I opened mine up and found the main ribbon cable, that runs from the front of the yoke to the rear, passes through the metal body of the yoke via a hole.
There is no abrasion protection on this cable or hole to protect the vinyl insulation on the ribbon cable. I found a small place where it seems like the cable had been rubbing against the edge of the hole and it cut the vinyl insulation on the edge of the ribbon cable.
Repositioning and protecting the cable has, for the most part, cured the anomaly for me. I still very occasionally have to disconnect the USB cable and reconnect it to cure other behavior oddities, though.