360 Controller Drifts Left

Anyone else's controller just kinda drift left?

Not sure if it is because I play alot of FPS but when I leave my controller alone my character will start to turn left slowly.

It is a pain when I am sniping, but if I push the toggle hard to the right it will correct it.

Ohh and it is the left toggle stick and no I don't play nascar games!!!! lol

It's the left toggle stick, like I said in the post lol.

I said I push it to the right to correct it.

It is like it has gotten worn down and doesn't center completely all the time.

Just dealt with the exact same problem..also the left stick. Started happening 2 weeks after i got my system so the controller was basically new. I called microsoft and since my system was still under waranty they told me to send it in and they'd ship me a new one. Only down side was i had to pay all the shipping costs.

my controller does that but its also like a year old......

i guess they do it, after they get old and worn out

On a PC, you can fix it using a recalibration program.

But Xbox 360's don't let you do that, as far as I know.

My controller from my launch system drifted to one side. It didn't always do it and if I'd flick the stick, it would stop. I ended up just buying a new one. I'd gotten a lot of use out of that original one. My new one doesn't drift.

this happened w/ my ps2 controller. it was because the analog stick got stuck so it was a little left when it should be straight.patsfan4liferjn

[QUOTE="patsfan4liferjn"]this happened w/ my ps2 controller. it was because the analog stick got stuck so it was a little left when it should be straight.Starbound571

time for a new wired controller bro... try amazon.

Anyone else's controller just kinda drift left?

Not sure if it is because I play alot of FPS but when I leave my controller alone my character will start to turn left slowly.

It is a pain when I am sniping, but if I push the toggle hard to the right it will correct it.

Ohh and it is the left toggle stick and no I don't play nascar games!!!! lol

Its a common problem that happens with 360 controllers. The only real solution is to buy a new controller. That or just deal with it. Your choice in the end.

yea these controllers just suck..

i have 2 original pads and they both do it... and they under a year old....

anyone wanna buy an xbox...lol

undeadgoon

Mine does this too, pretty annoying

yea might want to get a new controller....it only gets worse

mines does this all the time edit: just realized this topic is three years old [QUOTE="undeadgoon"]2ndWonder

do i look bothered.... oops

It happens to some controllers naturally. My controllers have never done that, but that is because I consciously make sure not to make any agressive movements on my left stick or any other button. I like calmly pressing buttons. My little brother on the other hand has the same problem, but that is because he is very aggressive on the left stick and A button.

I have quite a few like that and I've fixed some by replacing the joystick potentialmeter ALPS RKJSP1224 (left & right joystick use the same part). The spec for this part is typical 2 Mil Operations on directional movement and 1 Mil Operations on down click so you can see that it's natural the part will be off center after playing it for a while. You will need to know how to solder to work on it. The right stick is easy to replace but the left stick, you have to desolder the left trigger pot first before you can replace the joystick. Look on internet on how to open up the controller if you incline to replace the pot yourself. It's not expensive and easy to do. Just don't buy the Chinese part. I bought some and they don't match the ALPS value in directional movement and they are inferior in term of quality so it might not work if you replace the orginal ALPS part with the Chinese part.

During intensive battle action, it's easy to do 10 movements per sec or more on the stick so with 2Mil ops life time typical, the stick probably would last 55.5 hours of intensive actions. 55 hours isn't a very long time. Obviously the guy designed the controller is a good practitioner of Dance Central and he boasts his design can last a life time and the idiots of MS believed him. Heh!

Since I fixed quite a few controllers for people within my immediate circle, I want to pass some precautions to you guys. Be careful about the desoldering/soldering the part. The trace is probably 6-8mils wide so if the hot solder tip is applied on the pad, you risk a chance to damage the pad & the trace. It's very hard to see whether the trace is damage or not because they have green solder mask on top of the trace and it's really frustrated to find out you have a different problem after putting everything back together. So the rule of the the thumb is don't apply the solder tip to the pad but only to the pin and remove the heat quick once the solder is melted. Practice makes perfect. Or buy 4-5 controllers during your time with the greedy M$.

i just buy this controller too, jutst few hours of gameplay that analog stick just drift away to lefttt.........hupppphh