My iPod seems to advance song by a minute or more while paused!

I've noticed (I can almost swear it didn't used to do this before) that my iPod, obtained around 2003 or so, started to do the following weird thing. I keep it in my car, plugged into the cigarette lighter for power. I listed to audiobooks while driving, and pause it when I get out of the car. When I get back, it seems to have moved forward from the spot where I paused it - something like a minute or more each time. Makes me think I'm losing my mind since I've lost a piece of the audiobook's text each time! Does anyone know why this would happend and how I can prevent it?
thanks,
Mike

have you disconnected your iPod witout really ejecting it first? (actually, I do it all the time...), but is seems that this causes the ipod songs to become corrupted and not to play. scan your ipod to see what happens. try this.

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