Xbox One Elite Wireless Controller Grips Falling Off

Anonymous
2016-10-19T23:51:34+00:00

*15AUG2017*UPDATE: After receiving the promised "replacement controller" and asking if it was just the case for the controller or the case and the controller and being told that it was both. I found out the representative Len A. flat out lied to me about what I was getting, all to get a better survey, since all that I got, was the carrying case and nothing else. I talked to another agent after this, and they proceeded to try and go through everything again, and acted as if the prior agent was not in the wrong for lying to a customer. As it is, I still have my shoddy "Elite" controller that is extremely uncomfortable to hold since it is all bumpy from the expanded silicone.

*04AUG2017*UPDATE: I have since reached out to Microsoft support through the link provided below, and was told I would get a replacement controller. However, I am on my second Elite Controller at this point and it had the same issues after about 6 months of use. This is the one that I am currently awaiting the replacement, and hopefully the grips are not the same material!

I have had the Xbox One Elite Controller for only 6 months, and the grips have all but come off completely. There are no replacement parts for the grips on the controller, and according to your Support, my solution is to buy another controller... NO. I am also being told that my controller is out of warranty, since it is past 90 days, well isn't that just lovely, that you get to profit with a issue that is forcing others to buy another controller as the solution. I have been a supporter of Microsoft for quite some time, and I would understand the issue of the warranty, had it not been part of the controller that CANNOT be replaced. All I am asking for, is some new grips to adhere to the controller, or to send it in and get a replacement, of just the grips I don't care about getting a whole new controller to replace the grips... this is insanely shortsighted on Microsoft's part to have a grip that expands outside of the slot/groove for them. I have also included pictures to show off how the grips are extending past the grooves, and there is no way to "push" them back inside.

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  1. Anonymous
    2017-11-25T18:30:30+00:00

    Absolutely. Especially since it is  KNOWN production issue so absolutely no chance it was caused by the user.

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  2. Anonymous
    2017-11-26T22:27:05+00:00

    I'm had the same issue and I bought new side-rails/grips from Amazon. The replacement parts were identical and I didn't mind spending $10 to fix it.

    Since then, the rubber grips on the back of the controller (the ones that sit under the paddles) have also expanded/lifted/bubbled. Unfortunately, the replacement ones I've seen on Amazon have bad reviews and is a lot more complicated to replace since its part of the main housing for the controller.

    Not sure whether to gamble and order a replacement frame/housing and wait a month for it to ship from Amazon or to just stop using the elite controller all together.

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  3. Anonymous
    2017-12-10T23:19:26+00:00

    I am on my 3rd elite controller because all the grips have peeled up. Right side, left side, bottom. This product is defective.

    They need to offer an elite with no crappy rubber grips. All hard plastic. I love the controller and would not go back to stock, it probably has rubber on it too now if the pictures i saw were right. 

    You can get the parts to fix it on Amazon now and they are cheap. Once the 90 day warranty expires you dont need to worry about voiding anything. I replaced both side grips in 20 seconds for about 15 bucks. The parts are OEM and are exact match on the elite controller. 

    Im going to put a silicone shell on my elite controller and see if that helps keep the grips from falling off.

    Microsoft should be ashamed of themselves for not admitting they have to make this right. They had gamers work with them to design this controller. Great. Now make a new one that doesnt fall apart every four months.

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  4. Anonymous
    2017-12-16T14:24:28+00:00

    Why don't they just send out the replacement grips as they are not that difficult to fit

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  5. Anonymous
    2017-12-18T15:47:43+00:00

    Thats something I don't get either.

    There is no possibility to get repairs, there is no possibility to get replacements and on amazon nor anywhere else i find grips / siderails that fit for the elite controller.

    MS should be ashamed.

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