Macbook charger issues!!!!

Hi,
Ive got a macbook that is just one year and three months old. Ive bought apple care fot it. And my charger cord where it plugs into the macbook has started to melt. Ive noticed it getting really hot to the point where u cant keep your finger on it. You can see the cable inside and have to keep adjusting it to charge.
Does anyone know if apple will cover it under apple care which i bought with a student discount if that makes any discount
Thankyou for your help
Matthew

Matthew,
The AC adapter is covered by the AppleCare plan. I would contact Apple by phone or if you are near one of the Apple retail stores, make an appointment and carry it in to have both the computer and adapter looked at. I would not use the adapter, as it might be a fire hazard.
Good luck.

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I looked in my menu bar and sure enough the battery meter read 35%. Which is clearly not charged.
I proceeded to completely drain the battery, remove it, and then reconnect everything, at which point it began charging again. A day later, I was once again looking at my computer not charging at 26%.
I've reset the SMC (or PMU or whatever it is now), PRAM, and recalibrated the battery, booted into safe-boot and repaired permissions (which found nothing to fix), and run TechTool Pro. Yet I've seen no change.
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Hi William,
If all the remedy you tried and not resolved it, could be you have a bad battery or bad PMU / charging system.
Visit apple store and swap your battery with their demo unit, and see if your macbook charging their demo battery and your battery charged by their demo unit.
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Battery (black) info according to System Profiler:
Battery Information:
Model Information:
Serial Number:          DP-ASMB016-388e-420
Manufacturer:          DP
Device name:          ASMB016
Pack Lot Code:          0003
PCB Lot Code:          0000
Firmware Version:          0110
Hardware Revision:          0500
Cell Revision:          0102
Charge Information:
Charge remaining (mAh):          0
Fully charged:          No
Charging:          Yes
Full charge capacity (mAh):          4600
Health Information:
Cycle count:          652
Condition:          Good
Battery Installed:          Yes
Amperage (mA):          0
Voltage (mV):          9367
System Power Settings:
AC Power:
System Sleep Timer (Minutes):          10
Disk Sleep Timer (Minutes):          10
Display Sleep Timer (Minutes):          10
Automatic Restart On Power Loss:          No
Wake On AC Change:          No
Wake On Clamshell Open:          Yes
Wake On LAN:          Yes
Display Sleep Uses Dim:          Yes
Battery Power:
System Sleep Timer (Minutes):          10
Disk Sleep Timer (Minutes):          10
Display Sleep Timer (Minutes):          2
Wake On AC Change:          No
Wake On Clamshell Open:          Yes
Display Sleep Uses Dim:          Yes
Reduce Brightness:          Yes
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AC Charger Information:
Connected:          Yes
Charging:          Yes
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I have a mid-2011 MacBook Pro.
On Sunday my charger stopped working. It was connected to the laptop and it was charging it as I worked, but suddenly stopped.
I purchased a new charger today.
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