! mark mcj

It is actually your tires causeing this, I read an article on it a while back, can't remember the reason though

static...i heard in canada some cars have a strip installed to there car which drags on the road to dis-charge the static build-up from driving...dont know if it works ...sounds ok though...lol

It is the potential difference of you, and the vehicle which is what you are seeing. The grounding strap, or bleeding strap will reduce the amount of static build-up, it will not eliminate the problem. As it was stated before, it is also a factor of the tires being used on the vehicle. older style Michelin's & Bridgstones showed alot of this tendency to give off a very large voltage shock. Dispite popular belief the tire is not 100% made of rubber, and is composed of silica, which is conductive and non conductive depending upon the state of wear, road conditions, weather, tire temperature, etc. Regards EVIL Teken . . .

ah, i think that might answer my question.  i've got michelin tires.

You can reduce the amount of *ESD* or potential difference from you, and the vehicle by installing the vehicle chassis grounding strap to your rear bumper. You may also install a very thin guage wire ( 22 guage )clipped to your driver seat, and the other end to the vehicles chassis interior frame. That will reduce about 95% of the ESD you will experience. I did this to my 2 personal vehicles. The last thing you can do is install braided grounded strap or bolt to the interior door handle. The ground strap was attached to the innner door frame the other end was flush mounted in the door grasp handle which you have to grab to open the door. This will drain any ESD which you might be storing in your body, and bring you to a equal level. Cheap, but effective. Regards EVIL Teken . . .