My MacBook Pro, is having trouble charging... Could it be the battery or the charger?

I've had my MacBook Pro since 2011 (OS X 10.9.5.), for the last two years I've constantly left it on the charger. The past few days I've been leaving it off the charger and it didn't have any problems charging fully. This evening, I notice when the charger is connected to the computer it stays orange for about 2-5 minutes and the little light shuts off. Since this has been happening, I've been flipping the switch on my surge protecter off/on, it starts charging again but after while the charger (orange light) will turn off. I only got the computer to charge up to 56%. This has been the first time charging unit has been acting up. Please Help!

Perform a SMC reset:
http://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201295
If no success, post this from System Information>Power:
(make certain that the charger is connected)
Ciao.

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http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2346
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