Normally I wouldn’t, but seeing as the issue keeps appearing it seemed like the right thing to do.
Can any of you guys confirm if this is happening across all platforms, or consoles alone?
Just to add to the conversation, it can still happen for me on PC (with the Xbox controller). When it happens, it is only if I press and release the button quickly (similar to a mouse click). Then, what I originally experienced back when I first made this post happens.
However, if I click and hold the button, the grenade cooks while I have the button pressed, and then it throws the grenade properly when the button is released. You hear a sound similar to removing the splinter when first pressing the button, then release when I release the button.
The weird thing though is that the bug is not consistent. It happens sometimes, and I am not aware of a foolproof method to replicate the bug consistently unfortunately.
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Hey guys I really hoped that I could use the hand granates after June update + FNIX Rising without hurting myself. But guess what, the problem is still as pressent as before. I tryed it yesterday (launch day of the patch) and the first granate exploded without throwing. Today I thought, hey lets try it again. I got 14 of them and sneaked to a rival. Guess what, the first exploded in my hand again.
It is always the first, the other 13 worked normal after an adrenalin shot.
That’s so freaking frustating. I will not loot them for the next 6 month.
(I’m playing on PC)
I once tryed a smoke granate and the same phenomenen happend. So I could try to throw first a smoke. They dont hurt 
Devs can I help you to solve this problem? Should I send you my save file?
Are you using a controller, by chance? Many have reported that using a specific controller can cause this issue. We still need more details about that.
No, I have one but never used it for GZ. It was not even pluged in.
I also recently changed CPU, RAM, Mainboard and reinstalled Windows. Only Graphics card and HDD stayed the same. So it is probably not related to hardware inside the pc.
Small update.
It just happend to me with an medium EMP cell.
And with a Radio!. That happend to me the first time.
The EMP exploded like a hand granate but the radio just did nothing. I heard no music and it attracted no enemies.
I wonder what could be the cause of this. I’ve played almost 1000 hours now and I’m pretty sure I’ve never had this issue. But it’s obvious people do experience it, however rare it happens to be. Which makes it harder to replicate.
A video of the issue would be good, but that means someone will have to collect a shitload of grenades and swing 'em until it happens 
The strage thing is that it is only the first granate in a session. Last time I threw one that exploded in my hand and than another 11, because i was annoyed, and they all work properly.
I’m affraigrht even if I record a video we would only see the result of this issue but not the root cause. There must be something that causes every 5-10 session in my game to generate this issue.
I’ve been trying for the longest time to get a clip of it occurring but it seems to happen at random. The only consistency I notice is that it happens once, and then all throwables afterwards works properly. I speculate it can be reproduced when you first join into the game, or fast travel long distances and haven’t thrown anything.
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Still happening to me, guys. I need to get a pack of grenades and set out to kill myself with them, on camera…
I was playing yesterday and I threw a grenade, but it exploded in my hand and I died instantly. This happened twice. I am on xbox one so I was just wondering what was wrong.
Topic merged with relevant thread.
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It´s a one year old bug that is a bit rare to occur, some times It happens to me, it happens on all platforms.
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I’ve been whining about grenades for well over a year. You should be able to throw them down corridors, but you can’t. It happens to me all the time, even in the open - I like stand-off and non-line-of-sight weapons so I use grenades a lot. Die all the time. I think the DEVs are too busy with other things to look at it. Eventually someone will get round to it. At least I hope so…
I think it’s also the fact that it’s such a random issue, that it is difficult to pinpoint how to replicate it, so it can be fixed.
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Overall this issue is a bit annoying, but it’s certainly not game-breaking. The devs should focus on the game crashing instead of this, as I just dont use grenades anymore, so it’s not bad
I’ve been having trouble with grenades
And by that I mean no matter we’re I throw them they will backfire on me
The only way I’ve been able to avoid this is by throwing a grenade then swiping to a weapon before it explodes
Anyone else having this problem?
Same issue topics merged.
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PS4, yes. On and off for several updates. You can see it happen