Controller right thin joystick drifts on its own

Hello Nate, this is Manuela!. I'm an Independent Advisor and community user like you ready to assist with this.

I'm sorry to hear you're experiencing this unexpected behavior with your new Xbox controller.

In this situation, my recommendation is to return the controller and get a new one if the stick drift occurs no matter the device you use with it.

Before that, you can try to clean it carefully and see if that helps:

https://support.xbox.com/help/hardware-network/...

I just got a Xbox controller for Christmas. And as soon as I connected it to my Xbox it had drift on the right joystick. I opened the controller right from the box and didn’t get any dust of anything like that near it but still it drifts. I wanted a new Xbox controller because my old controller had drift. Crazy how out of the box it already has drift.

Joystick drifting is where movement is being detected by the controller even when you are not touching the joystick.

Hi

I think your controller is "drifting"

If your controller is still under warranty, try to get a replacement

If not, there are some videos and guides on some possible solutions. But you will be doing this at your own risk.

Here is a link below:

https://www.ifixit.com/Answers/View/399531/My+right+joystick+is+slightly+moving+up

I sent a controller to be repaired / replaced 2 months ago and they sent me a new one after a month of not hearing a thing until i contacted them more. They sent me a new or suppost to be "new" controller now 2 months later my right joystick is drifting
up on its own even when the joystick is dead center. I talked to support and they said all i can do is buy a new controller that its past 90 days when its only been 60 if that.

Ive supported xbox for years and years but when you send me a replacement controller that has more problems than the controller i sent in then tell me all i can do is buy a new one im so close to selling my xbox one and just buying a ps4 or building a new
pc.