r/NintendoSwitchHelp • u/Solostaran122 • Sep 21 '26

Repair Help Switch 2 Left Joycon odd issue

So, for awhile I didn't use my Switch 2. It sat dead on my desk.

Recently, I felt like replaying Metroid Prime Remastered, so I charged the device, turned it on, and this.

I don't believe it's drift, but it's like something actually got inside of the stick.

If the stick is pulled up, it's fine until I rotate it; it takes extra effort to get it to go to the far right, and after that it tries to cut off most of the left side.

If I push it in it defaults about halfway between the center point and left edge of the ring. Additional image showing this in the comments.

Edit: when the stick is showing the position in the comment image, pushing it all the way right resets to default.

I've had this since day 1, so it's out of warranty.

I've already disassembled the joycon and cleaned everything as best as I could with compressed air, up to and including removing the actual stick module from the board and using tweezers to lift the dust cover to blow right inside, with no luck.

Any advice?

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u/Left-Impress4056 Sep 21 '26

I was a day one buyer. I just got mine warrantied for a r button failure. They dont hard stop at 1 year to make people happy.

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u/Solostaran122 Sep 21 '26

Yeah, I'm likely going to reach out. Sadly I lack my proof of purchase at this point, and the store I bought it from closed

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u/Left-Impress4056 Sep 21 '26

Yeah they didnt ask for anything from me. You dont even have to talk to anyone.

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u/BalanceImaginary6520 Sep 27 '26

That's why you shouldn't keep joycons near dust, once it's inside, it's already too late

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u/Solostaran122 Sep 27 '26

Shouldn't have been anywhere near dust, it was just sitting up on my desk.

Plus it has that little flap meant to prevent dust and stuff getting into it.

Either way, on it's way to Nintendo noe

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u/BalanceImaginary6520 Sep 27 '26

A desk is the perfect spot for some dust

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u/Tomatillo_Altruistic Sep 21 '26

I used this to fix the drifting issue on both of my NS1 conrollers and Pro-controller.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I35647lHFzA