Ipod touch randomly stops playing??

My 3rd gen ipod touch has all of a sudden started stopping while playing any song (purchased from itunes or not). I usually use it in my car where I hook it up to a Pioneer head unit via USB cable. To get it to resume play I find I have to unplug and plug the USB cable but it sometimes stops 4 or 5 times on the same song which is really annoying while I'm driving. If it's not hooked up to any device, I have to hit play again multiple times!! Sometimes it skips to the next song before completely playing the previous song. Sometimes it even seems to take over the head unit and turns it completely off ???
I've restored it a gazillion times, completely shut it off when I turn my car off, updated to the latest software 5.0 with no results :-( It's a 32G 3rd gen ipod, lightly used, never been dropped, with only about 6G of music on it. I'm really dissatisfied with this product! I think I'll go back to CDs :-(. Of course it is now out of warranty so Apple is no help!! Really don't want to buy another ipod only to experience the same problem.
Anybody with similar experience that can offer advice??
P.S.: My son's 4th gen ipod touch works perfectly hooked up to the same Pioneer head unit so I've ruled out it has something to do with that.

Mine does this on three known songs. I have no idea how to fix.

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