Macbook power icon not refreshing

On my macbook (10.6.8) the battery icon in the top toolbar does not refresh to reflect the current charge.
For example - it might display as being plugged in when it's not, read 90% charged when it's about to die, etc.
I can force it to refresh to the proper state by changing the display seeing for the icon (ie, from percent to time) and it will show the current state properly. But it won't continue to show the updated status. Any time i need to know what my battery is, i need to refresh the icon.
Note - I haven't noticed any actually battery issues. It seems to charge just fine and has appropriate battery life when not plugged in. The interface simply doesn't show the power properly.
Not sure what could be causing this. Thanks for the help
-Nick

Hi Nick...
Try Resetting the System Management Controller (SMC)
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