Adapter does not charge battery

Hello,
I'm hoping someone can help me. My MacBook is about a year old. The past few days the adapter is not charging the battery properly. It's either it doesn't work at all, or I have to finagle the wire and push it into the computer. The wire is not frayed either. Is it possible that I need a new adapter already??

Welcome to the forums!
If you think the adapter is making good contact, try resetting the SMC, as it often solves mysterious power issues:
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3964
If that doesn't help, try a different adapter, if you can lay your hands on one (and any MagSafe will do). That will narrow down the problem to either the MacBook end or the charger end.
Whichever is the case, if you are under warranty, Apple should repair the MacBook or replace the adapter for free. If you are no longer under warranty, hope it's the adapter that's bad.
Good luck!

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