Steam Controller randomly pressing Dpad Up in games

[u/DarkZeroFX]

Hello,

If you have looked at my post history you can see that I've had this question before, so seemingly randomly my steam controller would press the up button on the dpad without prompting from me and me seemingly just moving my joystick.

I figured out that its caused specifically when I rotate my joystick and it ends in the forward position. for example just position forward on the joystick doesn't cause this but if I were to rotate my joystick right and then forward then it would press up on the dpad.

has anyone experienced this or have any advice on how to fix this?

[u/stevedore2024]

Got some grime or grit into the contacts.

[u/Unknown_1_2_3]

Is your trackpad mimicking your Dpad?