360 Controller Repair?

[Nembot]

Oi oi!

I haven`t taken a control pad apart since my SNES days but I have a wobbly left stick on my wireless 360 controller (it sure has seen some action!).

It`s a bit loose and unless it`s left in a dead center position it`ll control whatever is on screen on its own.

Can it be fixed or should I just go out and buy another?

Cheers!

[EvilBoris]

Ring up MS , they will quite happily send you out another.

[Nembot]

Ring up MS , they will quite happily send you out another.

Cheer Boris!

How does that work? Do I send them mine for repair and they send me a new one or summat?

[EvilBoris]

More often than not they'll just send you a fresh one.

Depends whether you can be arsed to wait to get through though :S

[Nembot]

I`ll give em a bell, cheers fella!

[egparadigm]

Just to confirm that when my wireless controller stopped working they sent me a new replacement.

I didn't mention the fact that I'd opened the controller for a case mode.
Not sure that that had anything to do with it, however.

[peeveen]

Blimey, that's awfully nice of them ... no proof of purchase or anything required? How broke does it need to be? The "click" button on the left thumbstick of my controller is a bit dodgy ...

[egparadigm]

I may have needed proof of purchase were it not the one that came with my 360. The machine I got it with was out of it's twelve month warranty, actually, although I had had the machine (but not the controller replaced) by the retailer less than twelve months previously.

When I say mine was broken, I mean it wouldn't even turn on. I think it was caused by excessive charging...