IPod is whirring and clicking between songs

I have an iPod 160 gb. I received it Dec 25, 2009. I listen to it in the car (connected via a chord built into the car). Lately, when I shut down the car, I can hear the iPod's hard drive shut down. Yesterday evening, I could hear the hard drive whirring and clicking between songs. Otherwise, the hard drive makes no other noises. I should also mention that one of the songs cuts out two seconds into the song and moves immediately onto the next song, but it's working perfectly on my MacBook. I'm not sure if this has anything to do with the iPod's hard drive. Thanks in advance!

I've been searching around the message boards and this seems to be a problem for the click wheel model. I've also experienced this problem. I have tried reseting my ipod and ran the latest version of updater <which only gave me the dreaded exclamation point folder>. I'll take it to my nearest apple store <2 hrs away> but I'm sceptical about the experience.

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