My left bumper Is stiff. (Xbox One S)

I use option 2 as much as I can, but sometimes you have to use option 1 if both the triggers and bumpers will need to be pressed simultaneously (driving in GTA V, for example).

The problem is that my bumpers are way too stiff to be used comfortably by my index fingers. It's just an awful design decision imo. And as much as I hate how stiff the bumpers are, I hate how loud and annoying sounding the clicks are even more.

Hopefully they redesign the controller at some point. Or maybe I can make Newblacksmurf's way work for me. I'll try it when I get back in town.

The left bumper did pop up on one of my Xbox One controllers, but thankfully I was able to pop it right back in.

Straight out of the box of new XB1X the left bumper of controller popped and I couldn't fix it. Fortunately retailer just swapped it out.

Seems there's a quality control issue somewhere in the supply chain, judging by what I've read of other comments in forums about controllers.

I found one. Chime in if this does not match with what you know.

Xbox One controller layout

Combat

Left Stick - Movement

Right Stick - Aim

Left Stick press - Tactical Power

Right bumper button - Class Mechanic

Right Trigger - At Will 1

Left Trigger - At Will 2

X button - Encounter 1

Y button - Encounter 2

B button - Encounter 3

Left bumper button + X button - Daily 1

Left bumper button + Y button - Daily 2

Left bumper button + B button - Artifact

Non-Combat

Left Stick - Movement

Right Stick - Camera

Right Stick press - AutoRun

A button - Interact

Left menu button - Focus on status

Right menu button - Start menu

D-pad up - Mount

D-pad left - Consumable item 1

D-pad down - Consumable item 2

D-pad right - Consumable item 3

Left bumper button + D-pad up - Map

Left bumper button + D-pad left - Inventory

Left bumper button + D-pad down - Chat

Left bumper button + D-pad right - Invocation

Left bumper button + A button - Jump

I have problems with my left bumpers going out on almost every single controllers I have bought for the Xbox One. Either I play too many games that use the left bumper or Microsoft may have miscalculated some of the measurements when they were developing
the machines that make the controllers or just the left bumper measurements altogether.

My whole view point is "At least I can still use my console, unlike the dreaded red ring of death."

Hello! Try one more thing, go to your Settings>System>Storage and put in a code on your controller: Left Bumper, Right Bumper X, Left Bumper, Right Bumper, X

This will allow you to delete the system update and restart your Xbox, when it boots back up it will prompt you to redownload the update. Then try again.