I have 2 controllers both suffering from severe stick drift which is actaully not allowing me to play games. Got this starfield controller and the stick drift on the left stick is unbearable and I cannot use it anymore as it just constantly goes down even if I’m not touching it. How can I fix this without taking it apart as I don’t trust myself to do so. Also have the standard controller and the same is happening with the right stick how do I fix this as I can’t play and don’t want to have to buy a new one as these 2 are only 8 months old
Posted by SomePerformance8878
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Stick drift is typically caused by wear on the stick modules. They work by having circular carbon tracks and brushes that move around them when you move the stick, but the carbon wears away with use and once it gets worn to a certain point, you end up with drift. When that happens, there is nothing you can really do other than replace the stick module(s), which not only requires opening up the controller, but it requires fairly advanced soldering skills/equipment too.
The parts are really cheap, but lots of third party repair places charge quite high prices for the repair – sometimes more than the cost of a new controller, which makes no sense.
Replace the stick, either by yourself or pay someone an unreasonable amount of money just to get it again in a couple months.