Issues in connecting Itouch to the ipod port on a Nissan Altima

Hi,
My itouch doesn't work well when connected to the ipod port in my car. It plays for a few seconds and stops. If I unplug the data cable and plug it back, it works for at the most a minute. Then I get the "Check Device" message on the Bose audio system screen in my car. When I plugged in an older ipod, the word NISSAN displayed on the ipod screen. Have never seen that on the itouch. Please advise.

I spoke with the Nissan dealer about this, and looked at the manual. It says that my 2010 Nissan Altima supports iPod Touch version 2.1.0.
Well, that must refer to the latest version it supports, because the Touch worked great when I purchased the car in May 2010, but since I started updating the OS, I'm getting the same symptoms as the original poster.
I now have version 4.0.2 on my Touch, and I don't think that's even the most recent version. I guess if I want to use it in my car with the iPod integration technology, I'll need to reset the iPod and revert to version 2.x, or go out and buy another iPod. Neither sounds appealing.
So, now I have a brand new car and an older iPod (2nd generation came out in September 2008) but it won't work because the older iPod has too new of an OS.
Apple - please get with Nissan and fix this. They shouldn't be selling cars that won't work with newer OS and Apple shouldn't be partnering with them to do so as this is a known problem. Backwards compatibility anyone?

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