New battery, but problem unsolved!

I'm befuddled by this. I have a G4 titanium powerbook, bought in June of 2003. Out of ignorance, I rarely refreshed the battery for the first year, and left it running on AC. Live and learn. At any rate, lately the battery would suddenly quit at about 85%. Then, when recharging, it would jump from about 15% to 100%. I tested it with iBatt, and it said this:
Capacity 3.962 Ah
Voltage 16.498 v
Grade B+
Strange. I tried resetting the PMU, to no avail. I finally figured the battery had served me long enough (2.5 years) and took it into the Apple Store and had the battery replaced. But the new battery did virtually the same thing! When I put it into the powerbook, it was at 75%. It went to about 58%, then quit. I tested this new batter with iBatt, and got virtually the same results:
Capacity 4.149 Ah
Voltage 15.928 v
Grade: B+
Can anyone out there enlighten me?
Michael

Reset your SMC to see if that helps with the sudden shutdown and startup: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3964

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