iPhone power brick stopped working?

[Speedracer04]

anyone else have any problems with their power brick that came with the iPhone? Mine seems to be on the fritz lately, when I plug it in sometimes it starts charging, sometimes it doesnt. blah. I really dont want to have to drive to my nearest apple store to replace it

 

[r6girl]

this is a common issue, with many previous threads about it already - here are just a couple:

https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/333933/
https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/340920/