Why is my right bumper phantom pressing itself?

I have this problem too. I don’t want to destroy my controller by taking it apart. I have very little experience with things like this. I am trying to find out if it can be fixed without taking the whole controller apart.

Ok I know this is old but my controller was doing the same thing and whatever I did seemed to fix it so I’m going to post exactly what I did leading up to it working again.

I hit it (Ik lmao)

I held it down then stopped and did this a few times

I blew into the button (this is what I’m assuming worked the best)

I also pried on it for a second with my finger but I don’t think it did anything and it could’ve easily messed it up worse so I’d recommend not doing that.

This most likely won’t work for everybody but it’s definitely worth a shot if the button itself isn’t broken and it’s just “phantom pressing” itself over and over.

it might be your bumper switch

https://youtu.be/e0A6p9nSYeE

Essentially, I did a very similar thing. I smacked it against the wall a couple times and that sorted it for a little while but then it stopped working again. Also, leaving it for a day or two also seemed to work for me. I also hit the RB bumper on the wall and on my chair a few times, a little bit out of frustration and a bit out of logic. I’ve seen videos online of people fixing TVs and other various objects by hitting them so I did the same and it worked. I tried to take the controller apart but I don’t have the right screwdriver so I can’t really.

But, in conclusion, I smacked it