jus wondering if this happened to anyone else yet, n warning everyone else

so yesterday i got in my fit, plugged the key in, n before i got half way in (lol), i was grabbed by a very powerful shock! yea, tht sucked~

note: a also had my finger touching the metal portion of the key, and the key hole is a metal ring. this has also happened more than once.

i kno evryone has been hit by the inevitable static that always buils up from the seat wen u open the door or wen ur leg hits the seat adjust bar while you're driving (alwasy fun), but i kno the difference between STATIC and DC. i work with high-voltage radio equipment, i kno the difference :P
it was definately between 300-600 mA. yes i kno thts deadly, it wouldve knocked me on my a** if i was standing. it knocked me back in the seat wen i let go n i was stunned for a few seconds. whos great idea was it to hook the exposed metal key insertion to mid-level power circ??

 

Something else is going on here, because 12 volts won't normally do anything like that. That's why it's used for low-voltage wiring for landscaping lights - even in a potentially wet environment like that, it's not generally harmful, even though the fixtures typically use vampire taps.

What you experienced sounds much more like a feed from the high-voltage side of the coil. Do you have any friends with warped senses of humor? Have they had any access to your car?

 

with enough amperage, any voltage could sting you.
a car battery carries hundreds of amps to push the 12 volts.
a tiny 9V batt could kill someone with enough amperage.

 

I disagree. You could grab both poles of your 12 car battery and nothing would happen to you unless you're soaking wet or something.

Static electricity is what you felt from the key.

 

I suffered enough of a burn to form a blister on my wrist when a watchband accidentally completed a circuit for a fraction of a second while working on a 12-volt motorcycle battery. Granted, sweat made the conduction better, but a car battery has more than enough power to do some damage. A 12-volt battery, attached to certain body parts is a favorite tool of torturers.

 

As you said... your watchband "accidentally completed a circuit for a fraction of a second". That's called a short and the result was heat (reason of the blister). Not the same as just touching live 12v battery without causing a short.

 

Its called static electricity. same thing if you scuff your feet on the rug and walk over to touch a grounded surface.
Static electricity can buikld up for a number of reasons, even wind, because the rubber tires insulate the car from relieving its charge. Usually it happens mostly when cold.

 

I can say for sure that I've never driven a car that builds static electricity like the Fit. Most cars only do this in winter, because the very dry air prevents the dissapation of the static build up, but the Fit does it all year 'round. Only the last couple of weeks of high humidity here (like a steambath) have given me some relief.

I expect it will return in the fall (along with the dash rattle).

 

in my old car (06 chevy aveo) i got shocked alot, but in the fit not once!