Xbox one controller sticks drift

BEASTLYSCOTSMAN · Feb 13, 2017

Alright, I havent ever been this upset with my xbox controllers. My xbox one controllers (yes both of my xbox one controllers) have the stick drifting problems. One of my controllers the left stick drifts forward when i dont touch it, and on my other controller
the right stick drifts upward. Now i could see why one of them may have that issue because ive had it for 2 years and has had alot of use. My other controller on the other hand i have had it maybe less than a year and it has the drifting issue. Not to mension
that the newer controller broke my quick charge kit because the pins for the micro usb werent properly allined in the controller. I hope that you take more time in fixing these issues within the controllers. I never had these issues with my 360 controllers.

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ROLLTIDEROLL87 · Feb 13, 2017

Microsoft please fix the controller stick drift please!!

Both sticks on my day one controller drift badly. The left stick on my new one drifts. I'm not gonna buy another Microsoft controller. I'll buy third party or switch to playstation. Tired of the nickle and dime crap!

BenRC · Feb 13, 2017

Controller analogue drift

thought it was just me but then saw this
Xbox One gamers reporting stick-drift problems with their controllers

my right analogue stick behaves like its being pushed up slightly all the time. luckily i have a second one but its totally unusable. Anyone else have this?

{Parity} · Feb 15, 2017

There is not much you can do other than replace the controller.

Good Luck!!

ruger280

That is strange. I've only ever had stick drift on my old 360 controllers. I don't know if the standard Xbox one controllers have it, but the Xbox Elite controller sticks can be adjusted to have dead zones to avoid drift. Check in the Xbox Accessories
app if you can adjust it for normal controllers.

Have my elite controller set up and still drifts. Can't do standard controller. Did notice they drift worse on any COD.

Darkhawk Ninja

That is strange. I've only ever had stick drift on my old 360 controllers. I don't know if the standard Xbox one controllers have it, but the Xbox Elite controller sticks can be adjusted to have dead zones to avoid drift. Check in the Xbox Accessories
app if you can adjust it for normal controllers.

jfrawls

I have two controllers BOTH with drift issues. The one left thumb-stick drifts upwards and the other one has a right thumb-stick drift issue that drifts upward.

Like what the heck am I suppose to do. #SMH

Hiesta

Unfortunatley ‘Stick drift’ is common in all xbox one controllers after some time and is inevitble.

WUIJIBOBO

Unfortunately stick drift is something that happens to almost every controller with analogue sticks after some time. I feel like the fact that a lot of games require you to click in the sticks for in-game actions has resulted in stick drift becoming more
common more quickly in these last two generations of consoles. I've had to replace a few controllers on the PS3, Xbox 360 and Xbox One because of stick drift. As Dazza said, you can fix the controllers, but that requires taking them apart and doing some soldering.
Quickest and simplest solution is getting another controller, which really sucks because they're not cheap.

Xbox one controller sticks drift