Hardware loose left joy con

[APartOfMe]

When I connect my left Joy con to the tablet, it will click, but I can slide it out with almost no force necessary. I've tried doing this with the grip, and it does the same thing, so I've narrowed it down to the Joy con. I think this will be covered in the warranty because it is a manufacturing defect. But I'm not sure

Edit: i looked at it further, and there is what looks like a nick in the part that locks it to the switch, this was definitely not caused by me, as i don't usually have the joycon detached from the console.

does anybody else have this issue?

 

[RayD97]

Yeah, but I had dropped my switch from my hands to the table, and it forced my right joycon out. It damaged the locking tab, and, like yours, my joycon slid out easily after being clicked into place. I sent it in, they repaired it for free.
Those locking tabs on the joycon are made of really cheap plastic, so now I'm extra careful not to force the joycons out, and always use the lock release button.

 

[APartOfMe]

Yeah, but I had dropped my switch from my hands to the table, and it forced my right joycon out. It damaged the locking tab, and, like yours, my joycon slid out easily after being clicked into place. I sent it in, they repaired it for free.
Those locking tabs on the joycon are made of really cheap plastic, so now I'm extra careful not to force the joycons out, and always use the lock release button.

So it was covered in their warranty?

 

[RayD97]

Yeah within the standard warranty, all I said on the phone was that the joycon slides or with relatively small force without pressing the release button.

 

[phreaksho]

I had this issue shortly after letting a kid play shovel Knight with me. He didn't know there was a button and just kinda ripped it out... Joycon is considered broken after that even though it still works. It just slides right off, not a big deal... But it can be annoying if someone is holding the joycon alone and the switch just kinda falls...

 

[APartOfMe]

I had this issue shortly after letting a kid play shovel Knight with me. He didn't know there was a button and just kinda ripped it out... Joycon is considered broken after that even though it still works. It just slides right off, not a big deal... But it can be annoying if someone is holding the joycon alone and the switch just kinda falls...

did you get it fixed?

 

[BlastedGuy9905]

When I connect my left Joy con to the tablet, it will click, but I can slide it out with almost no force necessary. I've tried doing this with the grip, and it does the same thing, so I've narrowed it down to the Joy con. I think this will be covered in the warranty because it is a manufacturing defect. But I'm not sure

Edit: i looked at it further, and there is what looks like a nick in the part that locks it to the switch, this was definitely not caused by me, as i don't usually have the joycon detached from the console.

does anybody else have this issue?

EXACT SAME PROBLEM I HAVE! God damnit...

 

[APartOfMe]

EXACT SAME PROBLEM I HAVE! God damnit...

it's good to know that i'm not alone

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i might call nintendo later today

 

[phreaksho]

did you get it fixed?

No. I had to get rid of the switch because of money problems... Glad to know Nintendo will fix if it happens again when I get another one.

 

[x3n0]

I had the same thing with the left joy-con. I contacted Nintendo, they emailed me an adres where I could send te joy-con. Within a week I got a brand new joy-con back.