MBP (2018) shuts down suddenly, needs power for waking up, battery level jumps.
Hello everyone,
I assume I have a battery problem. This problem concerns a 13" MacBook Pro (2018, four Thunderbolt 3 ports, Touch ID, T2 security chip) running Ventura 13.0.1.
When the computer wakes up from sleep mode after not being used in a while, I get the empty battery logo, and the screen goes black again, despite the battery not being empty.
In these situations, I plug in the power cable and then I can make the laptop wake up again after a few minutes, with a battery that is suddenly charged. So for instancance, the battery jumps from 1% to 53% just because it was connected to the power source. So the laptop has difficulties waking up on its own, so to speak, and misinterprets its own level of charge. This also happens when starting up from scratch.
Sometimes the laptop goes dead when typing in my account password, sometimes a moment after that. I charge it with the Apple charger that it came with and I don't use any dongles or external hardware when the described problem occurs.
Solutions I've tried: resetting PRAM and SMC. This did not work.
Should I take the laptop to a service point?
Any ideas what could be the issue here?
Thanks in advance for your advice.
MacBook Pro 13″