Charger is temperamental

[james-bailey]

Hey folks, ive had my MBP for 13 months now and the last few weeks the charger has been very temperamental.

I have to wiggle the wire where it goes into the metal cylindrical tube that contains the connecting magnet for it to work. Even then it goes off after a while and need to re adjust.

Is this a common problem? Does anyone have a solution?

Thanks

JB

 

[thundersteele]

any warranty left? I think you need to get a new one.

 

[mgartner0622]

Can you see any exposed wires? If you can, even out of warranty it can qualify for a free replacement.

What style is it?

 

[Ccrew]

Can you see any exposed wires? If you can, even out of warranty it can qualify for a free replacement.

What style is it?

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That's a dated graphic. My 13" MBP has A: C: is the discontinued recall PS

 

[mgartner0622]

Yes, it is dated however there are still quite a few MBP's with it floating around. They stopped shipping shortly after the Mid-2010 models came out if I remember correctly. It helps to diagnose this issue as the older type are known to go bad, and were specifically recalled for that issue.

 

[james-bailey]

Its type A from looking at the pic.

No exposed wires that I can see.

Will more than likely drop into my local apple store and see what they say, thanks

 

[meep1234]

When you wiggle the wire, can you actually twist in in any direction? This happened to me and they gave me a new charger - you can't really fix it.

It tends to happen if you don't pull on the magsafe - meaning you yank on the wire instead. (Same thing happened to my cousins).