Xbox Elite Series 2 Slight Stick Drift

Slymp · Dec 1, 2021

Hello all!

Just purchased a new Elite Series 2 controller yesterday (first one). Everything is great on the controller so far. Only concern I have (wondering if this is normal) is that there is a slight drift in the left stick. When playing Halo Infinite with 0 deadzone my character will slowly crawl in a direction without any input on the stick, increasing my deadzone to 1.5 resolves this issue (anything less will cause drift). Is this something I should be worried about with the controller only being 1 day old? Anyone else experiencing this with deadzone set to 0?

Thanks

:)

Christopher Revoredo

Hi there Slymp welcome to the community forum! Christopher here, an Xbox fan just like you and has been on Xbox for years already. I would really love to make your day by helping you out. Unfortunately this is a really common issue with Elite controllers honestly I suggest getting it repaired or replaced like this:

https://beta.support.xbox.com/help/hardware-net...

Blueheart14

The problem is not just the on elite 2 controllers its a issue with all controllers that use the PDP program because i have 3 afterglow controllers that have problems with joy stick drift i also have 2 power A controllers that have problems with joy stick
drift as well and my brother has an elite 2 series controller that also has the same problem

WUIJIBOBO

I have two original elite controllers and one pf the new elite 2 controllers that I got my son for Christmas. They all have drift issues with the left sticks. I hd thought it would be addressed with the new version, but I guess not. Please help
make this right.

Unfortunately, stick drift seems all too common in this current generation on Xbox, on PS4, and even on Switch. I wonder if it's because so many games use the sticks at buttons as well, which is leading to extra pressure being exerted? I've lost many controllers
to stick drift, and looking at the forums and reddit, a lot of people are complaining about stick drift issues from day one with the Elite series 2. Fingers crossed that Xbox can address the issue for everybody affected by it.

BobHun87

same.

my 1st elite: crash gumi grips. send back to service, but i buy a new one for this 2 week. Try this new: right stick drift to right...

ok, my 1st elite came back, try this. left stick drift to right (fresh new controller from ms service)

ok i sent back this 2 broken Elites.

1-2 week done, get 2 new fresh Elites... tested... both new Elite's (my 3rd and 4th) left sticks drift to right...

my last 5 Elites broken, 3 fresh from Xbox Support. Thats a big joke.

dobby220216

I'm sorry to here that sadly I had my elite series 2 controller do the same thing, it started with the x button and then the bumpers, I noticed stick drift of both the sticks, sadly when I went to the store to exchange it for another one they had no
elite series 2 controllers in stock, I switched to the Razer wolverine ultimate edition and so far its a great controller

Xbox Elite Series 2 Slight Stick Drift