It really sounds like what I experience with the company van.
I'm no Ben Franklin and I cannot explain where it's originating from, I'm guessing sliding on the seat.
I'm sure it is static on my end because if I grab a hold of the metal portion of the door (or touch it constantly) and then exit the vehicle, then turn it loose, No pop!
Forget, and ouch!
Sometimes it is severe and startling when I forget, thank goodness I don't drive it a lot!
Since it ain't my van, I don't spend money on it!
This is a possible fix, I see them on vehicles here and there.
https://www.amazon.com/Gates-90330-Static-Strap/dp/B000CRBR8U/ref=asc_df_B000CRBR8U/?tag=hyprod-20&linkCode=df0&hvadid=312484993382&hvpos=1o4&hvnetw=g&hvrand=13689016545511301402&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9010633&hvtargid=pla-437176989558&psc=1
Mount it somewhere underneath so that the wide part is running left and right (parallel with the front or rear bumpers) This will allow it to have maximum surface area facing forward.
As you drive the wind will keep it off of the road, when slowing down and stopping it will touch the road.
I have not tried one myself.
My Dad, retired Air Force, worked in the munitions area (bomb dump) at Shaw Air Force Base just before he retired. I was eleven years old. I inquired about those kinds of straps when he took me to his office one time. He showed me that all of the vehicles out there and other equipment were equipped that way.
He summed it up as static and explosives are not friends!
Try the "hang on thing" and let us know if it works, this may verify that it is just static.
Your turn,
The Medic
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Thursday, April 18th, 2019 AT 7:51 PM
